Standard_D2 Windows prices

Standard_D2 with Windows costs $0.28 per hour on demand in East US ($204.40 a month), $0.126 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is West India, at $0.228 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

Region	Windows	Linux	Windows license
West India	$0.228	$0.136	$0.092
Central India	$0.233	$0.141	$0.092
Canada Central	$0.241	$0.149	$0.092
Canada East	$0.241	$0.149	$0.092
UAE North	$0.253	$0.161	$0.092
North Europe	$0.258	$0.146	$0.112
East US 2	$0.26	$0.134	$0.126
South Central US	$0.26	$0.134	$0.126
Mexico Central	$0.261	$0.169	$0.092
South Africa North	$0.272	$0.18	$0.092
Central US	$0.28	$0.154	$0.126
East US	$0.28	$0.154	$0.126
North Central US	$0.28	$0.154	$0.126
West US	$0.28	$0.154	$0.126
West US 3	$0.28	$0.154	$0.126
South India	$0.281	$0.189	$0.092
France Central	$0.284	$0.192	$0.092
UK South	$0.284	$0.192	$0.092
Japan West	$0.292	$0.192	$0.1
UK West	$0.294	$0.202	$0.092
Poland Central	$0.297	$0.168	$0.129
West Europe	$0.297	$0.168	$0.129
UAE Central	$0.301	$0.209	$0.092
US Gov Virginia	$0.307	$0.143	$0.164
Australia East	$0.312	$0.186	$0.126
Australia Southeast	$0.312	$0.186	$0.126
Brazil South	$0.316	$0.19	$0.126
South Africa West	$0.317	$0.225	$0.092
Southeast Asia	$0.322	$0.196	$0.126
Japan East	$0.336	$0.221	$0.115
Brazil Southeast	$0.339	$0.247	$0.092
East Asia	$0.37	$0.225	$0.145

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Region

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Windows	$0.28	–	–

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Prices in USD, updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM options.