Azure Availability Zone
- Availability zones are used to achieve the task of high availability of the application in the same region. Azure is having Multiple Availability zones in the same region. Some Regions do not have any Availability zones
- Each Availability zones has independent and redundant power and networking and connectivity. Hence, it is difficult to have a situation to have two Availability Zones unavailable at the same time.
- Availability Zones in a region are connected through low-latency links.
Microsoft Azure – What are Regions and Availability Zones
Azure is Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure service. It provides a comprehensive set of technologies that allow you to build, test and deploy your applications using the Microsoft technology stack: Windows Server, SQL Server, System Center, Microsoft Office, and more. Microsoft Azure offers a wide range of tools, such as tools for developers, business professionals, data & analytics users, storage users, and power users.