Microsoft Reserved VM Instance Standard_E2as_v5, 1 Year Commitment
Secure a Microsoft Azure Standard_E2as_v5 virtual machine instance in US North Central for a 1-year term, ensuring predictable costs and dedicated capacity for your critical workloads.
- Cost Savings: Benefit from significant discounts compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for consistent workloads.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Reserve compute capacity in a specific Azure region for your essential applications.
- Performance Predictability: Ensure consistent performance for your business-critical applications.
- Simplified Management: Lock in pricing and capacity for a 1-year term, reducing budget uncertainty.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year reservation for a Microsoft Azure Standard_E2as_v5 virtual machine instance located in the US North Central region. By committing to this reservation, you gain access to discounted pricing and guaranteed compute capacity, ensuring your essential applications run reliably and cost-effectively.
This reserved instance is ideal for businesses with stable, predictable compute needs that require consistent performance and cost management. It integrates directly into your existing Azure environment, providing a foundation for hosting critical business applications, development and testing environments, or backend services without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
- Discounted Pricing: Secure substantial savings over pay-as-you-go rates for the duration of the commitment.
- Capacity Reservation: Guarantee compute resources are available when you need them in your chosen region.
- Performance Assurance: Maintain consistent performance levels for your critical applications.
- Budget Predictability: Lock in costs for a 1-year term, simplifying financial planning.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly fits within your existing Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
Optimize your Azure spending and ensure application availability with this 1-year reserved VM instance commitment.
What This Enables
Ensure predictable costs for stable workloads
Enable teams to lock in discounted pricing for consistent Azure VM usage over a 1-year term. This provides significant cost predictability and reduces the risk of unexpected spikes in cloud expenditure.
production workloads, development/testing environments, backend services, data processing
Guarantee compute capacity availability
Streamline operations by ensuring dedicated compute resources are always available in the US North Central region. This prevents performance degradation or service interruptions due to capacity limitations.
mission-critical applications, high-availability setups, scheduled batch jobs, consistent user loads
Optimize cloud spending for steady-state environments
Automate cost optimization for applications with stable resource demands. This reservation provides a cost-effective solution for environments that do not experience significant fluctuations in usage.
web servers, application servers, database servers, virtual desktops
Key Features
1-Year Commitment
Lock in discounted pricing and predictable costs for your Azure VM.
Standard_E2as_v5 Instance Type
Utilize a general-purpose VM optimized for a balance of compute, memory, and storage.
US North Central Region
Ensure your resources are located in a specific Azure region for latency and compliance needs.
Discounted Pricing
Achieve significant cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go rates.
Guaranteed Capacity
Reserve compute resources to ensure availability for your critical workloads.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stable, predictable performance for critical trading, analytics, and customer service applications, making reserved instances ideal for cost management and guaranteed uptime.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often run essential operational software, supply chain management tools, and analytics platforms that benefit from consistent performance and predictable cloud costs.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need reliable access to patient management systems, research databases, and administrative tools, where consistent performance and cost control are paramount.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers rely on secure, consistent access to case management, document management, and client communication systems, benefiting from predictable cloud infrastructure costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance allows you to pre-purchase compute capacity on Microsoft Azure for a 1-year or 3-year term. This commitment provides significant discounts compared to pay-as-you-go pricing and guarantees capacity in a selected region.
Who should use a Reserved VM Instance?
Businesses with stable, predictable compute needs that plan to run specific VM instance types for an extended period are ideal candidates. This helps optimize costs and ensure resource availability.
How does this differ from pay-as-you-go?
Pay-as-you-go offers flexibility but can be more expensive for consistent workloads. A reservation locks in a lower price for a commitment period, ensuring cost savings and guaranteed capacity for predictable usage patterns.
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.