Standard_F2ads_v7 Windows prices

Standard_F2ads_v7 with Windows costs $0.264 per hour on demand in East US ($192.72 a month), $0.092 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is Central India, at $0.203 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

Region	Windows	Linux	Windows license
Central India	$0.203	$0.111	$0.092
Jio India West	$0.203	$0.111	$0.092
Central US	$0.264	$0.172	$0.092
East US	$0.264	$0.172	$0.092
East US 2	$0.264	$0.172	$0.092
North Central US	$0.264	$0.172	$0.092
South Central US	$0.264	$0.172	$0.092
West US 2	$0.264	$0.172	$0.092
West US 3	$0.264	$0.172	$0.092
Sweden Central	$0.275	$0.183	$0.092
Mexico Central	$0.281	$0.189	$0.092
Canada Central	$0.283	$0.191	$0.092
North Europe	$0.283	$0.191	$0.092
UK South	$0.291	$0.199	$0.092
France Central	$0.293	$0.201	$0.092
Italy North	$0.293	$0.201	$0.092
Spain Central	$0.293	$0.201	$0.092
West US	$0.293	$0.201	$0.092
Germany West Central	$0.299	$0.207	$0.092
Poland Central	$0.299	$0.207	$0.092
West Europe	$0.299	$0.207	$0.092
Korea Central	$0.303	$0.211	$0.092
UAE North	$0.303	$0.211	$0.092
Australia East	$0.307	$0.215	$0.092
Southeast Asia	$0.307	$0.215	$0.092
Taiwan North	$0.307	$0.215	$0.092
US Gov Virginia	$0.309	$0.217	$0.092
Japan East	$0.315	$0.223	$0.092
Japan West	$0.315	$0.223	$0.092
South Africa North	$0.321	$0.229	$0.092
East Asia	$0.329	$0.237	$0.092
Norway East	$0.337	$0.245	$0.092
Switzerland North	$0.337	$0.245	$0.092
Brazil South	$0.367	$0.275	$0.092

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Region

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Windows	$0.264	$0.1983	$0.1589

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