Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance STANDARD_M64
Commit to a Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance for the STANDARD_M64 size in US South Central for a 3-year term to guarantee capacity and reduce costs.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Reserve your STANDARD_M64 VM instance in the US South Central region, ensuring availability for critical workloads.
- Cost Savings: Lock in pricing for 3 years with a Reserved VM Instance, significantly reducing your Azure operational expenses.
- Predictable Billing: Benefit from a subscription-based billing model that simplifies budgeting and financial planning for your cloud resources.
- Performance Assurance: Ensure consistent performance for your applications by reserving dedicated compute resources in a specific Azure region.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 3-year commitment to a Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance for the STANDARD_M64 size, located in the US South Central region. By reserving this instance, you gain a commitment from Microsoft for the availability of these compute resources, enabling you to run your business applications with predictable performance and cost.
This type of reservation is ideal for businesses with stable, long-term compute needs. IT Managers and IT Professionals can utilize this to ensure their core applications, databases, or development environments have dedicated resources, avoiding the variability of pay-as-you-go pricing and ensuring capacity for their organization's internal operations.
- Cost Optimization: Achieve significant savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing by committing to a 3-year term.
- Capacity Assurance: Guarantee the availability of STANDARD_M64 compute resources in the US South Central region for your critical workloads.
- Predictable Expenses: Benefit from a fixed subscription cost over the 3-year term, simplifying financial forecasting.
- Performance Consistency: Ensure your applications receive consistent compute performance without the fluctuations of on-demand instances.
- Simplified Management: Streamline cloud resource management by pre-allocating and committing to specific VM instance types.
Secure your Azure compute capacity and reduce long-term costs with this 3-year Reserved VM Instance, perfect for SMB and mid-market teams.
What This Enables
Guarantee Compute Capacity for Core Applications
Enable teams to ensure critical business applications have dedicated compute resources available. This prevents performance bottlenecks and service disruptions, maintaining operational continuity for your organization.
stable workloads, long-term deployments, predictable resource needs, business-critical applications
Optimize Long-Term Cloud Infrastructure Costs
Streamline cloud spending by committing to a 3-year term, achieving significant cost savings over pay-as-you-go rates. This predictable expense model aids in financial planning and budget management for your IT operations.
budget-conscious operations, financial forecasting, multi-year IT strategy, cost-sensitive environments
Ensure Performance for Resource-Intensive Workloads
Automate the reservation of high-performance compute resources like the STANDARD_M64 instance. This guarantees consistent processing power for demanding tasks, supporting your business's operational throughput.
demanding applications, consistent performance requirements, high-throughput processing, dedicated compute needs
Key Features
3-Year Commitment Term
Achieve substantial cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for long-term Azure usage.
STANDARD_M64 Instance Size
Access a powerful VM instance suitable for memory-intensive workloads and demanding applications.
US South Central Region
Ensure your compute resources are located in a specific, strategic Azure region for latency or compliance reasons.
Subscription Billing
Benefit from predictable, fixed billing over the 3-year term, simplifying financial management.
Capacity Reservation
Guarantee the availability of compute capacity, preventing potential service disruptions due to resource constraints.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require predictable costs and guaranteed capacity for critical trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer-facing applications, often under strict regulatory compliance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need reliable and secure compute for patient record systems, medical imaging analysis, and research, demanding consistent performance and availability to meet patient care needs.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize cloud resources for production monitoring, supply chain management, and IoT data processing, requiring stable performance and cost predictability for operational efficiency.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers rely on secure and consistent access to case management software, document repositories, and client communication tools, where uptime is paramount.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance is a commitment to use specific Azure compute resources for a 1-year or 3-year term in exchange for a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. It guarantees capacity in the chosen region and instance type.
How does a Reserved VM Instance save money?
By committing to a longer term (1 or 3 years) and a specific instance type and region, you receive a lower hourly rate for the compute capacity. This discount is applied automatically to your eligible pay-as-you-go usage.
Can I change my Reserved VM Instance after purchase?
Reserved VM Instances can be exchanged for other reservations or canceled with a termination fee, subject to Azure's terms and conditions. This provides some flexibility if your needs change.
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.