Microsoft Reserved VM Instance Standard D3 v2 1 Year
Commit to a 1-year Microsoft Azure Reserved VM Instance for the Standard D3 v2 size in US West 2 to lock in cost savings and guarantee capacity for your critical workloads.
- Cost Savings: Benefit from significantly lower rates compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for your D3 v2 instances.
- Capacity Assurance: Guarantee the availability of your D3 v2 virtual machines when you need them, preventing unexpected downtime.
- Predictable Billing: Simplify budgeting with a fixed cost for your compute resources over the 1-year term.
- Performance Consistency: Ensure your applications run on dedicated capacity, maintaining consistent performance levels.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year reservation for a Microsoft Azure Standard D3 v2 virtual machine instance located in the US West 2 region. By committing to this reservation, you secure a specific instance type and region at a discounted rate, ensuring both cost predictability and guaranteed capacity for your Azure compute needs.
This reservation is ideal for businesses, IT managers, and IT professionals in SMB and mid-market companies that utilize Azure for their core operations. It fits into environments running consistent, long-term workloads on D3 v2 instances, such as development/testing environments, web servers, or small to medium databases, helping to optimize cloud expenditure without sacrificing performance.
- Reserved Capacity: Guarantees the availability of your D3 v2 VM instance in the specified region.
- Significant Savings: Offers a lower price compared to pay-as-you-go rates for the committed term.
- Flexible Deployment: Applicable to Azure virtual machines, supporting various workloads.
- Predictable Costs: Provides a fixed price for compute resources over the 1-year commitment period.
- Optimized Resource Utilization: Helps manage cloud spend effectively for sustained workloads.
Secure your Azure D3 v2 VM capacity and reduce costs with this 1-year reservation, perfect for SMB and mid-market teams focused on predictable IT operations.
What This Enables
Guarantee Compute Capacity
Enable teams to ensure their critical D3 v2 virtual machines are always available in the US West 2 region. This reservation prevents performance degradation or downtime caused by resource contention during peak usage periods.
consistent workload deployment, predictable resource needs, cloud infrastructure management, cost optimization strategy
Streamline Cloud Budgeting
Streamline financial planning by locking in compute costs for your D3 v2 instances over a 1-year term. This predictability helps avoid unexpected spikes in cloud expenditure, allowing for more accurate budgeting and forecasting.
financial planning, operational cost control, IT budget management, resource commitment
Automate Cost Reduction
Automate cost savings by securing a discounted rate for your D3 v2 virtual machines compared to on-demand pricing. This reservation directly reduces the overall cost of running sustained workloads on Azure.
cloud cost management, long-term application hosting, resource provisioning, financial efficiency
Key Features
1-Year Commitment
Locks in a discounted price for your D3 v2 VM instance, providing significant cost savings over the term.
Standard D3 v2 Instance Type
Provides a balance of compute and memory suitable for a wide range of business applications and workloads.
US West 2 Region
Ensures your compute resources are located in a specific geographic region for latency or compliance requirements.
Reserved Capacity
Guarantees that the compute capacity for your D3 v2 VM will be available when you need it.
Subscription Billing
Offers a predictable billing cycle aligned with the 1-year commitment, simplifying financial management.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require predictable costs and guaranteed capacity for trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer portals to meet strict operational uptime requirements.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need reliable and cost-effective compute for patient management systems, medical imaging analysis, and research, often under strict compliance mandates like HIPAA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize Azure for operational technology, supply chain management, and IoT data processing, demanding consistent performance and predictable costs for their production environments.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies rely on secure and available compute for case management, document processing, and client communication, where downtime can have significant financial and reputational impact.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance (RI) is a commitment to use specific virtual machine types in a particular 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.
How does this reservation save money?
By committing to a 1-year term for the Standard D3 v2 instance in US West 2, you pay a lower hourly rate than if you were using the same instance on a pay-as-you-go basis. This is ideal for workloads that run consistently.
Can I change the VM size or region after purchase?
Reserved Instances are generally tied to the specific VM size and region purchased. While Azure offers some flexibility through the RI exchange program, direct changes to the reservation itself are not typically supported without specific actions.
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.