premium-v2

name	premium-v2
description	Use Premium SSD v2 for cost-efficient high IOPS

Premium V2

When to use this skill

• Need >5K IOPS at modest size
• Cost-sensitive prod workloads

Key concepts

• Independent IOPS/throughput/size knobs; cheaper than Premium v1 for many tiers.
• AZ-only, no host caching support.
• Free baseline 3,000 IOPS / 125 MBps; pay for incremental.
• Supports most modern SKUs but check UltraSSDAvailable-like capability matrix.

Common pitfalls

• Trying to attach to a non-AZ VM — not supported.
• Expecting host caching — Premium v2 doesn't support it.

References

• Microsoft Learn: search for "Premium V2 Azure VM" on https://learn.microsoft.com

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