Standard_F2als_v7 Windows prices

Standard_F2als_v7 with Windows costs $0.213 per hour on demand in East US ($155.49 a month), $0.092 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is Central India, at $0.17 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

Region	Windows	Linux	Windows license
Central India	$0.17	$0.0782	$0.0918
Jio India West	$0.17	$0.0782	$0.0918
Central US	$0.213	$0.121	$0.092
East US	$0.213	$0.121	$0.092
East US 2	$0.213	$0.121	$0.092
North Central US	$0.213	$0.121	$0.092
West US 2	$0.213	$0.121	$0.092
West US 3	$0.213	$0.121	$0.092
Sweden Central	$0.221	$0.129	$0.092
Mexico Central	$0.225	$0.133	$0.092
Canada Central	$0.227	$0.135	$0.092
North Europe	$0.227	$0.135	$0.092
UK South	$0.233	$0.141	$0.092
France Central	$0.234	$0.142	$0.092
Italy North	$0.234	$0.142	$0.092
Spain Central	$0.234	$0.142	$0.092
West US	$0.234	$0.142	$0.092
South Central US	$0.237	$0.145	$0.092
Germany West Central	$0.238	$0.146	$0.092
Poland Central	$0.238	$0.146	$0.092
West Europe	$0.238	$0.146	$0.092
Korea Central	$0.241	$0.149	$0.092
UAE North	$0.241	$0.149	$0.092
Australia East	$0.244	$0.152	$0.092
Southeast Asia	$0.244	$0.152	$0.092
Taiwan North	$0.244	$0.152	$0.092
US Gov Virginia	$0.245	$0.153	$0.092
Japan East	$0.249	$0.157	$0.092
Japan West	$0.249	$0.157	$0.092
South Africa North	$0.254	$0.162	$0.092
East Asia	$0.259	$0.167	$0.092
Norway East	$0.265	$0.173	$0.092
Switzerland North	$0.265	$0.173	$0.092
Brazil South	$0.286	$0.194	$0.092

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Region

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Windows	$0.213	$0.167	$0.138

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