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* Starting from July 1, 2023, Data transfer billing between Virtual machines across availability zones will begin(Egress and Ingress). Please see FAQ for additional details.

** Data transfer from Azure origin to Azure CDN is free in specific cases. Please see FAQ for additional details .

Between regions within Asia
Between regions within Oceania
Between regions within Middle East and Africa $0.08 per GB Between regions within South America $0.16 per GB From Asia to other continents
From Oceania to other continents
From Africa to other continents $0.08 per GB From South America to other continents $0.16 per GB

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Yes. Availability Zone is different from Zone.

Zone is a geographical grouping of Azure Regions for billing purpose. Data transfer pricing is based on the Zones. For Zone details, please refer to FAQ below.

Availability Zone is an isolated location inside of an Azure Region, and has its own independent power source, network, and cooling. The physical and logical separation of Availability Zones within an Azure region protects applications and data from zone-level failures. Availability Zone data transfer pricing is based on Availability Zones.

What type data transfer will be charged by Availability Zones data transfer meters beginning July 1, 2023?

Following Availability Zone data transfer is charged:

  • Data transfer, ingress and egress, from a VNet resource deployed in an Availability Zone to another resource in different Availability Zone in the same VNET
  • Following Availability Zone data transfer is NOT charged:

  • Data transfer between VNet resources located in same Availability Zone
  • Data transfer between a VNet resource and a Public IP address in the same Azure Region
  • Data transfer between VNet resources located in peered VNets across Availability Zones. This data transfer will be charges as per VNet peering rates.
  • An Azure Virtual Machine that does not have a specified Availability Zone will not be charged for inter-Availability Zone traffic charge, but VNet peering charges still apply
  • North America and Europe - Central US, East US, East US 2, North Central US, South Central US, West US, West US 2, West Central US, Canada Central, Canada East, North Europe, West Europe, France Central, France South, Germany North, Germany West Central, Norway East, Norway West, Switzerland North, Switzerland West, Sweden Central, UK South, UK West
  • Asia - East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central India, South India, West India, Japan East, Japan West, Korea Central, Korea South
  • Middle East and Africa - South Africa North, South Africa West, UAE Central, UAE North, Qatar Central
  • Oceania - Australia East, Australia Southeast, Australia Central, Australia Central 2
  • South America - Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
  • What data transfer programs exist for academic customers and how do I qualify?

    We do not charge academic customers for Internet egress provided your institution meets certain eligibility requirements. Academic customers must be an Enrollment for Education Solutions ( EES ) education customer to be eligible, and the egress charges must be less than 15% of the total monthly consumption bill. Egress is not waived for traffic over ExpressRoute or CDN, in addition to customers using egress-as-a-service applications like MOOCs. For more information, please refer to the EES program page .

    Is data transfer between Azure services and Azure CDN charged?

    Data transfer from Azure origin to Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft Standard is only charged if the origin is Azure Media Services.

    Data transfer from Azure origin to Azure CDN Standard from Akamai, Azure CDN Standard from Verizon, or Azure CDN Premium from Verizon is only charged if the origin is Azure Media Services. These charges will be waived off if the CDN resources are created via the CDN integration within an Azure Media Service resource through the Azure portal or API.