Microsoft Reserved VM Instance Standard_E8-2S_V3
Secure predictable pricing for your Microsoft Azure virtual machines with a 1-year Reserved VM Instance, ensuring continuous operation and cost savings for your business.
- Predictable Pricing: Lock in lower rates for your Azure compute costs over a 1-year term.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Reserve specific VM instance types in a chosen Azure region for consistent availability.
- Cost Optimization: Reduce your overall Azure spending by committing to usage in advance.
- Simplified Management: Streamline budgeting and forecasting with a fixed annual commitment.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year Microsoft Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instance for the Standard_E8-2S_V3 size in the US East 2 region. By committing to this reservation, you secure a discounted rate on your Azure compute costs, ensuring predictable expenses and guaranteed capacity for your virtual machines.
This solution is ideal for businesses, including SMBs and mid-market companies, that have consistent and predictable workloads running on Azure. IT Managers and IT Professionals can utilize this to optimize their cloud spend, ensure application availability, and simplify financial planning for their Azure environment.
- Cost Savings: Achieve significant discounts compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
- Capacity Assurance: Reserve compute capacity in advance for your critical applications.
- Flexible Deployment: Apply reservations to eligible virtual machines in the specified region.
- Budget Predictability: Gain clear visibility into your Azure compute expenses.
- Simplified Billing: Consolidate costs into a single, predictable annual subscription.
Optimize your Azure cloud spend and ensure consistent performance with this 1-year Reserved VM Instance, perfect for businesses seeking enterprise IT without enterprise overhead.
What This Enables
Ensure Consistent Application Performance
Enable teams to guarantee the availability of critical business applications by reserving specific Azure VM instance types. This ensures that essential services remain accessible to users without performance degradation due to fluctuating resource availability.
cloud-native applications, business-critical workloads, predictable compute demand, ongoing operational environments
Optimize Cloud Budget Predictability
Streamline financial planning and reduce overall cloud expenditure by committing to a 1-year reservation for Azure compute resources. This provides clear visibility into upcoming costs, preventing budget overruns.
budget-conscious organizations, financial forecasting, cost management initiatives, long-term IT strategy
Automate Cost Savings on Azure
Automate cost savings by leveraging discounted rates for reserved Azure VM instances compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. This allows businesses to achieve greater efficiency with their cloud investments.
ongoing Azure usage, resource-intensive workloads, operational efficiency goals, IT infrastructure modernization
Key Features
1-Year Commitment
Locks in a discounted price for a full year, providing significant cost savings over pay-as-you-go rates.
Standard_E8-2S_V3 Instance Type
Provides a specific balance of vCPUs, memory, and storage optimized for general-purpose workloads.
US East 2 Region
Guarantees compute capacity within a specific geographic Azure region, crucial for latency and data residency needs.
Subscription Billing
Offers a predictable annual billing cycle, simplifying financial management and forecasting for cloud expenses.
Azure Compute Reservation
Ensures that the specified compute capacity is available when needed, preventing potential downtime or performance issues.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and predictable performance for trading platforms, customer portals, and core banking systems, making reserved instances a cost-effective solution for consistent workloads.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain continuous access to patient data systems and critical applications, often with strict uptime requirements and data residency regulations, which reserved instances help fulfill.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on stable IT infrastructure for production management, supply chain logistics, and IoT data processing, where predictable compute costs and guaranteed capacity are essential for operational efficiency.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers need reliable access to case management, document management, and client communication systems, benefiting from the cost predictability and assured performance of reserved instances.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance (RI) is a commitment to use specific Azure virtual machine types 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 reservation save money?
By committing to a specific instance type and region for a set term, you pay a lower rate for the compute resources used by your virtual machines. This is ideal for workloads with consistent usage patterns.
Can I change the VM instance type or region after purchase?
Reserved Instances are generally tied to the specific instance type and region purchased. While Azure offers some flexibility through the Azure Hybrid Benefit or the ability to exchange reservations, modifications are not always straightforward and depend on specific program terms.
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.