China North
Azure ChinaChina North is part of Azure China, in Beijing, China. Availability zones are not listed for this region. Its paired region is China East.
Explore China North
Latency
Browser tests and published region-to-region measurements are not currently offered here for China North.
VM prices
Our VM price comparison currently covers Azure public cloud regions. It does not include Azure China pricing.
IP ranges
42 IPv4 and 10 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.chinanorth. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View China North IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- chinanorth
- Location
Beijing, China
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- Azure China
- Availability zones
- No availability zones listed
- Paired region
- China East
- Approx. opening year
2014
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
A sovereign offering: independent, dedicated network within China
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
China North and China East are paired in both directions.
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
Organizations with a business presence in China. Azure China is operated by 21Vianet, with a separate account, portal, and service endpoints from the Azure public cloud.
Azure China operations and accountsAvailability zone planning
Zone support is not listed for China North. Check each service's redundancy options before designing for a datacenter outage.
Check service and zone support