How to estimate the cost of a VM before mounting it in Azure?

Samath 121 Reputation points
2020-12-17T07:05:58.17+00:00

Hi,

I have a Windows 2016 VM to mount in Azure with a specific spec. How can I evaluate the cost by month before doing it? Is there a place that we can estimate the cost in Azure admin portal?

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  1. prmanhas-MSFT 17,901 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-12-17T14:15:30.69+00:00

    @Samath Thank you for your query.

    Azure Pricing Calculator is mostly used to calculate approx. cost for services in Azure. You can add specification as per requirement and it can help you with cost part.

    You can check this link to calculate price associated.

    For Virtual Machine it will depend on many factors such as:

    • Average number of users per vCPU (e.g. 3 users per vCPU)
    • Average GB of RAM per user (e.g. 1GB RAM per user)
    • Azure VM family (e.g. B, Dsv3, Esv3, NVv2)
    • Type of storage used by each VM (e.g. Premium SSD, Standard SSD, Standard HDD)
    • OS disk capacity of each VM (e.g. 128GB, 256GB, 1TB)
    • Amount of data transferred out of Azure per user (e.g. 25GB/month)
    • Other infrastructure services such as backup, replication, VPN, etc.
    • Reserved Instance use (e.g. pay-as-you-go, 1-year or 3-year reservations)

    You can add specification as per requirement and check price for same.

    Hope it helps!!!

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