For Premium SSD and Standard SSD disks 513 GiB or larger, Azure now offers the option to enable Performance Plus — unlocking higher IOPS and MBps at no extra cost. Many environments that previously required custom performance settings continue to pay for additional throughput unnecessarily. By not enabling Performance Plus on eligible disks, organizations miss a straightforward opportunity to reduce disk spend while maintaining or improving performance. The feature is opt-in and must be explicitly enabled on each qualifying disk.
Azure Managed Disks are billed based on:
Performance Plus allows eligible disks to receive enhanced performance without incurring additional costs, potentially replacing paid performance upgrades.
