Microsoft Reserved VM Instance STANDARD_M208-52S_V2, 1 Year
Secure predictable pricing for your Microsoft Azure virtual machines with a 1-year Reserved Instance, ensuring continuous operation and cost savings for your critical workloads.
- Predictable Costs: Lock in pricing for your Azure compute capacity over a 1-year term, avoiding unexpected spikes.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Reserve specific VM instance types in a chosen region, ensuring availability for your essential applications.
- Optimized Performance: Maintain consistent performance for your workloads without the need for constant manual scaling adjustments.
- Simplified Budgeting: Gain clear visibility into your Azure compute expenses, making financial planning more straightforward.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year reservation for a Microsoft Azure STANDARD_M208-52S_V2 virtual machine instance in the US South Central region. By committing to this reservation, you secure discounted pricing and guaranteed capacity for your compute resources, ensuring consistent performance and predictable operational costs.
This reservation is ideal for SMB and mid-market organizations that rely on Azure for their core business operations. It is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals who need to manage cloud infrastructure efficiently, ensuring critical applications remain available and performant without the overhead of managing on-premises hardware.
- Cost Savings: Benefit from significant discounts compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for the reserved term.
- Capacity Assurance: Guarantee that the specified VM instance type is available when you need it in your chosen region.
- Flexible Deployment: Apply the reservation to new or existing virtual machines that match the instance type and region.
- Simplified Management: Reduce the complexity of cloud cost management by pre-purchasing compute capacity.
- Continued Operation: Ensure your essential business applications remain online and accessible with reserved resources.
This 1-year reservation is the smart choice for businesses seeking cost control and reliable performance for their Azure virtual machines.
What This Enables
Enable predictable cloud spending
Enable teams to forecast and budget cloud compute expenses accurately by locking in pricing for a 1-year term. This provides cost certainty for critical workloads, preventing unexpected budget overruns.
cloud-native applications, business-critical workloads, predictable resource demand, cost optimization initiatives
Ensure consistent application performance
Streamline operations by guaranteeing the availability of specific virtual machine instance types in a chosen region. This ensures that essential business applications maintain their performance levels without interruption.
production environments, core business systems, high-availability requirements, stable resource allocation
Automate resource allocation for stable workloads
Automate the commitment of compute resources for applications with consistent demand, reducing the need for manual intervention. This ensures that capacity is always available for these services.
long-running services, backend processing, data analytics platforms, stable operational needs
Key Features
1-Year Commitment
Lock in current pricing for a full year, providing significant cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go rates and protecting against future price increases.
Specific VM Instance Type
Guarantees the availability of the STANDARD_M208-52S_V2 instance type, ensuring your applications have the exact resources they need.
US South Central Region
Ensures your compute resources are located in a specific geographic region, meeting data residency or performance requirements.
Azure Platform Integration
Seamlessly integrates with your existing Microsoft Azure environment, simplifying deployment and management.
Predictable Billing
Provides clear and predictable monthly or upfront billing, making financial planning and cost management more straightforward.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stable, predictable costs and guaranteed capacity for critical trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer-facing applications to meet stringent uptime and performance SLAs.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need reliable and secure infrastructure for patient data management, electronic health records, and research applications, often with strict compliance and availability mandates.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize cloud resources for operational technology, supply chain management, and data analytics, demanding consistent performance and cost control for their production environments.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers rely on secure, always-on access to case management systems, document repositories, and client communication tools, where predictable costs are essential for profitability.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Microsoft Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance (RI) is a commitment to use specific virtual machine types in a chosen 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 reservation save my business money?
By committing to a Reserved Instance, you pay a lower rate for your Azure compute capacity. This is particularly beneficial for workloads that run continuously or have predictable resource demands, as it locks in cost savings over the reservation term.
Can I change the VM instance type or region after purchasing a reservation?
While the reservation is tied to a specific instance type and region, Azure offers flexibility. You can exchange or cancel reservations under certain conditions, though terms and conditions apply. It's best to confirm current Azure RI exchange policies.
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.