Zonal Placement for Azure Files Premium LRS is now GA in select regions! This capability gives you explicit control over zone locality by pinning storage accounts to a specific availability zone, enabling high availability, fault isolation, and predictable low-latency performance for mission-critical workloads. Why it matters: Align compute and storage in the same zone for 10–40% lower latency compared to cross-zone deployments. Design resilient architectures with zone-aware control for better fault isolation.