Australia East (australiaeast)
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The tools connect this region to latency measurements, VM pricing, and IP ranges when those views are available.
Use the region facts and planning sections to review its programmatic name, availability zones, pairing, and access requirements.
Australia East (australiaeast) is part of Azure public cloud, in New South Wales, Australia. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is Australia Southeast.
Explore Australia East
Latency
Published round-trip measurements from Australia East to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,338 Linux and 1,266 Windows VM sizes with pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Compare hourly rates and pricing plans in Australia East.
Compare Australia East VM pricesIP ranges
207 IPv4 and 183 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.australiaeast. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View Australia East IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- australiaeast
- Location
New South Wales, Australia
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- Australia Southeast
- Approx. opening year
2014
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
Stored at rest in Australia
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
Australia East and Australia Southeast are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the Australia geography.
Published median round-trip latency from Australia East to Australia Southeast: 15 ms.
A region pair does not automatically replicate your application or enable failover. Configure recovery for each service you use.
How Azure region pairing worksAccess and service availability
Eligibility: Available to all customers and partners
Available services, VM sizes, and quota still depend on the region and subscription.
Check products available by regionAvailability zone planning
Australia East: 3 availability zones. Australia Southeast: No availability zones listed.
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting Australia East alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
Check service and zone supportLowest published latency from Australia East
The three lowest measured destinations in Microsoft's P50 (median) round-trip dataset. These are Azure backbone measurements; use the browser test for your own connection.
| Destination region | Median round-trip time |
|---|---|
| Australia Central | 8 ms |
| Australia Central 2 | 8 ms |
| Australia Southeast | 15 ms |