Today is the day - Sweden Central is offically open!

But wait, which Azure resources are available to us and where’s the prices?

When Microsoft opens up a new Azure Region all of the services we are used to may not be available right away.

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Azure services are grouped into three categories: foundational, mainstream, and strategic. Azure’s general policy on deploying services into any given region is primarily driven by region type, service categories, and customer demand.

Foundational: Available in all recommended and alternate regions when the region is generally available, or within 90 days of a new foundational service becoming generally available.

Mainstream: Available in all recommended regions within 90 days of the region general availability. Demand-driven in alternate regions, and many are already deployed into a large subset of alternate regions.

Strategic (previously Specialized): Targeted service offerings, often industry-focused or backed by customized hardware. Demand-driven availability across regions, and many are already deployed into a large subset of recommended regions.

When I tried to look into a general view of all the services available to Sweden Central, I couldn’t find it (maybe my Bing/Google skills are bad today). Otherwise it’s fairly simple to look up with PowerShell.

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Get-AzLocation | Where-Object {$_.location -eq "swedencentral"} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Providers
Get-AzLocation | Where-Object {$_.location -eq "westeurope"} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Providers

As of today - Sweden Central has 24 services up and running.

Compare to my favorite region, West Europe, it has 164 services up and running.

Sweden Central

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Microsoft.Automation
Microsoft.ClassicCompute
Microsoft.ClassicNetwork
Microsoft.ClassicStorage
Microsoft.CloudTest
Microsoft.Compute
Microsoft.DataProtection
Microsoft.DBforPostgreSQL
Microsoft.DocumentDB
Microsoft.EventHub
Microsoft.HDInsight
Microsoft.KeyVault
Microsoft.ManagedIdentity
Microsoft.NetApp
Microsoft.OperationalInsights
Microsoft.OperationsManagement
Microsoft.Relay
Microsoft.Resources
Microsoft.SecurityDetonation
Microsoft.ServiceBus
Microsoft.ServiceFabric
Microsoft.Solutions
Microsoft.Storage
Microsoft.VideoIndexer
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84codes.CloudAMQP
Dynatrace.Observability
Microsoft.AAD
microsoft.aadiam
Microsoft.Addons
Microsoft.AnalysisServices
Microsoft.ApiManagement
Microsoft.AppConfiguration
Microsoft.AppPlatform
Microsoft.Attestation
Microsoft.Automanage
Microsoft.Automation
Microsoft.AutonomousDevelopmentPlatform
Microsoft.AVS
Microsoft.AzureArcData
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Microsoft.Bing
Microsoft.Blockchain
Microsoft.BotService
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Microsoft.Cdn
Microsoft.Chaos
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Microsoft.ClassicInfrastructureMigrate
Microsoft.ClassicNetwork
Microsoft.ClassicStorage
Microsoft.CloudTest
Microsoft.CodeSigning
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Microsoft.CognitiveServices
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Microsoft.ConfidentialLedger
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Microsoft.ConnectedVehicle
Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere
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Microsoft.ContainerRegistry
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Microsoft.Databricks
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Microsoft.DataLakeAnalytics
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Microsoft.DataMigration
Microsoft.DataProtection
Microsoft.DataShare
Microsoft.DBforMariaDB
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Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization
Microsoft.DevAI
Microsoft.Devices
Microsoft.DevOps
Microsoft.DevTestLab
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Microsoft.EnterpriseKnowledgeGraph
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Microsoft.HanaOnAzure
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Microsoft.HealthBot
Microsoft.HealthcareApis
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microsoft.insights
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Microsoft.Logic
Microsoft.Logz
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Microsoft.Maintenance
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Microsoft.MarketplaceApps
Microsoft.Media
Microsoft.Migrate
Microsoft.MixedReality
Microsoft.MobileNetwork
Microsoft.NetApp
Microsoft.Network
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Microsoft.Peering
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Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages
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Microsoft.VSOnline
Microsoft.Web
Microsoft.WindowsESU
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VM SKUs in Sweden Central

So, looking at Virtual Machines, which VM SKUs are currently available? Again, PowerShell can help us.

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Get-AzVMSize -Location SwedenCentral
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Name NumberOfCores MemoryInMB
Standard_B1ls 1 512
Standard_B1ms 1 2048
Standard_B1s 1 1024
Standard_B2ms 2 8192
Standard_B2s 2 4096
Standard_B4ms 4 16384
Standard_B8ms 8 32768
Standard_B12ms 12 49152
Standard_B16ms 16 65536
Standard_B20ms 20 81920
Standard_E2_v4 2 16384
Standard_E4_v4 4 32768
Standard_E8_v4 8 65536
Standard_E16_v4 16 131072
Standard_E20_v4 20 163840
Standard_E32_v4 32 262144
Standard_E48_v4 48 393216
Standard_E64_v4 64 516096
Standard_E2d_v4 2 16384
Standard_E4d_v4 4 32768
Standard_E8d_v4 8 65536
Standard_E16d_v4 16 131072
Standard_E20d_v4 20 163840
Standard_E32d_v4 32 262144
Standard_E48d_v4 48 393216
Standard_E64d_v4 64 516096
Standard_E2s_v4 2 16384
Standard_E4-2s_v4 4 32768
Standard_E4s_v4 4 32768
Standard_E8-2s_v4 8 65536
Standard_E8-4s_v4 8 65536
Standard_E8s_v4 8 65536
Standard_E16-4s_v4 16 131072
Standard_E16-8s_v4 16 131072
Standard_E16s_v4 16 131072
Standard_E20s_v4 20 163840
Standard_E32-8s_v4 32 262144
Standard_E32-16s_v4 32 262144
Standard_E32s_v4 32 262144
Standard_E48s_v4 48 393216
Standard_E64-16s_v4 64 516096
Standard_E64-32s_v4 64 516096
Standard_E64s_v4 64 516096
Standard_E80is_v4 80 516096
Standard_E2ds_v4 2 16384
Standard_E4-2ds_v4 4 32768
Standard_E4ds_v4 4 32768
Standard_E8-2ds_v4 8 65536
Standard_E8-4ds_v4 8 65536
Standard_E8ds_v4 8 65536
Standard_E16-4ds_v4 16 131072
Standard_E16-8ds_v4 16 131072
Standard_E16ds_v4 16 131072
Standard_E20ds_v4 20 163840
Standard_E32-8ds_v4 32 262144
Standard_E32-16ds_v4 32 262144
Standard_E32ds_v4 32 262144
Standard_E48ds_v4 48 393216
Standard_E64-16ds_v4 64 516096
Standard_E64-32ds_v4 64 516096
Standard_E64ds_v4 64 516096
Standard_E80ids_v4 80 516096
Standard_D2d_v4 2 8192
Standard_D4d_v4 4 16384
Standard_D8d_v4 8 32768
Standard_D16d_v4 16 65536
Standard_D32d_v4 32 131072
Standard_D48d_v4 48 196608
Standard_D64d_v4 64 262144
Standard_D2_v4 2 8192
Standard_D4_v4 4 16384
Standard_D8_v4 8 32768
Standard_D16_v4 16 65536
Standard_D32_v4 32 131072
Standard_D48_v4 48 196608
Standard_D64_v4 64 262144
Standard_D2ds_v4 2 8192
Standard_D4ds_v4 4 16384
Standard_D8ds_v4 8 32768
Standard_D16ds_v4 16 65536
Standard_D32ds_v4 32 131072
Standard_D48ds_v4 48 196608
Standard_D64ds_v4 64 262144
Standard_D2s_v4 2 8192
Standard_D4s_v4 4 16384
Standard_D8s_v4 8 32768
Standard_D16s_v4 16 65536
Standard_D32s_v4 32 131072
Standard_D48s_v4 48 196608
Standard_D64s_v4 64 262144
Standard_D1_v2 1 3584
Standard_D2_v2 2 7168
Standard_D3_v2 4 14336
Standard_D4_v2 8 28672
Standard_D5_v2 16 57344
Standard_D11_v2 2 14336
Standard_D12_v2 4 28672
Standard_D13_v2 8 57344
Standard_D14_v2 16 114688
Standard_D15_v2 20 143360
Standard_D2_v2_Promo 2 7168
Standard_D3_v2_Promo 4 14336
Standard_D4_v2_Promo 8 28672
Standard_D5_v2_Promo 16 57344
Standard_D11_v2_Promo 2 14336
Standard_D12_v2_Promo 4 28672
Standard_D13_v2_Promo 8 57344
Standard_D14_v2_Promo 16 114688
Standard_F1 1 2048
Standard_F2 2 4096
Standard_F4 4 8192
Standard_F8 8 16384
Standard_F16 16 32768
Standard_DS1_v2 1 3584
Standard_DS2_v2 2 7168
Standard_DS3_v2 4 14336
Standard_DS4_v2 8 28672
Standard_DS5_v2 16 57344
Standard_DS11-1_v2 2 14336
Standard_DS11_v2 2 14336
Standard_DS12-1_v2 4 28672
Standard_DS12-2_v2 4 28672
Standard_DS12_v2 4 28672
Standard_DS13-2_v2 8 57344
Standard_DS13-4_v2 8 57344
Standard_DS13_v2 8 57344
Standard_DS14-4_v2 16 114688
Standard_DS14-8_v2 16 114688
Standard_DS14_v2 16 114688
Standard_DS15_v2 20 143360
Standard_DS2_v2_Promo 2 7168
Standard_DS3_v2_Promo 4 14336
Standard_DS4_v2_Promo 8 28672
Standard_DS5_v2_Promo 16 57344
Standard_DS11_v2_Promo 2 14336
Standard_DS12_v2_Promo 4 28672
Standard_DS13_v2_Promo 8 57344
Standard_DS14_v2_Promo 16 114688
Standard_F1s 1 2048
Standard_F2s 2 4096
Standard_F4s 4 8192
Standard_F8s 8 16384
Standard_F16s 16 32768
Standard_A1_v2 1 2048
Standard_A2m_v2 2 16384
Standard_A2_v2 2 4096
Standard_A4m_v2 4 32768
Standard_A4_v2 4 8192
Standard_A8m_v2 8 65536
Standard_A8_v2 8 16384
Standard_D2_v3 2 8192
Standard_D4_v3 4 16384
Standard_D8_v3 8 32768
Standard_D16_v3 16 65536
Standard_D32_v3 32 131072
Standard_D48_v3 48 196608
Standard_D64_v3 64 262144
Standard_D2s_v3 2 8192
Standard_D4s_v3 4 16384
Standard_D8s_v3 8 32768
Standard_D16s_v3 16 65536
Standard_D32s_v3 32 131072
Standard_D48s_v3 48 196608
Standard_D64s_v3 64 262144
Standard_E2_v3 2 16384
Standard_E4_v3 4 32768
Standard_E8_v3 8 65536
Standard_E16_v3 16 131072
Standard_E20_v3 20 163840
Standard_E32_v3 32 262144
Standard_E48_v3 48 393216
Standard_E64_v3 64 442368
Standard_E2s_v3 2 16384
Standard_E4-2s_v3 4 32768
Standard_E4s_v3 4 32768
Standard_E8-2s_v3 8 65536
Standard_E8-4s_v3 8 65536
Standard_E8s_v3 8 65536
Standard_E16-4s_v3 16 131072
Standard_E16-8s_v3 16 131072
Standard_E16s_v3 16 131072
Standard_E20s_v3 20 163840
Standard_E32-8s_v3 32 262144
Standard_E32-16s_v3 32 262144
Standard_E32s_v3 32 262144
Standard_E48s_v3 48 393216
Standard_E64-16s_v3 64 442368
Standard_E64-32s_v3 64 442368
Standard_E64s_v3 64 442368
Standard_F2s_v2 2 4096
Standard_F4s_v2 4 8192
Standard_F8s_v2 8 16384
Standard_F16s_v2 16 32768
Standard_F32s_v2 32 65536
Standard_F48s_v2 48 98304
Standard_F64s_v2 64 131072
Standard_F72s_v2 72 147456
Standard_M208ms_v2 208 5836800
Standard_M208s_v2 208 2918400
Standard_M416-208s_v2 416 5836800
Standard_M416s_v2 416 5836800
Standard_M416-208ms_v2 416 11673600
Standard_M416ms_v2 416 11673600

But the prices?

Well, the API works - so play around with that, for example, to get the prices for Virtual Machines in Sweden Central, use this URI:

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"https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and armRegionName eq 'swedencentral'"

Here’s a quick PS script to check for prices for all VM SKUs - but limited to 100, so make the filter as you want it (keep in mind that for one SKU, there is multiple choices like Linux or Windows series, consumption or reservation).

Keep in mind that you need to change some characters:

$ sign is %24, spaces are %20, and ’ are %27.

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$VMSweAPI = "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?%24filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27Virtual Machines%27%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20%27swedencentral%27"

$webReqSwe = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $VMSweAPI | ConvertFrom-Json
$webReqSwe.Items

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$B2ms = "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?%24filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27Virtual Machines%27%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20%27swedencentral%27%20and%20armSkuName%20eq%20%27Standard_B2ms%27"

$webReqSwe = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $B2ms | ConvertFrom-Json
$webReqSwe.Items

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$B2ms = "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?%24filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27Virtual Machines%27%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20%27swedencentral%27%20and%20armSkuName%20eq%20%27Standard_B2ms%27"

$webReqSwe = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $B2ms | ConvertFrom-Json
$webReqSwe.Items | Where-Object {$_.type -eq "Consumption" -and $_.productName -eq "Virtual Machines BS Series Windows"}

Play around with PowerShell and the Az module and see if you can find the service you want to use in Sweden Central, otherwise be patient it will come in a near future (I hope!).

Also, take a look at Microsoft Docs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/availability-zones/region-types-service-categories-azure