Microsoft Reserved VM Instance Standard_F72s_v2 US DOD East 1-Year Subscription
Secure predictable pricing for your Microsoft Azure Standard_F72s_v2 VM in US DOD East with a 1-year reserved instance subscription, ensuring cost efficiency and consistent performance for your critical workloads.
- Cost Savings: Lock in lower prices compared to pay-as-you-go rates for your Standard_F72s_v2 instance.
- Performance Assurance: Guarantee capacity for your US DOD East Azure environment, preventing unexpected performance degradation.
- Budget Predictability: Fixed 1-year commitment simplifies financial planning and avoids fluctuating monthly cloud expenses.
- Compliance Ready: Designed for US Department of Defense East region requirements, supporting stringent security and operational standards.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Reserved VM Instance provides a commitment to use a Standard_F72s_v2 virtual machine in the US DOD East Azure region for a 1-year term. By reserving capacity, you gain significant cost savings compared to on-demand pricing while ensuring your compute resources are available when you need them.
This offering is ideal for IT Managers and Business Owners in SMB and mid-market companies who operate critical applications on Azure. It fits into environments requiring consistent performance and predictable costs, such as production workloads, databases, or development/testing environments that run continuously.
- Reserved Capacity: Guarantees the availability of your Standard_F72s_v2 VM in the specified Azure region.
- Cost Optimization: Offers substantial discounts over pay-as-you-go pricing for a 1-year commitment.
- Simplified Management: Predictable billing simplifies budgeting and financial forecasting for your Azure footprint.
- Performance Consistency: Ensures your applications receive the necessary compute resources without performance throttling.
- Region Specific: Tailored for deployments within the US DOD East Azure region, meeting specific compliance and operational needs.
Secure your Azure Standard_F72s_v2 VM performance and costs with this 1-year reserved instance, perfect for businesses seeking budget certainty and reliable operations.
What This Enables
Enable predictable cloud spending
Enable teams to forecast cloud expenditures accurately by committing to a 1-year term for specific VM instances. This provides a fixed cost for compute, simplifying budgeting and financial planning for essential Azure resources.
production workloads, continuous operations, financial planning, cost optimization
Guarantee compute capacity
Streamline operations by ensuring compute capacity is always available for critical applications running on Standard_F72s_v2 VMs in the US DOD East region. This prevents performance degradation or service interruptions due to resource contention.
mission-critical applications, high-availability deployments, performance-sensitive workloads, Azure environments
Meet regional compliance needs
Automate compliance with specific regional requirements by deploying on Azure's US DOD East infrastructure with a reserved instance. This ensures your compute resources meet stringent security and operational standards for government or defense-related workloads.
government contracts, defense sector operations, regulated industries, secure data processing
Key Features
1-Year Commitment
Locks in a lower price for your Standard_F72s_v2 VM, providing significant savings over pay-as-you-go rates.
Standard_F72s_v2 VM Size
Provides a specific compute configuration optimized for performance and cost for general-purpose workloads.
US DOD East Azure Region
Ensures your resources are deployed in a region meeting specific government and defense compliance and performance requirements.
Reserved Capacity
Guarantees that the compute capacity for your VM will be available when you need it, preventing performance issues.
Predictable Billing
Simplifies financial management by providing a fixed monthly cost for your reserved compute resources.
Industry Applications
Government & Public Sector
The US DOD East region is specifically designed to meet the stringent security, compliance, and performance requirements of government and defense agencies.
Defense & National Security
This instance type and region are suitable for workloads requiring high security, data sovereignty, and reliable performance for defense-related operations.
Finance & Insurance
Organizations in this sector often require predictable costs and guaranteed performance for critical financial applications and data processing.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers and life science organizations need reliable compute resources for sensitive data and applications, benefiting from reserved capacity and predictable costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance (RI) is a commitment to use a specific virtual machine size in a particular Azure 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 money?
By committing to a 1-year term, you pay a lower rate for the Standard_F72s_v2 VM in the US DOD East region than if you were paying on a month-to-month, pay-as-you-go basis. This is ideal for workloads with predictable usage.
What happens after the 1-year term?
After the 1-year term expires, your VM will continue to run, but you will be billed at the standard pay-as-you-go rates unless you purchase a new reservation or modify your commitment.
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.