China North 3
Azure ChinaChina North 3 is part of Azure China, in Zhangjiakou, China. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is China East 3.
Explore China North 3
Latency
Browser tests and published region-to-region measurements are not currently offered here for China North 3.
VM prices
Our VM price comparison currently covers Azure public cloud regions. It does not include Azure China pricing.
IP ranges
46 IPv4 and 20 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.chinanorth3. Inspect or download the regional AzureCloud ranges.
View China North 3 IP rangesRegion facts
- Programmatic name
- chinanorth3
- Location
Zhangjiakou, China
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- Azure China
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- China East 3
- Approx. opening year
2022
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 3 and China East 3 are paired in both directions.
Paired region eligibility: Reserved for China North 3 customers requiring in-country disaster recovery
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: 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
China North 3: 3 availability zones. China East 3: No availability zones listed.
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting China North 3 alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
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