Generally Available: SSD storage account support for Ephemeral OS disks

We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of SSD storage account support for Ephemeral OS Disks during creation of VM/VMSS. This milestone builds on the momentum from our public preview and brings enhanced performance, and reliability to your stateless workloads. This feature is particularly beneficial for stateless applications where…

14/07/2025Azure Compute Blog

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