Windows Virtual Desktop pricing

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Access Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 7 Enterprise desktops and apps at no additional cost if
you have an eligible Windows or Microsoft 365 license. Get free Extended Security Updates until
January 2023 for your Windows 7 virtual desktop—offering more options to support legacy apps while
you transition to Windows 10.

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Access desktops powered by Windows Server Remote Desktop Services desktops and apps at no
additional cost if you are an eligible Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Client Access License
(CAL) customer.

You need an Azure account to quickly deploy and manage your virtualization environment. Pay only
for the virtual machines (/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/) and storage you use and take
advantage of options such as one-year or three-year Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances (/en-
us/pricing/reserved-vm-instances/), which can save you up to 72 percent versus pay-as-you-go pricing.
Reserved Virtual Machine Instances are flexible and can easily be exchanged or returned.

TYPE DESCRIPTION ELIGIBILITY

You are eligible to access

Windows 10 and Windows 7
with Windows Virtual Desktop
if you have one of the following
per user licenses*:

Microsoft 365 E3/E5

Access Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 7 Enterprise Microsoft 365

Virtualize
desktops and apps at no additional cost if you have an eligible A3/A5/Student Use Benefits
Windows
Windows or Microsoft 365 license. Get free Extended Security
10 and Microsoft 365 F3
Updates until January 2023 for your Windows 7 virtual desktop
Windows
—offering more options to support legacy apps while you Microsoft 365 Business
7
transition to Windows 10. Premium**

Windows 10 Enterprise
E3/E5

Windows 10 Education
A3/A5

Windows 10 VDA per user

You are eligible to access

Access desktops powered by Windows Server Remote Desktop Windows Server 2012 R2 and
Virtualize
Services desktops and apps at no additional cost if you are an newer desktops and apps if you
Windows
eligible Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Client Access have a per-user or per-device
Server
License (CAL) customer. RDS CAL license with active
Software Assurance (SA).

* Customers can access Windows Virtual Desktop from their non-Windows Pro endpoints if they have a Microsoft 365
E3/E5/F3/Business/ A3/A5/Student Use Benefits or Windows 10 VDA per user license.

** Microsoft 365 Business Premium was previously named Microsoft 365 Business prior to April 21, 2020.
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You need an Azure account and subscription to quickly deploy and manage your virtualization
environment. These are the Azure components that factor into the price of a Windows Virtual Desktop
deployment.

Virtual machines and operating system (OS) storage

Data disk (personal desktop only)

User profile storage

Networking

Windows Virtual Desktop session host virtual machines (VMs) including Citrix Cloud and VMW Horizon
Cloud on Azure deployments are charged at Linux compute rates for Windows 10 single, Windows 10
multi-session and Windows Server. Learn how to apply your license to a deployment at the Virtual
Desktop documentation (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/apply-windows-
license).

Take advantage of options such as one-year or three-year Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances
(/en-us/pricing/reserved-vm-instances/), which can save you up to 72 percent versus pay-as-you-go
pricing. Reserved Virtual Machine Instances are flexible and can easily be exchanged or returned.

Personal Desktop example scenarios

Sample use cases for single users accessing a persistent virtual desktop

EXAMPLE NUMBER TYPE OF USER VCPUS RAM EAST US WEST SOUTHEAST

WORKLOADS OF USERS PRICING EUROPE ASIA
IN PRICING PRICING
SCENARIO

Engineers and
graphic
designers with
3D modeling,
simulations,
Graphics and CAD 112 See See See
100 12
Workstation workloads. GB estimate (https://azure.com/e/edffc3f608
estimate (https://azure.com/
estimate (https
Users spend 5-
6 hours a day
requiring
workstation
capability.
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 Standard
knowledge
workers
making use of
Microsoft See See See
1000 Microsoft 2 4 GB
Office estimate (https://azure.com/e/93718747
estimate (https://azure.com/
estimate (https
Office
products. Users
work 8-10 hour
days.

Multi-session Desktop example scenarios

Sample use cases for multiple users sharing a pooled (non-persistent) virtual desktop

EXAMPLE NUMBER TYPE OF USER USER EAST US WEST SOUTHEAST

WORKLOADS OF USERS DENSITY PRICING EUROPE ASIA
IN PRICING PRICING
SCENARIO

Standard knowledge
workers making use of
Microsoft Office
Microsoft 2 per See See See
1000 products. 24/7 RI is
Office vCPU estimate (https://azure.com/e/52767a77
estimate (https://azure.com/
estimate (https
used to avoid need for
management of virtual
machines.

Call center users with

low intensity
workloads, primarily
Call engaged in data entry.
6 per See See See
center/data 1000 Users operate in three
vCPU estimate (https://azure.com/e/44860625
estimate (https://azure.com/
estimate (https
entry 8-hour shifts, making a
24/7 RI instance the
most cost effective
option.

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