The new era of Azure Ultra Disk: Experience the next generation of mission-critical block storage
Since its launch at Microsoft Ignite 2019, Azure Ultra Disk has powered some of the world’s most demanding applications and workloads.
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Learn more about what’s new with Microsoft Azure Storage at KubeCon Europe 2025
Wow, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London was a fantastic time! Our Azure Storage team was thrilled to exchange insights and success stories at this vibrant community event. If you missed it, don’t worry!
Latest advancements in Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Azure Managed Disks
We are excited to share the latest advancements in Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks, the next generation of Azure disk storage.
Reflecting on 2023—Azure Storage
2023 was an emblematic year of growth for storage and data services with AI at the top of mind for many customers. Azure customers’ overall data estate continued to grow, powered by the emergence of new workloads and access patterns.
Transforming containerized applications with Azure Container Storage—now in preview
Today, we are excited to announce the preview of Azure Container Storage, the industry’s first platform-managed container native storage service in the public cloud, providing end to end storage management and orchestration for stateful applications to run efficiently at scale on Azure.
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in preview
We are excited to announce the preview of Premium SSD v2, the next generation of Azure Premium SSD Disk Storage.
Move Managed Disks and VMs now available
We are encouraged by the response to the introduction of Managed Disks. Since the announcement, we’ve seen many customers take advantage of this new way to manage persistent storage for their Virtual Machines.
Announcing Ultra SSD – the next generation of Azure Disks technology (preview)
Our customers are moving their most demanding and mission critical workloads to the cloud. I am delighted to announce a new disk offering for the Microsoft Azure platform!
Announcing large disk sizes of up to 4 TB for Azure IaaS VMs
Azure increases the maximum size and performance of Azure Disks. We are excited to announce the maximum disk sizes for both Premium and Standard storage.
Announcing Storage Service Encryption for Azure Managed Disks
Today, we are excited to announce Azure Storage Service Encryption (SSE) with keys managed by Microsoft for Managed Disks.
Announcing general availability of Managed Disks and larger Scale Sets
Today, I am excited to announce the general availability of Managed Disks. With this PaaS-like support, you no longer need to be concerned with the complexity of storage management nor worry about storage as you scale.