Standard_DS3 Windows prices

Standard_DS3 with Windows costs $0.56 per hour on demand in East US ($408.80 a month), $0.252 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is West India, at $0.456 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

Region	Windows	Linux	Windows license
West India	$0.456	$0.272	$0.184
Central India	$0.466	$0.282	$0.184
Canada Central	$0.483	$0.299	$0.184
Canada East	$0.483	$0.299	$0.184
UAE North	$0.506	$0.322	$0.184
North Europe	$0.516	$0.292	$0.224
East US 2	$0.52	$0.268	$0.252
South Central US	$0.52	$0.268	$0.252
Mexico Central	$0.523	$0.339	$0.184
South Africa North	$0.543	$0.359	$0.184
Central US	$0.56	$0.308	$0.252
East US	$0.56	$0.308	$0.252
North Central US	$0.56	$0.308	$0.252
West US	$0.56	$0.308	$0.252
West US 3	$0.56	$0.308	$0.252
South India	$0.562	$0.378	$0.184
France Central	$0.569	$0.385	$0.184
UK South	$0.569	$0.385	$0.184
Japan West	$0.584	$0.384	$0.2
UK West	$0.587	$0.403	$0.184
Poland Central	$0.593	$0.336	$0.257
West Europe	$0.593	$0.336	$0.257
UAE Central	$0.602	$0.418	$0.184
US Gov Virginia	$0.6138	$0.2856	$0.3282
Australia East	$0.624	$0.372	$0.252
Australia Southeast	$0.624	$0.372	$0.252
Brazil South	$0.632	$0.38	$0.252
South Africa West	$0.634	$0.45	$0.184
Southeast Asia	$0.644	$0.392	$0.252
Japan East	$0.672	$0.442	$0.23
Brazil Southeast	$0.678	$0.494	$0.184
East Asia	$0.741	$0.451	$0.29

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Region

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Windows	$0.56	–	–

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