Microsoft Reserved VM Instance Standard_DS13_V2 1 Year
Secure a Microsoft Reserved VM Instance for 1 year to guarantee compute capacity and predictable costs for your essential business workloads.
- Cost Savings: Lock in discounted pricing for 1 year, reducing your overall Azure spend.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Reserve specific VM instance types and regions to ensure availability for critical applications.
- Predictable Billing: Benefit from a fixed monthly cost, simplifying budget management and forecasting.
- Performance Assurance: Ensure your applications run on dedicated capacity, meeting performance and uptime requirements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Reserved VM Instance provides a commitment to use a specific VM instance type (Standard_DS13_V2) in a particular Azure region (US East) for a 1-year term. By reserving capacity, you gain access to discounted pricing compared to pay-as-you-go rates, ensuring cost predictability and guaranteed resource availability for your critical applications.
This offering is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who manage cloud infrastructure. It fits into environments with consistent, predictable workloads that require dedicated compute resources, helping to optimize cloud spend and maintain application performance within their Azure subscription.
- Reserved Compute Capacity: Guarantees the availability of Standard_DS13_V2 instances in the US East region.
- 1-Year Term Commitment: Locks in pricing and capacity for a defined 12-month period.
- Significant Cost Savings: Offers a lower price point than equivalent pay-as-you-go instances.
- Simplified Budgeting: Provides predictable monthly costs for easier financial planning.
- Azure Resource Optimization: Helps manage cloud expenses by committing to specific resource needs.
Optimize your Azure costs and ensure application availability with a 1-year Reserved VM Instance, perfect for SMB and mid-market IT teams.
What This Enables
Ensure Consistent Application Performance
Enable teams to guarantee the availability and performance of critical business applications by reserving specific VM instance types. Streamline operations by eliminating concerns about resource contention or unexpected downtime.
cloud-hosted applications, predictable workloads, business-critical systems, Azure deployments
Optimize Cloud Infrastructure Spend
Streamline budgeting and reduce overall cloud expenditure by committing to a 1-year term for compute resources. Automate cost savings through discounted rates compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
cost-conscious IT departments, long-term cloud strategy, Azure cost management, SMB IT budgets
Meet Regulatory Compliance Requirements
Ensure ongoing compliance by maintaining dedicated and consistent compute resources for regulated workloads. Protect sensitive data by operating within a controlled and predictable Azure environment.
data residency needs, compliance-bound operations, secure data processing, Azure governance
Key Features
Standard_DS13_V2 Instance Type
Provides a balance of compute, memory, and storage suitable for a wide range of business applications.
US East Region
Ensures low latency and high availability for users and services located in the eastern United States.
1-Year Commitment Term
Locks in pricing and capacity for a predictable 12-month period, offering significant savings over pay-as-you-go.
Discounted Pricing
Reduces overall Azure operational expenses by offering a lower rate than on-demand instances.
Guaranteed Capacity
Ensures that the reserved compute resources are available when your applications need them, preventing performance degradation.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require consistent performance and predictable costs for trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer-facing applications, making reserved instances ideal for managing these critical workloads.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and often run complex applications for diagnostics and record management, necessitating reliable compute capacity and cost control through reservations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers use cloud resources for operational technology, supply chain management, and data analytics, benefiting from reserved instances to ensure the continuous operation of essential systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers rely on secure and available IT infrastructure for case management, document processing, and client communication, where reserved instances provide cost stability and performance assurance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance (RI) is a commitment to use specific Azure VM instances in a particular region for a 1-year or 3-year term. In exchange for this commitment, you receive a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
How does this save my business money?
By committing to a 1-year term for the Standard_DS13_V2 instance in US East, you pay a lower hourly rate for the compute capacity. This predictable cost structure helps optimize your Azure budget.
What happens after the 1-year term ends?
After the 1-year term concludes, the reservation expires. You can then choose to purchase a new reservation for continued savings or revert to pay-as-you-go pricing for that instance type.
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.