Standard_B2ms
Standard_B2ms is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell)). In East US it costs $0.0832 per hour on demand ($60.74 per month) for Linux. It is sold in 58 regions.
Prices by region
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
| Region | On-demand | 1-yr savings plan | 3-yr savings plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| East US eastus | $0.0832 | $0.056 | $0.0375 |
| East US 2 eastus2 | $0.0832 | $0.0574 | $0.0391 |
| North Central US northcentralus | $0.0832 | $0.056 | $0.0375 |
| West US 2 westus2 | $0.0832 | $0.056 | $0.0375 |
| West US 3 westus3 | $0.0832 | $0.0574 | $0.0391 |
| Sweden Central swedencentral | $0.0864 | $0.0657 | $0.0475 |
| Central India centralindia | $0.0896 | $0.0605 | $0.0395 |
| Jio India Central jioindiacentral | $0.0896 | $0.0896 | $0.0896 |
| Jio India West jioindiawest | $0.0896 | $0.0896 | $0.0896 |
| North Europe northeurope | $0.091 | $0.0692 | $0.0501 |
| Mexico Central mexicocentral | $0.0915 | $0.0616 | $0.0412 |
| Spain Central spaincentral | $0.0915 | $0.0695 | $0.0503 |
| Canada Central canadacentral | $0.0928 | $0.0627 | $0.042 |
| Canada East canadaeast | $0.0928 | $0.0627 | $0.042 |
| UK West ukwest | $0.094 | $0.0714 | $0.0517 |
| France Central francecentral | $0.0944 | $0.0715 | $0.0501 |
| UK South uksouth | $0.0944 | $0.0715 | $0.0501 |
| Indonesia Central indonesiacentral | $0.095 | $0.0641 | $0.042 |
| Malaysia West malaysiawest | $0.095 | $0.0641 | $0.042 |
| Germany West Central germanywestcentral | $0.096 | $0.073 | $0.0528 |
| Israel Central israelcentral | $0.096 | $0.0653 | $0.0442 |
| Italy North italynorth | $0.096 | $0.0787 | $0.0557 |
| Poland Central polandcentral | $0.096 | $0.073 | $0.0528 |
| West Europe westeurope | $0.096 | $0.073 | $0.0528 |
| US Gov Arizona usgovarizona | $0.0976 | – | – |
| US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia | $0.0976 | – | – |
| West US westus | $0.0992 | $0.0684 | $0.0466 |
| Central US centralus | $0.0998 | $0.0689 | $0.0469 |
| South Central US southcentralus | $0.0998 | $0.0689 | $0.0469 |
| UAE North uaenorth | $0.0998 | $0.0758 | $0.0549 |
| West Central US westcentralus | $0.0998 | $0.0689 | $0.0469 |
| Qatar Central qatarcentral | $0.1 | $0.076 | $0.055 |
| Korea Central koreacentral | $0.104 | $0.0675 | $0.0477 |
| Korea South koreasouth | $0.104 | $0.079 | $0.0572 |
| Switzerland North switzerlandnorth | $0.1056 | $0.0803 | $0.0581 |
| Australia Central australiacentral | $0.106 | $0.0772 | $0.0536 |
| Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 | $0.106 | $0.0772 | $0.0536 |
| Australia East australiaeast | $0.106 | $0.0772 | $0.0536 |
| Australia Southeast australiasoutheast | $0.106 | $0.0806 | $0.0583 |
| Norway East norwayeast | $0.106 | $0.0806 | $0.0583 |
| Southeast Asia southeastasia | $0.106 | $0.0715 | $0.0469 |
| South Africa North southafricanorth | $0.108 | $0.0821 | $0.0594 |
| Japan East japaneast | $0.109 | $0.08 | $0.0562 |
| New Zealand North newzealandnorth | $0.111 | $0.0809 | $0.0561 |
| Sweden South swedensouth | $0.112 | $0.0851 | $0.0616 |
| East Asia eastasia | $0.117 | $0.0789 | $0.0518 |
| US Gov Texas usgovtexas | $0.1175 | – | – |
| South India southindia | $0.118 | $0.0897 | $0.0649 |
| West India westindia | $0.119 | $0.0904 | $0.0654 |
| Japan West japanwest | $0.12 | $0.0912 | $0.066 |
| Germany North germanynorth | $0.125 | $0.095 | $0.0688 |
| UAE Central uaecentral | $0.125 | $0.095 | $0.0688 |
| Brazil South brazilsouth | $0.134 | $0.0826 | $0.0607 |
| France South francesouth | $0.135 | $0.1026 | $0.0743 |
| South Africa West southafricawest | $0.1356 | $0.1031 | $0.0746 |
| Norway West norwaywest | $0.137 | $0.1041 | $0.0754 |
| Switzerland West switzerlandwest | $0.1377 | $0.1047 | $0.0758 |
| Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast | $0.175 | $0.133 | $0.0963 |
Prices by operating system in East US
| Operating system | On-demand /hr | 1-yr reserved /hr | 3-yr reserved /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | $0.0832 | – | – |
| Windows | $0.0912 | – | – |
Specs
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Physical cores | 2 |
| Threads per core | 1 |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell), Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) |
| Memory | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory (GiB) | 8 |
| Networking | Value |
|---|---|
| Accelerated networking | No |
| Max network interfaces | 3 |
| Storage | Value |
|---|---|
| Storage | 16 GiB temp SSD |
| Temp disk | 16 GiB |
| Max data disks | 4 |
| Premium SSD | Yes |
| Max disk IOPS (uncached) | 1,920 |
| Max disk throughput (uncached) | 23 MB/s |
| Ephemeral OS disk | Yes |
| Instance details | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance type | Standard_B2ms |
| Family | Bms |
| Category | General purpose |
| VM generations | V1, V2 |
| Encryption at host | Yes |
| Retirement date | 2028-11-15 |
| Other | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | bv1-series |
| Specs source | Azure Resource SKUs API |
Other Bms sizes
| Size | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) | On-demand /hr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_B1ms | 1 | 2 | $0.0207 |
| Standard_B2ms | 2 | 8 | $0.0832 |
| Standard_B4ms | 4 | 16 | $0.166 |
| Standard_B8ms | 8 | 32 | $0.333 |
| Standard_B12ms | 12 | 48 | $0.499 |
| Standard_B16ms | 16 | 64 | $0.666 |
| Standard_B20ms | 20 | 80 | $0.832 |
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.