[pmarsh]

Not the parent, but I've looked into this and here's my take.

1. Yes RDP 2. The cost can vary obviously, but let's take a lower-end 4vcore 16GB Windows VM (B4MS) - $29.12 (160 hours per month of usage) 3. 512GB of SSD storage - $38.40 a month

It's not a bad setup if you need flexibility to scale up your VM.