Microsoft Azure RI VM STANDARD_DS12_V2 Subscription
This Microsoft Azure RI VM STANDARD_DS12_V2 subscription provides essential platform licensing for your virtual machines over a three-year term, ensuring continuous operation and access to critical features.
- License Term: Covers a three-year period, providing predictable costs and uninterrupted service.
- Platform Access: Unlocks the capabilities of the STANDARD_DS12_V2 virtual machine series on Microsoft Azure.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains licensing compliance for your deployed virtual machine instances.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees continued access to the virtual machine environment and its features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Microsoft Azure Reserved Instance (RI) subscription for a STANDARD_DS12_V2 virtual machine in the US North Central region, licensed for a three-year term. It provides the necessary platform software license to operate a specific virtual machine configuration, ensuring you have the rights to use the underlying Azure infrastructure for your business workloads.
This subscription is ideal for SMB and mid-market organizations that rely on Azure virtual machines for their core operations. It fits into environments where predictable costs and guaranteed resource availability are paramount, such as hosting business applications, development/testing environments, or critical data processing.
- Cost Savings: Reserved Instances offer significant savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for predictable workloads.
- Resource Commitment: Guarantees the availability of the specified VM size and region for the duration of the term.
- Simplified Management: Consolidates licensing costs into a single, predictable subscription.
- Feature Access: Enables the full functionality of the STANDARD_DS12_V2 VM series on Azure.
- Compliance: Ensures your organization is properly licensed for the Azure resources it utilizes.
Secure your Azure virtual machine capacity and costs with this three-year Reserved Instance subscription, perfect for businesses needing predictable performance and budget certainty.
What This Enables
Enable predictable cloud spending
Enable teams to lock in discounted pricing for consistent Azure virtual machine workloads over a three-year term. Streamline budgeting by converting variable operational expenses into fixed costs.
stable workloads, predictable resource needs, long-term cloud strategy, cost optimization
Guarantee virtual machine availability
Ensure critical business applications and services have guaranteed access to STANDARD_DS12_V2 compute resources in the US North Central region. Protect against potential service disruptions due to resource contention.
mission-critical applications, high-availability requirements, dedicated resource allocation, business continuity planning
Maintain licensing compliance
Automate adherence to Microsoft's licensing terms for Azure virtual machines, avoiding potential audits and penalties. Provide clear documentation of licensed compute capacity for internal and external reviews.
regulatory environments, audit preparedness, IT governance, software asset management
Key Features
Reserved Instance Commitment
Achieve significant cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for predictable Azure VM usage.
Three-Year Term
Provides long-term cost predictability and budget stability for your Azure infrastructure.
Specific VM Size and Region
Guarantees the availability of the STANDARD_DS12_V2 VM series in US North Central for your critical workloads.
Platform Software License
Ensures you are properly licensed to operate the specified virtual machine configuration on Azure.
Azure Infrastructure
Leverages Microsoft's global cloud infrastructure for reliability and performance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require high availability and predictable performance for trading platforms, customer portals, and risk management systems, making Reserved Instances a cost-effective solution for stable workloads.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and often run critical applications like Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems, necessitating reliable and compliant cloud infrastructure with predictable costs.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize cloud resources for operational technology (OT) integration, supply chain management, and data analytics, benefiting from the cost predictability and guaranteed capacity of RIs for their core systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers rely on secure and available platforms for case management, document storage, and client communication, where consistent performance and controlled costs are essential.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved Instance (RI)?
A Reserved Instance is a commitment to use specific Azure compute resources for a one or three-year term, in exchange for a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. It guarantees resource availability in the chosen region and VM type.
What does STANDARD_DS12_V2 mean?
This refers to a specific series and size of virtual machine offered by Microsoft Azure. The 'DS' series typically indicates memory-optimized virtual machines with local SSD storage, and '12' denotes the size within that series, offering a specific number of vCPUs and memory.
Can I change the VM size or region after purchasing an RI?
Azure Reserved Instances offer flexibility. You can exchange or cancel RIs, though terms and conditions apply. It is advisable to review Azure's RI modification policies for the most current information.
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.