Proximity placement groups—an Azure Virtual Machine logical grouping capability to decrease inter-VM network latency—is now available.
A proximity placement group is an Azure Virtual Machine logical grouping capability that you can use to decrease the inter-VM network latency associated with your applications. When the VMs are deployed within the same proximity placement group, they are physically located as close as possible to each other. Proximity placement groups are particularly useful to address the requirements of latency-sensitive workloads. This new capability is now generally available.
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