Standard_DS12 Windows prices

Standard_DS12 with Windows costs $0.528 per hour on demand in East US ($385.44 a month), $0.142 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is East US 2, at $0.486 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

Region	Windows	Linux	Windows license
East US 2	$0.486	$0.347	$0.139
South Central US	$0.486	$0.347	$0.139
North Europe	$0.486	$0.386	$0.1
West US 3	$0.528	$0.385	$0.143
Central US	$0.528	$0.386	$0.142
East US	$0.528	$0.386	$0.142
North Central US	$0.528	$0.386	$0.142
West US	$0.528	$0.386	$0.142
West India	$0.536	$0.352	$0.184
Central India	$0.549	$0.365	$0.184
Canada East	$0.558	$0.374	$0.184
Poland Central	$0.559	$0.442	$0.117
West Europe	$0.559	$0.442	$0.117
Japan West	$0.569	$0.42	$0.149
Canada Central	$0.571	$0.387	$0.184
UAE North	$0.6	$0.416	$0.184
US Gov Virginia	$0.608	$0.373	$0.235
Mexico Central	$0.608	$0.424	$0.184
Australia East	$0.612	$0.42	$0.192
Australia Southeast	$0.612	$0.42	$0.192
Southeast Asia	$0.612	$0.42	$0.192
South Africa North	$0.649	$0.465	$0.184
Japan East	$0.654	$0.483	$0.171
France Central	$0.665	$0.481	$0.184
UK South	$0.665	$0.481	$0.184
South India	$0.673	$0.489	$0.184
UK West	$0.688	$0.504	$0.184
East Asia	$0.703	$0.483	$0.22
UAE Central	$0.725	$0.541	$0.184
South Africa West	$0.767	$0.583	$0.184
Brazil Southeast	$0.795	$0.611	$0.184
Brazil South	$0.807	$0.47	$0.337

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Region

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Windows	$0.528	–	–

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