Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance STANDARD_M416-104S_V2
Secure significant cost savings on Azure compute resources with a 1-year commitment to the STANDARD_M416-104S_V2 reserved VM instance in US North Central.
- Cost Savings: Lock in discounted pricing for your Azure compute capacity over a 1-year term.
- Predictable Performance: Ensure consistent availability and performance for your critical applications.
- Resource Commitment: Reserve specific VM instance types and regions to meet your operational needs.
- Budget Certainty: Gain financial predictability for your Azure infrastructure spend.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year reservation for the Microsoft Azure STANDARD_M416-104S_V2 Virtual Machine instance in the US North Central region. By committing to this reservation, your organization secures discounted pricing compared to pay-as-you-go rates, ensuring cost efficiency for your Azure compute resources.
This reserved instance is ideal for SMB and mid-market organizations with predictable, long-term compute needs. It is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals who manage cloud infrastructure and require consistent performance for core business applications, databases, or development environments without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
- Discounted Pricing: Achieve substantial savings on Azure VM costs through a 1-year commitment.
- Capacity Reservation: Guarantee the availability of specific VM instance types in your chosen region.
- Performance Assurance: Maintain consistent and reliable performance for your critical workloads.
- Simplified Management: Reduce the complexity of managing fluctuating cloud spend.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrates with your existing Azure environment.
Optimize your Azure spend and ensure resource availability with this cost-effective 1-year reserved VM instance.
What This Enables
Enable consistent application performance
Enable teams to ensure critical business applications maintain optimal performance levels. This reservation guarantees dedicated compute capacity, preventing performance degradation during peak usage periods.
stable workloads, predictable demand, core business applications, cloud infrastructure management
Streamline cloud cost management
Streamline cloud cost management by locking in discounted pricing for a 1-year term. This provides financial predictability and reduces the risk of budget overruns for essential Azure services.
budget-conscious operations, financial planning, long-term cloud strategy, resource optimization
Automate resource provisioning for stable environments
Automate resource provisioning for stable environments by pre-purchasing compute capacity. This simplifies procurement and ensures that necessary VM instances are readily available when needed.
standardized deployments, ongoing operations, infrastructure planning, IT resource allocation
Key Features
STANDARD_M416-104S_V2 Instance Type
Provides a high-performance compute instance suitable for demanding workloads, ensuring your applications run efficiently.
1-Year Reservation Term
Locks in pricing for a full year, offering significant cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go rates and enhancing budget predictability.
US North Central Region
Ensures your compute resources are located in a specific geographic area, meeting data residency and latency requirements.
Microsoft Azure Platform
Integrates seamlessly with the broader Azure ecosystem, allowing for easy management and connection to other Azure services.
Discounted Pricing
Reduces overall Azure compute expenditure, freeing up budget for other critical IT investments.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and predictable performance for trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer-facing applications, making reserved instances ideal for cost control and reliability.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and require robust, always-on systems for electronic health records and diagnostic tools, benefiting from the guaranteed performance and cost predictability of reserved instances.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers use Azure for operational technology, supply chain management, and data analytics, needing consistent compute resources to support production monitoring and optimization without unexpected cost fluctuations.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies rely on secure, stable platforms for case management, document storage, and client communication, where predictable performance and cost are crucial for operational efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance is a commitment to use specific Azure virtual machine types in a particular 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.
Who benefits from Reserved VM Instances?
Organizations with steady-state or predictable Azure workloads benefit most. This includes businesses that have consistent compute needs for core applications, databases, or development environments and want to optimize their cloud spending.
How does this reservation impact my Azure billing?
The cost of the reserved instance is billed upfront or monthly, depending on your payment option. The hourly cost for the running VM instance covered by the reservation is then effectively zero, as it is covered by the reservation 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.