Standard_D12_v2 Windows prices

Standard_D12_v2 with Windows costs $0.476 per hour on demand in East US ($347.48 a month), $0.105 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is East US, at $0.476 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

RegionWindowsLinuxWindows license
East US$0.476$0.371$0.105
East US 2$0.486$0.299$0.187
West US 2$0.486$0.299$0.187
West US 3$0.486$0.299$0.187
South Central US$0.486$0.332$0.154
West Central US$0.486$0.332$0.154
North Europe$0.486$0.371$0.115
Mexico Central$0.503$0.319$0.184
Korea South$0.525$0.359$0.166
North Central US$0.528$0.37$0.158
West US$0.528$0.37$0.158
Central US$0.528$0.371$0.157
Italy North$0.529$0.345$0.184
Poland Central$0.529$0.345$0.184
Spain Central$0.529$0.345$0.184
Sweden Central$0.529$0.345$0.184
Canada Central$0.535$0.366$0.169
Canada East$0.535$0.366$0.169
Israel Central$0.543$0.359$0.184
Qatar Central$0.543$0.359$0.184
UAE North$0.543$0.359$0.184
Indonesia Central$0.555$0.316$0.239
Malaysia West$0.555$0.371$0.184
Germany West Central$0.557$0.332$0.225
West Europe$0.557$0.379$0.178
Central India$0.563$0.379$0.184
Jio India Central$0.563$0.379$0.184
Jio India West$0.563$0.379$0.184
South India$0.563$0.379$0.184
West India$0.563$0.379$0.184
Japan West$0.569$0.399$0.17
Korea Central$0.583$0.399$0.184
South Africa North$0.585$0.401$0.184
Southeast Asia$0.591$0.382$0.209
Australia Central$0.591$0.399$0.192
Australia Central 2$0.591$0.399$0.192
Australia East$0.591$0.399$0.192
Australia Southeast$0.591$0.399$0.192
Switzerland North$0.5949$0.4169$0.178
Norway East$0.601$0.417$0.184
US Gov Arizona$0.608$0.373$0.235
US Gov Texas$0.608$0.373$0.235
US Gov Virginia$0.608$0.373$0.235
France Central$0.615$0.469$0.146
UK South$0.615$0.469$0.146
UK West$0.615$0.469$0.146
Germany North$0.616$0.432$0.184
Sweden South$0.633$0.449$0.184
UAE Central$0.65$0.466$0.184
Japan East$0.654$0.459$0.195
New Zealand North$0.68$0.496$0.184
South Africa West$0.686$0.502$0.184
East Asia$0.704$0.459$0.245
Switzerland West$0.7222$0.5422$0.18
Norway West$0.726$0.542$0.184
Brazil Southeast$0.795$0.611$0.184
France South$0.8$0.608$0.192
Brazil South$0.807$0.47$0.337

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Windows$0.476––

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