Microsoft Reserved VM Instance STANDARD_HB60-45RS
Secure discounted Azure compute capacity with a Microsoft Reserved VM Instance for your business operations, ensuring predictable costs and availability for one year.
- Cost Savings: Lock in lower prices compared to pay-as-you-go rates for your Azure virtual machines.
- Capacity Assurance: Guarantee availability of compute capacity in the specified Azure region for your critical workloads.
- Predictable Billing: Benefit from a fixed monthly or annual cost, simplifying IT budget management.
- Performance Consistency: Ensure your applications run on dedicated hardware, meeting performance requirements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Reserved VM Instance provides a commitment to use specific Azure virtual machine types in a particular region for a one-year term, offering significant cost savings over pay-as-you-go pricing. It ensures that the compute capacity you need is available when you need it, preventing unexpected price increases and performance throttling.
Ideal for SMB and mid-market companies with stable, predictable Azure compute needs, this reservation is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals who manage cloud infrastructure. It fits into environments running consistent workloads, such as production servers, development/testing environments, or critical business applications that require guaranteed performance and availability.
- Discounted Pricing: Achieve up to 72% savings compared to pay-as-you-go rates.
- Capacity Reservation: Guarantees compute capacity in the selected Azure region and availability zone.
- Flexible Terms: Choose from one-year or three-year commitment terms to match your business needs.
- Workload Stability: Ensures consistent performance for your critical applications and services.
- Simplified Management: Predictable costs simplify budgeting and financial planning for cloud spend.
Secure your Azure compute resources with predictable pricing and guaranteed capacity, empowering your business operations without enterprise overhead.
What This Enables
Commit to predictable Azure compute costs
Enable teams to secure significant discounts on Azure virtual machines by committing to a specific instance type and region for a one-year term. This strategy ensures budget predictability and reduces overall cloud expenditure for stable workloads.
stable workloads, predictable usage, cost optimization, cloud infrastructure management
Guarantee compute capacity for critical applications
Ensure your essential business applications have dedicated compute resources available when needed, preventing performance degradation or service interruptions. This reservation provides peace of mind for business continuity.
business continuity, application performance, resource availability, production environments
Streamline cloud financial management
Automate cost savings by pre-purchasing compute capacity, simplifying financial planning and reducing the complexity of managing variable cloud expenses. This allows for more accurate forecasting of IT budgets.
budget forecasting, financial planning, cloud cost control, IT financial operations
Key Features
Reserved Instance Commitment
Achieve substantial cost savings on Azure compute by committing to usage for a one-year term.
Specific VM Type (STANDARD_HB60-45RS)
Access specialized compute resources optimized for high-performance computing and demanding workloads.
US South Central Region
Deploy your applications in a geographically relevant and performant Azure data center location.
One-Year Term
Balance cost savings with flexibility, suitable for projects or workloads with a defined duration.
Capacity Reservation
Ensure that the compute capacity you need is available when you need it, preventing resource contention.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
High-performance computing needs for simulations, modeling, and data analytics often require specialized VM types like STANDARD_HB60-45RS, making reserved instances crucial for cost management in these intensive workloads.
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require consistent performance and availability for trading platforms, risk analysis, and actuarial modeling, benefiting from the guaranteed capacity and predictable costs of reserved instances.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Genomic sequencing, medical imaging analysis, and drug discovery simulations demand significant computational power, making reserved instances essential for managing the costs of these data-intensive, high-performance computing tasks.
Education & Research
Universities and research institutions often run large-scale scientific simulations and data processing tasks that benefit from the cost efficiencies and guaranteed availability of reserved instances for their computational research.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Microsoft Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance is a commitment to use specific Azure virtual machines in a particular region for a one-year or three-year term. In exchange for this commitment, you receive a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
How does a Reserved VM Instance save money?
By committing to a Reserved Instance, you pay a lower rate for your Azure compute usage. The discount is applied automatically to matching running virtual machines in the specified region, reducing your overall Azure bill.
Can I change the VM type or region after purchasing a reservation?
While reservations are generally non-cancellable, Azure offers flexibility through the Azure Compute Exchange, allowing you to exchange or sell reservations if your needs change. Specific 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.