Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance STANDARD_D8S_V3 1 Year
Commit to a Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance for your STANDARD_D8S_V3 needs in US East 2 for a full year, ensuring predictable costs and optimized performance for your business applications.
- Cost Savings: Secure significant discounts compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for your compute resources.
- Predictable Spending: Lock in rates for 1 year, enabling better budget forecasting and financial planning.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Reserve compute capacity in the US East 2 region for consistent availability.
- Performance Optimization: Ensure your critical workloads have access to the specified VM size (STANDARD_D8S_V3) when needed.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance for the STANDARD_D8S_V3 size, located in the US East 2 region, with a commitment term of 1 year. By reserving capacity in advance, businesses can achieve substantial cost savings on their Azure compute resources, ensuring predictable expenses and guaranteed availability for their critical applications.
Ideal for SMB and mid-market companies with stable or predictable Azure compute needs, this reservation helps IT Managers and Business Owners optimize their cloud spend. It fits into existing Azure deployments, providing a cost-effective foundation for running essential business applications, development environments, or backend services without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
- Discounted Pricing: Benefit from reduced rates on Azure compute compared to on-demand pricing.
- 1-Year Commitment: Lock in your reserved instance for a predictable 12-month term.
- Specific VM Size: Guarantees availability of the STANDARD_D8S_V3 instance type.
- Regional Availability: Reserved capacity is allocated within the US East 2 Azure region.
- Cost Management: Simplifies budgeting and financial forecasting for cloud infrastructure.
Optimize your Azure cloud spend and ensure consistent performance for your business-critical applications with this 1-year reserved instance commitment.
What This Enables
Optimize Cloud Spend for Stable Workloads
Enable teams to achieve substantial cost reductions on Azure compute by committing to a specific VM size and duration. Streamline budgeting and financial planning with predictable monthly expenses for essential cloud resources.
consistent compute usage, predictable application demand, long-term cloud strategy, cost-conscious IT operations
Guarantee Compute Capacity Availability
Ensure critical business applications have dedicated compute resources available when needed, preventing performance degradation or downtime. Automate the reservation of specific VM sizes in a chosen region to meet service level agreements.
mission-critical applications, high-availability requirements, production environments, performance-sensitive workloads
Simplify Cloud Financial Management
Streamline the process of managing cloud expenditures by locking in rates for a 1-year term. Provide IT and finance departments with clear visibility into cloud costs, reducing the complexity of variable billing.
budgetary control, financial forecasting, cloud cost optimization, operational efficiency
Key Features
1-Year Commitment Term
Lock in discounted pricing for a full 12 months, providing budget certainty and significant savings over pay-as-you-go rates.
STANDARD_D8S_V3 Instance Size
Guarantees access to a specific, powerful VM configuration suitable for a wide range of business applications and workloads.
US East 2 Region
Ensures your reserved capacity is available in a specific geographic location, supporting latency requirements and data residency needs.
Cost Savings
Achieve up to 72% savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for eligible workloads, directly reducing your Azure operational expenses.
Capacity Reservation
Provides a commitment to capacity, ensuring your instances are available when you need them, even during periods of high demand.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require stable, predictable costs for their trading platforms, risk analysis tools, and customer-facing applications to meet strict regulatory compliance and operational uptime requirements.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations depend on consistent availability and cost control for electronic health records (EHR) systems, patient portals, and research databases, often needing to meet HIPAA compliance standards.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize Azure for operational technology (OT) data processing, supply chain management, and IoT analytics, requiring predictable costs and reliable performance for critical production systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies need secure, cost-effective cloud resources for document management, client databases, and case management software, ensuring data privacy and operational continuity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance is a pricing model where you commit to using specific Azure virtual machine types in a particular region for a 1-year or 3-year term in exchange for a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
Who benefits from Reserved VM Instances?
Businesses with stable or predictable Azure compute usage benefit most. This includes organizations running production workloads, development/test environments, or backend services that require consistent resources over an extended period.
Can I change the VM size or region after purchasing a reservation?
Azure Reserved Instances offer flexibility. You can exchange or cancel reservations under certain conditions, and you can modify the VM size or region within the same family or region through the Azure portal.
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.