Microsoft Azure D8a v4 Virtual Machines Subscription
This Microsoft Azure D8a v4 Virtual Machine subscription provides essential compute resources for your business applications, billed monthly.
- Access to: Advanced computing power for demanding workloads, enabling efficient data processing and application performance.
- Coverage for: The D8a v4 series virtual machines, offering a balance of compute and memory optimized for general-purpose applications.
- Protection against: Underprovisioning resources, ensuring your critical business applications have the necessary capacity to run smoothly.
- Entitlement to: Utilize Microsoft's global Azure infrastructure for reliable and scalable virtual machine deployments.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a monthly subscription for Microsoft Azure D8a v4 series virtual machines, specifically the D8aHS v4 configuration. It provides access to a powerful virtualized computing environment designed for a wide range of business applications, ensuring you have the necessary resources for your operational needs.
Businesses of all sizes, from growing SMBs to established mid-market companies, utilize these virtual machines to host applications, manage data, and run critical business processes. This subscription fits into your IT infrastructure by providing scalable and reliable compute capacity without the need for significant upfront hardware investment.
- Scalable Compute: Provides D8aHS v4 virtual machines with a balance of CPU and memory for general-purpose workloads.
- Monthly Billing: Predictable subscription costs with a convenient monthly payment model.
- Azure Infrastructure: Leverages Microsoft's secure and reliable global cloud platform.
- Compliance Ready: Helps meet regulatory requirements by utilizing a compliant cloud environment.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your business applications have consistent access to necessary computing resources.
This Azure VM subscription offers a cost-effective way for SMB and mid-market teams to access enterprise-grade computing power.
What This Enables
Enable Business Application Hosting
Enable teams to deploy and run critical business applications, such as CRM, ERP, or custom-built software. This ensures consistent performance and availability for core business functions.
cloud-based applications, virtualized environments, general business operations, IT infrastructure management
Streamline Development and Testing
Streamline development and testing workflows by providing dedicated virtual machines for developers. This allows for rapid provisioning and de-provisioning of environments, accelerating project timelines.
software development lifecycle, testing environments, CI/CD pipelines, IT project management
Support Data Processing Workloads
Automate data processing tasks and analytics by utilizing the compute capacity of these virtual machines. This supports timely data analysis and informed business decision-making.
data analytics, business intelligence, batch processing, data warehousing
Key Features
D8aHS v4 Series VMs
Provides a balanced configuration of vCPUs and memory, ideal for a wide range of general-purpose business applications.
Monthly Subscription
Offers predictable operational expenses and flexibility to scale resources as business needs evolve.
Microsoft Azure Platform
Leverages a secure, global, and highly available cloud infrastructure for reliable application hosting.
Optimized for General Purpose
Suitable for common business workloads like web servers, application servers, and small to medium databases.
Pay-as-you-go Flexibility
Allows businesses to pay only for the compute resources they consume on a monthly basis.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require secure and reliable platforms to host trading applications, customer databases, and compliance reporting tools, benefiting from Azure's robust security and availability.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need to host Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems and patient management software, requiring HIPAA compliance and high availability, which Azure provides.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers use virtual machines to run case management software, document management systems, and client portals, demanding secure data handling and consistent access.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers can deploy applications for production management, supply chain logistics, and IoT data processing on Azure VMs, benefiting from scalable compute for operational efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the D8a v4 series in Azure?
The D8a v4 series in Azure are virtual machines optimized for general-purpose workloads, offering a balance of compute, memory, and storage. They are built on the AMD EPYC 7452 processor.
What does 'D8aHS v4' mean?
D8aHS v4 specifies the exact configuration: 'D' for general purpose, '8a' for the number of vCPUs (8), 'H' for premium storage support, 'S' for temp storage, and 'v4' for the generation of the hardware.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a monthly subscription, meaning you pay a recurring fee for the use of the virtual machine resources on a month-to-month basis.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.