Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in a third Availability Zone in New Zealand North

Azure Premium SSD v2 is now available in a third Availability Zone in New Zealand North.

Azure Premium SSD v2 disk, a next-generation general-purpose block storage option for Azure virtual machines, offers sub-millisecond latencies and exceptional price performance for IO-intensive workloads at a low cost. Premium SSD v2 is suited for a broad range of enterprise production scenarios, including SQL Server, Oracle, MariaDB, SAP, Cassandra, MongoDB, big data/analytics, and gaming on virtual machines or stateful containers.

If Premium SSD v2 is unavailable in your preferred region and you would like to use it, please complete this survey.

Learn more:

• Read the documentation.
• For more information about Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage pricing, visit the Azure Disks pricing page.