Microsoft Reserved VM Instance Standard D4as v5 SE Central 1 Year
Secure a Microsoft Reserved VM Instance Standard D4as v5 in SE Central for a 1-year term, ensuring predictable performance and cost savings for your critical workloads.
- Cost Savings: Lock in lower prices compared to pay-as-you-go rates for predictable workloads.
- Resource Assurance: Guarantee availability of compute capacity in the specified region and availability zone.
- Performance Predictability: Maintain consistent performance for your essential applications and services.
- Simplified Management: Streamline cloud resource planning and budgeting with a fixed commitment.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Reserved VM Instance provides a commitment to use a specific VM type, Standard_D4as_v5, in the SE Central region for a 1-year term. By reserving capacity, you gain significant cost advantages over on-demand pricing, ensuring your essential compute resources are available when you need them.
Ideal for businesses with stable and predictable compute needs, this reservation is designed for IT Managers and professionals managing cloud infrastructure. It ensures that critical applications, development environments, or backend services have guaranteed resources, contributing to operational stability and budget predictability.
- Commitment Term: 1 Year
- VM Size: Standard_D4as_v5
- Region: SE Central
- Billing Model: Subscription
- Cost Optimization: Reduced rates compared to pay-as-you-go.
Ensure consistent performance and predictable costs for your vital cloud workloads with this 1-year reserved VM instance.
What This Enables
Ensure consistent application performance
Enable teams to maintain stable and predictable performance for critical business applications. This reservation guarantees compute capacity, preventing performance degradation during peak usage periods.
production workloads, development environments, backend services, stable compute needs
Optimize cloud infrastructure costs
Streamline cloud budgeting by locking in lower prices for your compute resources. This provides significant savings compared to pay-as-you-go rates for workloads with consistent utilization.
long-term deployments, predictable resource demands, cost-sensitive operations, capacity planning
Guarantee resource availability
Automate the assurance of compute capacity in a specific Azure region and availability zone. This prevents unexpected downtime or resource contention for essential services.
mission-critical systems, high-availability setups, regional deployments, infrastructure stability
Key Features
1-Year Commitment Term
Secures discounted pricing for a defined period, offering cost predictability and savings.
Standard_D4as_v5 VM Size
Provides a specific balance of compute, memory, and storage optimized for general-purpose workloads.
SE Central Region
Ensures compute resources are deployed in a geographically relevant and performant location for your users.
Subscription Billing
Facilitates predictable monthly or annual billing for easier financial management.
Cost Savings
Offers a lower price per unit compared to pay-as-you-go instances, reducing overall cloud expenditure.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stable, high-performance computing for trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer-facing applications, benefiting from predictable costs and guaranteed capacity.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often run critical operational systems, supply chain management software, and data analytics tools that demand consistent uptime and predictable performance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers rely on secure and available systems for patient records, diagnostics, and administrative tasks, where consistent performance is paramount.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service organizations use resource-intensive applications for case management, document processing, and client communication that benefit from cost-effective, guaranteed compute power.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance is a commitment to use a specific VM type in a particular 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 availability.
Who should purchase a Reserved VM Instance?
Businesses with predictable and steady-state compute workloads that are unlikely to change significantly over the commitment term are ideal candidates. This includes production servers, development/test environments, and backend services.
Can I change the VM size or region after purchase?
While the commitment is for a specific VM size and region, Azure offers flexibility options. Modifications may be possible through the Azure portal or by exchanging the reservation, subject to specific terms and conditions.
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.