Native Support for POSIX-Compliant Access Control Lists (ACLs)

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The Azure storage solution that provides native support for POSIX-compliant access control lists (ACLs) is Azure Files.

POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) is a standard that defines a set of APIs for UNIX-like operating systems. It includes a set of standards for file permissions and access control lists (ACLs). POSIX ACLs define permissions on a file or directory beyond the traditional owner/group/other permissions.

Azure Files is a managed file share solution that supports the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and the Network File System (NFS) protocol. It provides fully managed file shares in the cloud that can be accessed by multiple clients simultaneously.

Azure Files also supports POSIX-compliant access control lists (ACLs), which enables administrators to set granular permissions for files and directories in the same way that they would on a traditional on-premises file server. This allows administrators to control access to Azure Files shares using the same tools and techniques that they are already familiar with.

In contrast, Azure Table storage is a NoSQL key-value store that provides fast and flexible data storage for unstructured and non-relational data. It does not support POSIX-compliant access control lists (ACLs).

Azure Data Lake Storage is a scalable and secure data lake solution for big data analytics. It supports Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and provides a hierarchical namespace for organizing data. However, it does not provide native support for POSIX-compliant access control lists (ACLs).

Azure Queue storage is a message queuing solution that enables decoupling of components in cloud applications. It does not provide native support for POSIX-compliant access control lists (ACLs).

Therefore, the correct answer to the question is D. Azure Files.