Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance Standard_DS12_v2, 1 Year
Commit to a Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance Standard_DS12_v2 for one year in US East 2, ensuring predictable costs and consistent performance for your essential applications.
- Cost Savings: Achieve significant discounts compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for consistent workloads.
- Performance Assurance: Guarantee capacity for your Standard_DS12_v2 virtual machines in the US East 2 region.
- Budget Predictability: Lock in pricing for a full year, simplifying financial planning and forecasting.
- Simplified Management: Easily manage your reserved instances through the Azure portal for your business operations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance provides a commitment to use a Standard_DS12_v2 virtual machine in the US East 2 region for a term of one year. By reserving capacity in advance, businesses can achieve substantial cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing, while ensuring the availability of compute resources for their critical applications.
Ideal for businesses with stable and predictable compute needs, this reservation is designed for organizations that utilize Azure for their core operations. It ensures that the necessary virtual machine capacity is available when needed, supporting business continuity and operational efficiency without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
- Cost Optimization: Lock in discounted pricing for your Standard_DS12_v2 VM for a 1-year term.
- Capacity Reservation: Guarantee compute capacity in the US East 2 Azure region.
- Predictable Billing: Benefit from consistent monthly billing for your reserved instance.
- Resource Availability: Ensure your critical workloads have dedicated resources.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly managed within your existing Azure environment.
Secure your Azure compute resources at a predictable cost and ensure consistent performance for your business-critical applications.
What This Enables
Cost-effective cloud compute
Enable teams to significantly reduce cloud expenditure by committing to a 1-year reservation for consistent virtual machine usage. This provides a predictable monthly cost, simplifying budget management and avoiding overspending on fluctuating demand.
Stable production workloads, predictable development environments, consistent data processing tasks
Guaranteed resource availability
Ensure critical business applications have dedicated compute capacity available when needed, preventing performance degradation or downtime. This reservation guarantees that your Standard_DS12_v2 VM will be provisioned in the specified Azure region.
Core business applications, customer-facing services, essential internal tools
Budget predictability for IT
Streamline IT financial planning by locking in compute costs for a full year. This reservation eliminates the uncertainty of pay-as-you-go pricing, allowing for more accurate budgeting and resource allocation.
Long-term project deployments, ongoing operational workloads, planned capacity expansions
Key Features
1-Year Commitment
Secure significant cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for your Standard_DS12_v2 VM.
Standard_DS12_v2 VM Size
Utilize a versatile VM size suitable for a wide range of business applications and workloads.
US East 2 Region
Deploy your resources in a specific Azure region for latency or compliance requirements.
Azure Platform Integration
Easily manage and monitor your reserved instance through the familiar Azure portal.
Predictable Pricing
Gain financial certainty with fixed monthly costs for your reserved compute capacity.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require stable and predictable performance for critical trading, analytics, and customer management systems, making reserved instances ideal for cost optimization.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often run essential operational software, ERP systems, and supply chain management tools that demand consistent uptime and predictable costs, aligning well with reserved instance benefits.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations rely on secure and available systems for patient records, diagnostics, and administrative tasks, where predictable cloud costs are crucial for managing sensitive data.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers utilize cloud resources for case management, document storage, and client communication, benefiting from cost certainty for their IT infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance is a commitment to use specific virtual machine types in a particular Azure region for a 1-year or 3-year term. In exchange for this commitment, you receive a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
How does this reservation save money?
By committing to a 1-year term, you pay a lower rate for the compute capacity of your Standard_DS12_v2 VM. This is ideal for workloads with consistent usage patterns.
Can I change the VM size or region after purchase?
Reserved Instances are generally tied to the specific VM size and region committed. Modifications may be possible under certain Azure policies, but it is best to plan your capacity needs carefully before purchase.
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.