Premium Storage delivers high-performance, low-latency disk support for IO intensive workloads running on Azure Virtual Machines. Premium Storage stack has been optimized to support aforementioned workloads, and stores data on the latest technology Solid State Drives (SSDs). This presentation will highlight key capabilities, explain best practices to run top-tier workloads on Premium Storage and inner works of the system, and demonstrate the public-cloud leading performance of Premium Storage and DS-series VMs.