Microsoft Reserved VM Instance STANDARD_M416-104S_V2
Secure predictable performance and significant cost savings for your Azure virtual machines with a 3-year Microsoft Reserved VM Instance commitment.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Reserve specific VM hardware in a chosen Azure region for consistent availability.
- Cost Savings: Achieve substantial discounts compared to pay-as-you-go pricing over the 3-year term.
- Performance Assurance: Ensure your critical applications have the resources they need, when they need them.
- Simplified Management: Lock in pricing and capacity, reducing the need for constant resource monitoring and adjustment.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Reserved VM Instance provides a commitment to a specific VM size (STANDARD_M416-104S_V2) in the US South Central Azure region for a 3-year term. By reserving capacity, you gain access to guaranteed compute resources and significant cost savings compared to on-demand pricing, ensuring your essential workloads run without interruption.
This offering is ideal for businesses with stable, predictable Azure compute needs. IT Managers and IT Professionals can utilize these reserved instances to underpin core business applications, databases, or development environments, ensuring consistent performance and budget predictability without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
- Predictable Costs: Lock in pricing for three years, protecting your budget from market fluctuations.
- Guaranteed Resources: Ensure your critical applications always have access to the compute power they require.
- Performance Optimization: Maintain consistent performance for demanding workloads like large databases or analytics.
- Azure Region Specific: Reserve capacity within the US South Central region for optimal latency and data residency.
- Subscription Billing: Benefit from a clear, predictable subscription billing model over the commitment period.
Secure your critical Azure infrastructure with predictable costs and guaranteed performance by committing to a Reserved VM Instance.
What This Enables
Ensure Consistent Performance for Core Applications
Enable teams to guarantee the compute resources required for mission-critical applications like ERP systems or large databases. This ensures uninterrupted operations and consistent user experience, preventing performance degradation during peak usage.
stable workloads, predictable resource needs, long-term Azure deployments, business continuity planning
Optimize Cloud Spend with Predictable Pricing
Streamline budgeting and reduce operational expenses by locking in discounted pricing for three years. This commitment provides cost predictability, allowing for more accurate financial forecasting and avoiding unexpected increases in cloud spend.
long-term cloud strategy, cost management initiatives, financial planning, resource optimization
Guarantee Capacity for Development and Testing
Automate the reservation of dedicated environments for development, testing, and staging. This ensures developers have consistent access to the necessary compute power, accelerating release cycles and improving code quality without resource conflicts.
agile development, CI/CD pipelines, dedicated testing environments, software development lifecycle
Key Features
3-Year Commitment Term
Achieve substantial cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing over the entire commitment period.
Specific VM Size Reservation (STANDARD_M416-104S_V2)
Guarantees access to the exact compute resources needed for demanding workloads, ensuring consistent performance.
US South Central Azure Region
Ensures optimal latency and data residency for users and applications located in or serving this geographic area.
Subscription Billing
Provides a clear and predictable billing cycle, simplifying financial management and budgeting for cloud resources.
Capacity Reservation
Eliminates the risk of resource unavailability, ensuring critical business applications remain accessible and performant.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require consistent performance and predictable costs for critical trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer-facing applications, making reserved instances ideal for managing these demanding workloads.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations often run large-scale data analytics for research or patient records, requiring guaranteed compute capacity and adherence to strict data residency and compliance standards like HIPAA.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize cloud resources for IoT data processing, supply chain management, and production analytics, benefiting from reserved capacity to ensure uptime and cost control for essential operational systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies manage sensitive client data and require reliable performance for case management systems, document analysis, and client portals, benefiting from predictable costs and guaranteed resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance (RVI) is a commitment to use a specific type of virtual machine in a particular Azure region for a set term (1 or 3 years). In exchange for this commitment, you receive a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing.
How does this save my business money?
By committing to a Reserved VM Instance, you are essentially pre-purchasing compute capacity at a discounted rate. This locks in your pricing for the duration of the term, providing cost predictability and substantial savings over on-demand rates.
Can I change the VM size or region if my needs change?
While the commitment is to a specific VM size and region, Azure offers flexibility. You can exchange a reservation for another reservation of equal or greater value, or you can cancel a reservation for a fee. It is recommended to carefully plan your capacity needs before purchasing.
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.