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General availability: NFSv4.1 support on Azure Files

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Announcing the general availability of [ Azure Files support for NFS v4.1](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/files-nfs-protocol) on premium tier for both locally redundant storage and zone-redundant storage. Now you can deploy these fully POSIX compliant, distributed NFS file shares in your production environments for a wide variety of Linux and container-based workloads. Some example workloads include: [highly available SAP application layer](https://aka.ms/azurefiles/nfs/workloads/sapapplicationlayer), enterprise messaging, user home directories, custom line-of-business applications, database backups, database replication and devops pipelines. NFS 4.1 is available in all regions where the premium tier of Azure Files exists. For a region list, see the [Azure service availability page](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/services/?regions=&products=storage). For pricing, please see Azure Files premium tier pricing on the Azure files [pricing page](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/files/#pricing). You can get started using NFS by following these [simple step-by-step instructions](https://aka.ms/azurefilesnfs/quickstart). [Learn more about Azure Files NFS](https://aka.ms/azurefilesnfs). * Premium Files Storage * Storage Accounts * Features * Services * [ Storage Accounts](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/storage/)