Microsoft Azure RI VM STANDARD_D8S_V3-USNORTHCENT-3Y/MO
This 3-year subscription for Microsoft Azure VM STANDARD_D8S_V3 in USNORTHCENT provides essential cloud computing capacity, ensuring your business applications remain operational and compliant.
- Subscription Term: Guarantees 3 years of access to Azure VM resources, locking in capacity and pricing.
- Platform Access: Unlocks the capabilities of the D8S_V3 virtual machine series for demanding workloads.
- Geographic Specificity: Resources are provisioned within the USNORTHCENT Azure region for optimized performance.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains licensing compliance for your deployed Azure virtual machines.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This product is a 3-year subscription license for a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine (VM) of the STANDARD_D8S_V3 series, specifically provisioned in the USNORTHCENT region. It grants your organization the right to use these cloud computing resources for the duration of the term, ensuring continuous operation and access to Microsoft's robust infrastructure.
This subscription is designed for businesses that utilize Microsoft Azure for their IT operations, including SMBs and mid-market companies managed by IT Managers or IT Professionals. It fits into an existing or planned Azure environment, providing the foundational compute power needed for various business applications and services.
- 3-Year Commitment: Secures your Azure VM capacity and pricing for an extended period, offering budget predictability.
- D8S_V3 Series VM: Provides access to a virtual machine with 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB of RAM, and 160 GiB of temporary storage, suitable for compute-intensive workloads.
- USNORTHCENT Region: Ensures your VM is deployed in a specific Azure datacenter region for latency and data residency requirements.
- Microsoft Licensing: Guarantees compliance with Microsoft's terms of service for using Azure infrastructure.
- Subscription Billing: Offers a predictable monthly billing cycle for operational expense management.
Secure your essential cloud compute resources with this 3-year Azure VM subscription, providing predictable costs and consistent performance for your business needs.
What This Enables
Enable Business-Critical Application Hosting
Enable teams to host essential business applications, such as CRM, ERP, or custom-built software, on reliable Azure infrastructure. Streamline operations by ensuring consistent availability and performance for your core business functions.
cloud-hosted applications, dedicated compute environments, subscription-based software deployment, multi-tier application architecture
Support Development and Testing Environments
Streamline the provisioning of development and testing environments with pre-defined VM configurations. Automate the setup of consistent staging or QA platforms to accelerate software release cycles.
agile development workflows, continuous integration pipelines, quality assurance processes, application lifecycle management
Ensure Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Automate the deployment of disaster recovery instances to ensure business continuity in the event of an outage. Protect your data and operations by having a readily available failover environment.
business continuity planning, disaster recovery sites, high availability configurations, data protection strategies
Key Features
8 vCPUs and 32 GiB RAM
Provides ample processing power and memory for demanding business applications and workloads.
160 GiB Temporary Storage
Offers fast, local storage for temporary data, enhancing application performance.
3-Year Subscription Term
Secures your Azure VM capacity and pricing for an extended period, offering budget predictability and avoiding short-term renewal concerns.
USNORTHCENT Azure Region
Ensures your VM is deployed in a specific geographic location, meeting data residency and performance requirements.
Microsoft Licensing Entitlement
Guarantees compliance with Microsoft's terms for using Azure infrastructure, mitigating audit risks.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require highly available and secure compute resources for trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer data management, often with strict regulatory compliance needs.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers and research facilities need robust infrastructure for electronic health records (EHR), medical imaging, and research data processing, demanding high uptime and data privacy compliance like HIPAA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize cloud VMs for running enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, supply chain management software, and production monitoring tools, requiring consistent performance and integration capabilities.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations rely on secure and performant cloud environments for case management software, document storage, and client communication, often with strict data confidentiality requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the D8S_V3 VM series best suited for?
The D8S_V3 series is optimized for compute-intensive workloads. It is well-suited for applications requiring significant CPU power and memory, such as web servers, application servers, and medium-tier databases.
What does 'RI' stand for in the product title?
RI typically stands for 'Reserved Instance' in Microsoft Azure. This indicates a commitment to using the VM for a specific term (in this case, 3 years) in exchange for a discounted rate compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
Can this subscription be used for any Azure workload?
This subscription is for a specific VM size (D8S_V3) in a particular region (USNORTHCENT). While it provides compute capacity, the suitability depends on the workload's specific resource requirements and geographic needs.
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.