Pricing for VM running WS 2012 E R2 primarily as domain controller for ~5 clients

Hi
I am starting a small medical clinic, with only about 6 client PCs. However, I would like a domain network structure for security purposes moving forward rather than a workgroup.
I'm looking at either purchasing a modest server (ie HP Proliant ml310) with windows server 2012 essentials r2 and using it locally (total cost ~$1500) or using a Windows Azure virtual machine to run the domain controller over a VPN. We already use
office 365 e3, so don't really need a local server for email, storage etc. I already have an old synology NAS that could be used for disk images etc that we would lose out on with the hosted server solution.
Can someone verify my calculations for monthly cost estimate I tried using the calculator --1 small VM + 225 GB storage for the OS came to $65/month
Would I be able to run it on the small virtual machine or would I need to go up to medium just for the OS? If the later is the case it would definitely not be cost effective.
Thanks for the help
TM

hi tdiddy,
Thanks for posting!
About VM and azure storage pricing , I suggest you could refer to this pricing details page and calculations fee:
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/
Also, for this billing question Please contact azure billing support team via
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/support/contact/
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Will
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