Microsoft Reserved VM Instance Standard_D2as_v5, 1 Year
Commit to a Microsoft Azure Standard_D2as_v5 VM instance in UK South for one year, ensuring predictable costs and performance for your critical workloads.
- Cost Savings: Benefit from significant discounts compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for consistent workloads.
- Performance Assurance: Guarantee capacity for your Standard_D2as_v5 VM in the UK South region.
- Predictable Budgeting: Lock in pricing for a 1-year term, simplifying financial planning.
- Azure Ecosystem: Seamlessly integrate with other Microsoft Azure services for a unified cloud environment.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year reservation for a Microsoft Azure Standard_D2as_v5 Virtual Machine instance located in the UK South region. By committing to this reservation, you secure guaranteed capacity and achieve substantial cost savings compared to on-demand pricing for predictable, long-running workloads.
Ideal for businesses requiring consistent compute resources, this reserved instance is utilized by IT managers and professionals to host essential applications, databases, or development environments. It ensures that critical business operations have dedicated resources available within the Azure cloud infrastructure, supporting their own network and staff.
- Reserved Capacity: Guarantees the availability of your chosen VM size and region.
- Cost Optimization: Offers significant discounts over pay-as-you-go rates for 1-year commitments.
- Performance Consistency: Ensures your applications run reliably without performance fluctuations.
- Simplified Management: Reduces the need for constant monitoring of fluctuating VM costs.
- Azure Integration: Works seamlessly with the broader Microsoft Azure service portfolio.
Ensure consistent performance and predictable costs for your essential Azure workloads with this 1-year reserved VM instance.
What This Enables
Ensure Consistent Application Uptime
Enable teams to maintain uninterrupted service for critical business applications. This reservation guarantees compute capacity, preventing downtime caused by resource unavailability.
production workloads, business-critical applications, always-on services, internal-facing applications
Streamline Development and Testing Environments
Streamline the provisioning and management of dedicated environments for development and testing. This ensures developers have consistent access to the required VM specifications without cost surprises.
development environments, testing and QA, staging servers, CI/CD pipelines
Automate Database Hosting and Performance
Automate the hosting of your own databases with guaranteed performance levels. This reservation ensures your database instances are always available and performant for your internal users.
database servers, data analytics platforms, internal data storage, business intelligence tools
Key Features
1-Year Reservation Term
Lock in pricing and guarantee capacity for a full year, simplifying budget management.
Standard_D2as_v5 VM Size
Utilize a versatile VM size suitable for a wide range of general-purpose workloads.
UK South Region
Deploy your instance in a specific Azure region for data residency and performance optimization.
Cost Savings
Achieve significant discounts compared to pay-as-you-go rates for consistent usage.
Guaranteed Capacity
Ensure your compute resources are always available when you need them.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require stable, secure, and cost-effective compute for trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer portals, making reserved instances ideal for predictable workloads.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often run essential operational software, ERP systems, and IoT data processing that demand consistent performance and predictable costs, fitting the reserved instance model.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations rely on secure, always-available systems for case management, document storage, and client communication, benefiting from guaranteed capacity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers need reliable infrastructure for patient management systems, electronic health records, and research applications where uptime and predictable costs are critical.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance is a commitment to use a specific type of Virtual Machine in a particular Azure region for a set term, typically 1 or 3 years. In exchange for this commitment, you receive a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
Who is this product for?
This product is for businesses that have predictable, consistent workloads running on Azure and want to optimize their cloud spending. It is not for other service providers.
How does this differ from a pay-as-you-go VM?
With pay-as-you-go, you pay for the compute resources you consume by the hour or second, offering flexibility but potentially higher costs for steady usage. A reserved instance locks in capacity and a lower price for a commitment period.
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.