Azure Availability Zones

Availability Zones are distinct locations within an Azure region that are engineered to be isolated from failures in other Availability Zones and provide redundant power, cooling, and networking.

Global Coverage

30+Regions

Azure regions with Availability Zones support

Availability

99.99%SLA

For VMs deployed across multiple zones

Zone Separation

< 2msLatency

Network latency between availability zones

Service Support

100+Services

Azure services with AZ support

Azure Regions with Availability Zones

GeographyRegionsLocationAvailability Zones
AustraliaAustralia EastNew South Wales 3
BrazilBrazil SouthSao Paulo State 3
CanadaCanada CentralToronto 3
IndiaCentral IndiaPune 3
United StatesCentral USIowa 3
Asia PacificEast AsiaHong Kong 3
United StatesEast USVirginia 3
United StatesEast US 2Virginia 3
FranceFrance CentralParis 3
GermanyGermany West CentralFrankfurt 3
IsraelIsrael CentralIsrael 3
ItalyItaly NorthMilan 3
JapanJapan EastTokyo, Saitama 3
KoreaKorea CentralSeoul 3
MexicoMexico CentralQuerétaro State 3
EuropeNorth EuropeIreland 3
NorwayNorway EastNorway 3
PolandPoland CentralWarsaw 3
QatarQatar CentralDoha 3
South AfricaSouth Africa NorthJohannesburg 3
United StatesSouth Central USTexas 3
Asia PacificSoutheast AsiaSingapore 3
SpainSpain CentralMadrid 3
SwedenSweden CentralGävle 3
SwitzerlandSwitzerland NorthZurich 3
UAEUAE NorthDubai 3
United KingdomUK SouthLondon 3
EuropeWest EuropeNetherlands 3
United StatesWest US 2Washington 3
United StatesWest US 3Phoenix 3

Frequently Asked Questions

You can find the latest information about Azure services that support availability zones here .

Additional Resources

Availability Zones Overview

Learn more about Azure Availability Zones and how they can help protect your applications and data.

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Regional Support

Find detailed information about which Azure regions support Availability Zones and their implementation status.

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Service Support

Explore which Azure services support Availability Zones and how to implement them in your architecture.

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