Microsoft Reserved VM Instance, Standard_D8HS_V3, 1 Year
Commit to a 1-year Microsoft Reserved VM Instance for Standard_D8HS_V3 in US East 2 to lock in significant cost savings on your Azure compute resources.
- Cost Savings: Reduce your Azure compute costs by up to 72% compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
- Predictable Performance: Guarantee capacity for your critical workloads in the specified Azure region and instance type.
- Simplified Budgeting: Achieve predictable monthly expenses for your Azure virtual machines.
- Flexible Commitment: A 1-year term offers a balance between commitment and flexibility for evolving needs.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year reservation for a Microsoft Azure Standard_D8HS_V3 virtual machine instance in the US East 2 region. By committing to this reservation, you secure discounted pricing compared to on-demand rates, ensuring cost efficiency for your Azure deployments.
This reservation is ideal for businesses with stable, predictable Azure compute needs. IT Managers and IT Professionals can utilize this to manage budgets effectively and guarantee resource availability for core business applications, development environments, or production workloads.
- Discounted Pricing: Significant savings over pay-as-you-go rates for the specified VM instance type.
- Capacity Reservation: Guarantees the availability of the specified VM instance type in the chosen Azure region.
- 1-Year Term: A commitment period that balances cost savings with flexibility for your business.
- Azure Platform: Applies to Microsoft Azure cloud computing services.
- Subscription Billing: Provides a predictable subscription-based billing model for the reserved instance.
Secure predictable costs and guaranteed capacity for your essential Azure workloads with this 1-year reserved VM instance commitment.
What This Enables
Enable Cost Savings on Stable Workloads
Enable teams to significantly reduce their Azure compute expenses by committing to a 1-year reservation for predictable VM instances. This ensures a lower overall cloud spend for applications with consistent resource requirements.
production workloads, development environments, stable application hosting, predictable resource consumption
Guarantee Compute Capacity Availability
Streamline resource allocation by guaranteeing the availability of specific VM instance types in a chosen Azure region. This prevents potential downtime or performance degradation due to resource contention during peak usage.
mission-critical applications, high-availability deployments, performance-sensitive services, business continuity planning
Simplify Cloud Budget Management
Automate predictable monthly billing for Azure compute resources, making financial planning and budgeting more straightforward. This eliminates unexpected cost spikes associated with on-demand VM usage.
financial forecasting, IT budget control, operational expense management, resource cost tracking
Key Features
1-Year Commitment Term
Provides a balance of significant cost savings and flexibility for your Azure compute needs.
Standard_D8HS_V3 Instance Type
Offers a powerful combination of vCPUs, memory, and storage optimized for demanding workloads.
US East 2 Azure Region
Ensures your compute resources are located in a specific, high-performance Azure data center region.
Discounted Pricing
Reduces your overall Azure operational expenses compared to pay-as-you-go rates.
Capacity Reservation
Guarantees that the specified VM instance type will be available when you need it.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require high availability and predictable performance for trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer-facing applications, making reserved instances ideal for cost control and guaranteed capacity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and often run critical applications for diagnostics and record management, necessitating reliable and cost-effective compute resources that reserved instances can provide.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize cloud resources for IoT data processing, supply chain management, and operational analytics, benefiting from reserved instances to manage the costs of continuous data ingestion and processing.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses rely on cloud infrastructure for e-commerce, inventory management, and customer loyalty programs, where predictable performance and cost management are crucial for seasonal demand.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Microsoft 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.
How does a Reserved VM Instance save my business money?
By committing to a Reserved VM Instance, you are essentially pre-purchasing compute capacity at a lower rate. This reduces your monthly Azure operational expenses, especially for workloads that run continuously or have predictable usage patterns.
Can I change the VM instance type or region after purchasing a reservation?
Azure Reserved Instances offer flexibility. While the core reservation is tied to a specific instance type and region, Azure provides options to exchange or cancel reservations under certain conditions, though terms and conditions apply.
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.