Microsoft Reserved VM Instance Standard_D2ds_v4, FR Central, 3 Years
Secure predictable cloud performance and cost savings with a 3-year Microsoft Reserved VM Instance for the Standard_D2ds_v4 series in FR Central.
- Cost Savings: Lock in lower prices compared to pay-as-you-go rates for consistent workloads.
- Performance Assurance: Guarantee capacity for your critical applications in the FR Central region.
- Predictable Billing: Simplify budgeting with fixed monthly or annual costs for your VM resources.
- Flexible Deployment: Ideal for steady-state workloads requiring consistent compute power.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Reserved VM Instance provides a commitment to use a Standard_D2ds_v4 virtual machine in the FR Central region for a 3-year term. By reserving capacity, you gain significant cost savings compared to on-demand pricing, ensuring your essential workloads have guaranteed resources available when needed.
This offering is designed for businesses with stable, predictable compute requirements that can commit to a 3-year term. It is suitable for IT Managers, System Administrators, and Business Owners who manage cloud infrastructure and seek to optimize operational expenses while maintaining reliable performance for their internal applications and services.
- Reserved Capacity: Guarantees the availability of Standard_D2ds_v4 VM instances in FR Central.
- Cost Optimization: Offers substantial discounts over pay-as-you-go pricing for long-term commitments.
- Predictable Expenses: Provides fixed pricing for 3 years, aiding financial planning.
- Performance Consistency: Ensures your applications run on dedicated resources without performance fluctuations.
- Simplified Management: Integrates directly with your Azure environment for easy administration.
Optimize your cloud spend and ensure consistent performance for your critical business applications with this 3-year reserved VM instance.
What This Enables
Enable predictable cloud costs
Enable teams to budget accurately for cloud infrastructure by locking in a fixed price for 3 years. This provides financial predictability for essential virtual machine resources, preventing unexpected cost overruns.
Steady-state workloads, predictable compute demands, long-term cloud strategy, cost optimization initiatives
Ensure consistent application performance
Streamline operations by guaranteeing compute capacity for critical business applications. This ensures your services remain available and performant without interruption, even during peak usage periods.
Core business applications, production environments, mission-critical services, high-availability deployments
Automate resource allocation
Automate the provisioning of dedicated VM resources for your Azure environment, simplifying capacity management. This reduces the manual effort required to scale and maintain your compute infrastructure.
Standardized VM deployments, infrastructure as code, managed cloud environments, IT operational efficiency
Key Features
3-Year Commitment
Achieve substantial cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go rates by committing to a longer term.
Standard_D2ds_v4 Instance Type
Utilize a versatile VM size optimized for general-purpose computing with Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL or similar processors, and local SSD storage.
FR Central Region
Deploy your virtual machines in a specific Azure region to meet data residency requirements and reduce latency for your users.
Predictable Pricing
Gain financial certainty with fixed pricing for the duration of the 3-year term, simplifying budget management.
Guaranteed Capacity
Ensure your critical applications have the compute resources they need, when they need them, without performance degradation.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stable, secure, and cost-effective compute for trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer management systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on consistent IT infrastructure for operational technology, supply chain management, and enterprise resource planning systems.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers need reliable and secure cloud resources for electronic health records, patient portals, and data analytics.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies utilize cloud resources for document management, case management, and client collaboration tools.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance is a commitment to use specific virtual machine types in a particular Azure region for a set term (1 or 3 years) in exchange for a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. It guarantees capacity for your workloads.
Who benefits most from Reserved VM Instances?
Businesses with stable, predictable compute needs that plan to run workloads for an extended period are the primary beneficiaries. This includes steady-state applications, databases, and development/testing environments.
Can I change the VM size or region after purchasing a reservation?
Azure Reserved Instances offer flexibility. You can exchange or cancel reservations, though terms and conditions apply. Modifications to VM size or region are often possible within the same family or region, subject to Azure's policies.
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.