= Windows Virtual Machines Pricing =
== Provision Windows and Linux Virtual Machines in seconds ==
Azure Virtual Machines gives you the flexibility of virtualization for a wide range of computing solutions with support for Linux, Windows Server, SQL Server, Oracle, IBM, SAP, and more. All current generation Virtual Machines include load balancing and auto-scaling at no cost. For optimal performance, we recommend pairing your Virtual Machines with Managed Disks. Standard egress charges apply

== IP address options ==
Every Azure Cloud service containing one or more Azure Virtual Machines is automatically assigned a free dynamic virtual IP (VIP) address. For an additional charge, you can also get:
Instance-level public IP addresses—A dynamic public IP address (PIP) that is assigned to a virtual machine for direct access. Reserved IP addresses—A public IP address that can be reserved and used as a VIP address. Load-balanced IP addresses—Additional load-balanced VIP addresses that can be assigned to an Azure Cloud Service containing one or more Azure Virtual Machines

== Dev/Test pricing available ==
Azure Dev/Test pricing provides savings of up to 55% off License Included prices and is available for active Visual Studio subscribers looking to run development and testing workloads, individually or as a team

== Explore additional savings ==
 Pay as you go 
Pay for compute capacity by the second, with no long-term commitment or upfront payments. Increase or decrease compute capacity on demand

 Reserved Virtual Machine Instances 
An Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instance is an advanced purchase of a Virtual Machine for one or three years in a specific region

 Spot Pricing 
Purchase unused compute capacity at deep discounts - up to 90 percent compared to pay as you prices

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== Frequently asked questions ==
 General 
No. All new virtual machines have an operating system disk and a local disk (or “resource disk We don’t charge for local disk storage. The operating system disk is charged at the regular rate for disks. See all virtual machines configurations

Read our Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances FAQ

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A temporary disk is storage that’s attached directly to the deployed VM. Data on a temporary disk is lost once the VM isdown. If you need persistent storage, there are a number of types and sizes of persistent data disks available that are charged separately. Please see storage pricing for information. For persistent VM storage, we recommend that you use Managed Disks to take advantage of better management features, scalability, availability, and security

Maybe. If the status says “Stopped (Deallocated you’re not being billed. If it says, “Stopped Allocated,” you’re still being billed for allocated virtual cores (not the software license itself). Full details on virtual machine states are available on the documentation page

State Billed Details Starting Yes The initial starting state of virtual machines as they’re going through the boot cycle. This period is billed as the virtual machines are running. Running (Started) Yes The running state of the virtual machine. Stopped Yes You are billed for allocated cores, but not software license

Note—To put a virtual machine in “Stopped” status, use the power option within the virtual machine, not from the Microsoft Azure classic portal

Deleted (Deallocated) No Cores are no longer allocated to the virtual machine, and are no longer billed

Note—The only way to stop all virtual machines in a cloud service is to delete both the staging and production deployments


Virtual machine prices include local disk storage only. You can see the cost to attach Premium (SSD based) and Standard (HDD based) disks to your virtual machines on the Managed Disks pricing page

Previously, all usage for A0, A2, A3, and A4 Standard and Basic virtual machines was emitted as fractions (for A0) or multiples (for A2, A3, and A4) of A1 virtual machines meter minutes. We heard this caused some confusion for our customers, so we’ve implemented a change to assign per-second usage to dedicated A0, A2, A3, and A4 meters. Because of this transition, the resource GUIDs for A0, A2, A3, and A4 virtual machines will change. If any of your billing routines rely on the resource GUIDs, they’ll need to be modified to take these new billing meters into consideration

Deployment size Usage emitted as multiple of A1 through January 10, 2016 Usage emitted on dedicated meter as of January 11, 2016 A0 .25 of A1 hour 1 of A0 hour A2 2 of A1 hour 1 of A2 hour A3 4 of A1 hour 1 of A3 hour A4 8 of A1 hour 1 of A4 hour
We charge for the number of full minutes your virtual machine is running, so you are not billed for any extra seconds. In this example you would be billed for 6 minutes

It’s a new preview feature for Azure Virtual Machines with private IP addresses. The internally load-balanced endpoint is only accessible within a virtual network (for virtual machines within a virtual network) or cloud service (for virtual machines outside a virtual network). Internal load balancing is useful for multi-tier applications where some of the application tiers aren’t public facing yet require load balancing functionality

You can check the status of your virtual machines in the
Virtual Machinestab, and also in the virtual machine Dashboard. If virtual machine status says "Stopped," you’re still being billed. Only "Stopped (Deallocated)" indicates you’re not being billed

To ensure you’re not being billed, always stop virtual machines from the management portal. You can also stop the virtual machine through Powershell by calling ShutdownRoleOperation with "PostShutdownAction" equal to "StoppedDeallocated"

Each instance is charged for its data egress across regions

No. Tax will be added separately


As you transition your workloads to Azure, take advantage of Azure Hybrid Benefit to reuse your existing Windows Server licenses with Software Assurance or Windows Server subscriptions for significant savings. For each license, Azure covers the cost of the OS, while you pay for just the VM compute costs. Additionally, through Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux, you can use your pre-existing on-premises Red Hat and SUSE software subscriptions on Azure. Learn more

 Spot VMs 
Workloads are evicted when Azure no longer has available compute capacity and must reallocate its resources

Workloads will also be evicted when the current price exceeds the maximum price that you agreed to pay before the VMs were allocated

- For pricing transparency across all Azure regions and to ensure fairness when allocating available compute capacity, all our customers will enter maximum prices in US dollars. Spot pricing in local currency figures displayed on this page are provided for your information only. These figures represent only an estimate of the actual costs you will incur and will vary based on currency exchange rates

Spot pricing in local currency displayed on this page is provided for your information only. You may pay your Azure bill in one of the supported local currencies below. However, Spot pricing in local currency figures displayed on this page are provided for your convenience and represent only an estimate of the actual costs you will incur and will vary based on currency exchange rates

AUDAustralia – DollarAUD JPYJapan – YenJPY TWDTaiwan – Dollar (NT$) TWD KRWKorea – WonKRW GBPUnited Kingdom – PoundGBP NZDNew Zealand – DollarNZD CADCanada – DollarCAD NOKNorway – Krone (kr) NOK CNYChina – Yuan (CN¥) CNY RUBRussia – RubleRUB DKKDenmark – Krone (kr) DKK SEKSweden – Krona (kr) SEK EUREuro Zone – EuroEUR CHFSwitzerland – Franc (chf) CHF INRIndia – RupeeINR
For all other currencies not listed above, you will have to transact Spot VMs in US dollars and pay your bill in US dollars

 Windows Server 
No. Microsoft provides the Windows Server license keys for any running instances

No. You’ll need to supply a license for the image

 Promo VMs 
- The H series and NC series promos are no longer available and normal H series and NC series instances will we decommissioned soon. The promo virtual machines already deployed will continue to run until the associated H series and NC series decommission dates. Please read the H series migration guide and NC series migration guide for additional information and next steps

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