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Biztalk Enterprise Virtual Machines Scale Sets Pricing

Manage and scale up to thousands of Linux and Windows virtual machines

Virtual Machine scale sets make it easy to build highly scalable applications by allowing you to effortlessly deploy and manage a set of VMs as a group. Built on the Azure Resource Manager deployment model, VM scale sets are fully integrated with Azure load balancing and autoscale and support Windows, Linux, custom images and extensions. VM scale sets offer two modes of operation:

  1. Scale Set VMs – this provides easy creation and management of identical VMs
  2. Single VMs – this provide easy way to add your VMs to VMSS during the creation process (e.g., to obtain high availability)

Virtual Machine scale sets are currently available on all Azure Windows or Linux VM sizes. You are only charged for the Azure VMs you deploy, as well as any additional underlying infrastructure resources consumed such as storage and networking. There are no incremental charges for the Virtual Machine scale sets service itself. Standard egress charges apply.

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General purpose

Balanced CPU-to-memory ratio. Ideal for testing and development, small to medium databases and low to medium traffic web servers.

Bs-series

Bs-series are economical virtual machines that provide a low-cost option for workloads that typically run at a low to moderate baseline CPU performance, but sometimes need to burst to significantly higher CPU performance when the demand rises. These workloads do not require the use of the full CPU all the time, but occasionally will need to burst to finish some tasks more quickly. Many applications such as development and test servers, low traffic web servers, small databases, micro services, servers for proof-of-concepts, build servers and code repositories fit into this model.
Instance Cores RAM Temporary
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B1S 1 1 GiB 4 GiB $- $-
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B1MS 1 2 GiB 4 GiB $- $-
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B2S 2 4 GiB 8 GiB $- $-
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B2MS 2 8 GiB 16 GiB $- $-
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B4MS 4 16 GiB 32 GiB $- $-
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B8MS 8 32 GiB 64 GiB $- $-
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B12MS 12 48 GiB 96 GiB $- $-
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B16MS 16 64 GiB 128 GiB $- $-
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B20MS 20 80 GiB 160 GiB $- $-
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Av2 Standard *

Av2 Standard is the latest generation of A-series virtual machines with similar CPU performance and faster disk. These virtual machines are suitable for development workloads, build servers, code repositories, low-traffic websites and web applications, micro services, early product experiments and small databases. Like the prior A Standard generation, Av2 virtual machines will include load balancing and auto-scaling at no additional charge.

Instance Cores RAM Temporary
storage
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estimate
A1 v2 1 2 GiB 10 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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A2 v2 2 4 GiB 20 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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A2m v2 2 16 GiB 20 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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A4 v2 4 8 GiB 40 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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A4m v2 4 32 GiB 40 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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A8 v2 8 16 GiB 80 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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A8m v2 8 64 GiB 80 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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Reserved Virtual Machine Instances are currently not available for the Av2-series.

* Note: The A8 – A11 VMs are planned for retirement on 3/2021. See here for more information.

D2a – D96a v4

The Da v4-series VMs are based on the 2.35Ghz AMD EPYCTM 7452 processor, which can achieve up to 3.35GHz. The Dav4 VM sizes offer a combination of vCPU(s), memory and temporary storage able to meet the requirements associated with most production workloads. Data disk storage is billed separately from virtual machines. To use Premium SSD disk storage, select the Das v4 VMs.
Instance vCPU(s) RAM Temporary
storage
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estimate
D2a v4 2 8 GiB 50 GiB $- $-
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D4a v4 4 16 GiB 100 GiB $- $-
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D8a v4 8 32 GiB 200 GiB $- $-
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D16a v4 16 64 GiB 400 GiB $- $-
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D32a v4 32 128 GiB 800 GiB $- $-
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D48a v4 48 192 GiB 1,200 GiB $- $-
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D64a v4 64 256 GiB 1,600 GiB $- $-
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D96a v4 96 384 GiB 2,400 GiB $- $-
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D2as – D96as v4

The Das v4-series VMs support Premium SSD disk storage and are based on the 2.35Ghz AMD EPYCTM 7452 processor, which can achieve up to 3.35GHz. The Das v4 VM sizes offer a combination of vCPUs, memory and temporary storage able to meet the requirements associated with most production workloads.

The VM pricing and billing meters for Das v4 VMs are the same as Da v4 VM series. Persistent storage disks are billed separately from virtual machines. See pricing for disks.

Instance vCPU(s) RAM Temporary
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estimate
D2as v4 2 8 GiB 16 GiB $- $-
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D4as v4 4 16 GiB 32 GiB $- $-
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D8as v4 8 32 GiB 64 GiB $- $-
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D16as v4 16 64 GiB 128 GiB $- $-
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D32as v4 32 128 GiB 256 GiB $- $-
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D48as v4 48 192 GiB 384 GiB $- $-
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D64as v4 64 256 GiB 512 GiB $- $-
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D96as v4 96 384 GiB 768 GiB $- $-
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D2d – D96d v5 (latest generation) Preview

The Ddv5 series virtual machines are based on the third Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration. This custom processor can reach an all core Turbo clock speed of up to 3.5GHz and features Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512) and Intel® Deep Learning Boost. The Ddv5 and Ddsv5 virtual machine sizes include high performance, large local SSD storage (up to 2,400 GiB) and provide a better value proposition for most general-purpose workloads compared to the prior generation (e.g., increased scalability and an upgraded CPU class).

The Ddv5 VM sizes offer a combination of vCPUs, memory and temporary storage able to meet the requirements associated with most enterprise workloads, such as small-to-medium databases, low-to-medium traffic web servers, application servers and more.

You can attach Standard SSDs and Standard HDDs disk storage to these VMs. To use Premium SSD or Ultra Disk storage, select Ddsv5 VMs. Disk storage is billed separately from virtual machines. See pricing for disks.

To request access to the preview please fill-in this form.

Instance vCPU(s) RAM Temporary
storage
Pay as you go
1 year reserved 3 year reserved Spot Add to
estimate
D2d v5 2 8 GiB 75 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D4d v5 4 16 GiB 150 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D8d v5 8 32 GiB 300 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D16d v5 16 64 GiB 600 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D32d v5 32 128 GiB 1,200 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D48d v5 48 192 GiB 1,800 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D64d v5 64 256 GiB 2,400 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D96d v5 96 384 GiB 2,400 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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Reserved Virtual Machine Instances are currently not available for the Ddv5-series.

D2ds – D96ds v5 (latest generation) Preview

The Ddsv5 series virtual machines are based on the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration. This custom processor can reach an all core Turbo clock speed of up to 3.5GHz and features Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512) and Intel® Deep Learning Boost. The Ddv5 and Ddsv5 virtual machine sizes feature high performance, large local SSD storage (up to 2,400 GiB) and provide a better value proposition for most general-purpose workloads compared to the prior generation (e.g., increased scalability and an upgraded CPU class).

The Ddsv5 VM sizes offer a combination of vCPUs, memory, and temporary storage able to meet the requirements associated with most enterprise workloads, such as small-to-medium databases, low-to-medium traffic web servers, application servers and more.

You can attach Standard SSDs, Standard HDDs, and Premium SSDs disk storage to these VMs. You can also attach Ultra Disk storage based on its regional availability. Disk storage is billed separately from virtual machines. See pricing for disks.

To request access to the preview please fill-in this form.

Instance vCPU(s) RAM Temporary
storage
Pay as you go
1 year reserved 3 year reserved Spot Add to
estimate
D2ds v5 2 8 GiB 75 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
N/A
D4ds v5 4 16 GiB 150 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
N/A
D8ds v5 8 32 GiB 300 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D16ds v5 16 64 GiB 600 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D32ds v5 32 128 GiB 1,200 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
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D48ds v5 48 192 GiB 1,800 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
N/A
D64ds v5 64 256 GiB 2,400 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
N/A
D96ds v5 96 384 GiB 2,400 GiB $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
N/A

Reserved Virtual Machine Instances are currently not available for the Ddsv5-series.

D2 – D96 v5 (latest generation without temporary storage) Preview

The Dv5 series virtual machines are based on the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration. This custom processor can reach an all-core Turbo clock speed of up to 3.5GHz and features Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512) and Intel® Deep Learning Boost.

The Dv5 VM sizes offer a combination of vCPUs and memory able to meet the requirements associated with most enterprise workloads, such as small-to-medium databases, low-to-medium traffic web servers, application servers and more. They also provide a better value proposition for most general-purpose workloads compared to the prior generation (e.g., increased scalability and an upgraded CPU class).

The Dv5 and Dsv5 virtual machine sizes do not have any temporary storage thus lowering the price of entry. You can attach Standard SSDs and Standard HDDs disk storage to these VMs. If you prefer to use Premium SSD or Ultra Disk storage, please select the Dsv5 virtual machines instead. Disk storage is billed separately from virtual machines. See pricing for disks.

To request access to the preview please fill-in this form.

Instance vCPU(s) RAM Temporary
storage
Pay as you go
1 year reserved 3 year reserved Spot Add to
estimate
D2 v5 2 8 GiB N/A $- – – Blank – – Blank $-
N/A