Hello Azure Community,
If you’re running critical workloads on Premium SSD v2 disks, there’s good news: Azure Site Recovery (ASR) now supports disaster recovery for VMs using Premium SSD v2, available in public preview.
This is a key step forward for those of us designing high-performance environments that still require robust business continuity strategies. You no longer need to compromise between performance and resilience — now you can have both.
What’s New?
With this update, ASR enables:
- Seamless replication of VMs using Premium SSD v2 across Azure regions or from on-prem to Azure
- Automated failover and failback, including simulation support to test DR plans without impact
- Tight integration with other Azure services and built-in compliance/security controls
Whether you’re dealing with regulatory requirements, uptime SLAs, or complex hybrid topologies, ASR gives you a more robust foundation for protecting Tier 1 apps running on Premium SSD v2.
Why It Matters
Premium SSD v2 offers:
- Low-latency and predictable performance
- Independent scaling of IOPS and throughput
- Ideal support for workloads like SQL Server, Oracle, SAP, and big data platforms
Now that these disks are fully supported by ASR, you can confidently build architectures that scale and perform under pressure, without skipping on your DR strategy.
If you’re designing environments where both performance and resilience are non-negotiable, this is one of those updates you’ll want to explore right away. It brings Azure’s DR capabilities closer to the level of flexibility and performance customers expect from modern infrastructure.
Let me know if you’re already leveraging this preview — especially if you’re testing it in production-like scenarios.
Take Care,
Eduardo