DC32s_v3
The 'DC' series family are one of Azure's security focused general purpose VM instances.
The DC32s_v3 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.
Last updated at Fri May 15 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 32 |
| Memory (GB) | 256 |
| CPU Architecture | x64 |
| Capacity Support | False |
| VM Generations | V2 |
| VM Deployment Types | IaaS |
| Network | Value |
| Accelerated Networking | True |
| Storage | Value |
| Local Temp Storage (MB) | 0 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) | 308000 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 308000000000 |
| Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) | 51200 |
| Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 805306368 |
| Premium I/O | True |
| Ultra Disks Supported | False, True |
| Encryption | True |
| Memory Maintenance | True |
Family Instances
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| E32-16as_v5 | 32 | 256 |
| E32-16ds_v4 | 32 | 256 |
| DC32ds_v3 | 32 | 256 |
| E32-16ads_v5 | 32 | 256 |
| E32-16as_v4 | 32 | 256 |
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