Standard_M12s_v3 Windows prices

Standard_M12s_v3 with Windows costs $2.09 per hour on demand in East US ($1,525.70 a month), $0.55 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is East US, at $2.09 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

Region	Windows	Linux	Windows license
East US	$2.09	$1.54	$0.55
East US 2	$2.09	$1.54	$0.55
North Central US	$2.09	$1.54	$0.55
West US 2	$2.09	$1.54	$0.55
West US 3	$2.09	$1.54	$0.55
India South Central	$2.132	$1.58	$0.552
Central India	$2.14	$1.58	$0.56
Jio India West	$2.14	$1.58	$0.56
Canada Central	$2.246	$1.694	$0.552
Central US	$2.29	$1.74	$0.55
Indonesia Central	$2.295	$1.80	$0.495
Malaysia West	$2.354	$1.802	$0.552
Australia East	$2.392	$1.84	$0.552
South Central US	$2.40	$1.84	$0.56
US Gov Arizona	$2.40	$1.848	$0.552
US Gov Virginia	$2.40	$1.848	$0.552
New Zealand North	$2.484	$1.932	$0.552
UK South	$2.49	$1.94	$0.55
North Europe	$2.51	$1.84	$0.67
Southeast Asia	$2.55	$2.00	$0.55
Taiwan North	$2.55	$2.00	$0.55
West US	$2.554	$2.002	$0.552
UAE North	$2.58	$2.03	$0.55
Germany West Central	$2.70	$2.15	$0.55
Sweden Central	$2.70	$2.15	$0.55
West Europe	$2.70	$2.15	$0.55
Korea Central	$2.779	$2.227	$0.552
Japan East	$2.782	$2.233	$0.5491
Japan West	$2.782	$2.233	$0.5491
South India	$2.87	$2.32	$0.55
Switzerland North	$2.92	$2.37	$0.55
East Asia	$2.933	$2.381	$0.552
Brazil South	$3.555	$3.003	$0.552

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Region

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Windows	$2.09	$1.446	$0.9824

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