Generally availableMay 7, 2026

Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in all three available zones in Japan West

Azure Premium SSD v2 is now available in all three Availability Zones in Japan West.

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.

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Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in all three available zones in Japan West

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