Standard_D96d_v5 Windows prices

Standard_D96d_v5 with Windows costs $9.84 per hour on demand in East US ($7,183.20 a month), $4.416 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is East US, at $9.84 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

RegionWindowsLinuxWindows license
East US$9.84$5.424$4.416
East US 2$9.84$5.424$4.416
North Central US$9.84$5.424$4.416
West US 2$9.84$5.424$4.416
West US 3$9.84$5.424$4.416
Sweden Central$10.176$5.76$4.416
Central India$10.272$5.856$4.416
India South Central$10.272$5.856$4.416
Jio India Central$10.272$5.856$4.416
Jio India West$10.272$5.856$4.416
Mexico Central$10.382$5.966$4.416
Canada Central$10.464$6.048$4.416
Canada East$10.464$6.048$4.416
North Europe$10.464$6.048$4.416
Spain Central$10.464$6.048$4.416
Indonesia Central$10.507$6.091$4.416
Malaysia West$10.507$6.091$4.416
Central US$10.545$6.129$4.416
Korea South$10.654$6.238$4.416
UK South$10.704$6.288$4.416
France Central$10.752$6.336$4.416
Israel Central$10.752$6.336$4.416
Italy North$10.752$6.336$4.416
West US$10.80$6.384$4.416
South Central US$10.925$6.509$4.416
West Central US$10.925$6.509$4.416
Germany West Central$10.944$6.528$4.416
Poland Central$10.944$6.528$4.416
West Europe$10.944$6.528$4.416
UK West$10.979$6.563$4.416
Taiwan North$11.039$6.623$4.416
Qatar Central$11.069$6.653$4.416
UAE North$11.069$6.653$4.416
Korea Central$11.088$6.672$4.416
Southeast Asia$11.184$6.768$4.416
Australia Central$11.232$6.816$4.416
Australia Central 2$11.232$6.816$4.416
Australia East$11.232$6.816$4.416
West India$11.359$6.943$4.416
Japan East$11.424$7.008$4.416
Japan West$11.424$7.008$4.416
Australia Southeast$11.467$7.051$4.416
New Zealand North$11.573$7.157$4.416
Norway East$11.597$7.181$4.416
Switzerland North$11.597$7.181$4.416
South Africa North$11.616$7.20$4.416
East Asia$11.856$7.44$4.416
Sweden South$11.904$7.488$4.416
South India$12.064$7.648$4.416
France South$12.653$8.237$4.416
Germany North$12.902$8.486$4.416
Taiwan North West$13.025$8.609$4.416
Brazil South$13.056$8.64$4.416
UAE Central$13.065$8.649$4.416
Norway West$13.751$9.335$4.416
South Africa West$13.776$9.36$4.416
Switzerland West$13.859$9.341$4.518
Brazil Southeast$15.648$11.232$4.416

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Windows$9.84$7.616$6.477

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