Microsoft RI VM STANDARD_D2-USNORTHCENT-1Y/MO
This Microsoft RI VM STANDARD_D2-USNORTHCENT-1Y/MO subscription provides essential licensing for virtual machine operations, ensuring continued access to platform capabilities for one year.
- License Term: Annual subscription for uninterrupted service and predictable budgeting.
- Platform Access: Unlocks specific features and capacity for your virtual machine environment.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains adherence to Microsoft's licensing terms and conditions.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees the legal and functional use of your virtual machine infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a Microsoft RI VM STANDARD_D2-USNORTHCENT-1Y/MO platform software license subscription. It grants the right to use specific Microsoft software components for virtual machine operations, ensuring access to defined features and capabilities for the duration of the subscription term.
This license is designed for businesses that utilize Microsoft's virtual machine technologies for their own IT operations. It is suitable for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who need to ensure their virtualized environments are properly licensed and compliant, supporting critical business applications and data.
- Annual Subscription: Provides a 1-year license term with predictable billing.
- Feature Enablement: Unlocks specific functionalities and performance characteristics for the designated virtual machine.
- Compliance Management: Ensures your organization meets Microsoft's software licensing requirements.
- Cost Predictability: Offers a fixed cost for licensing over the subscription period.
- Operational Stability: Supports the continued and legal operation of your virtualized infrastructure.
This annual subscription is an ideal solution for SMB and mid-market organizations seeking to maintain compliant and functional virtual machine environments without the complexity of perpetual licensing.
What This Enables
Enable Secure Virtual Machine Operations
Enable teams to deploy and manage virtual machines with the assurance of proper licensing. Streamline the process of acquiring and maintaining software rights for critical server infrastructure.
cloud-hosted virtual machines, on-premises server virtualization, business continuity planning, disaster recovery environments
Maintain Software Compliance
Streamline the management of software licenses to avoid audits and penalties. Ensure your organization adheres to Microsoft's terms for virtual machine software usage.
regulated industry compliance, IT asset management, internal IT policy enforcement, multi-cloud deployments
Support Business Application Hosting
Automate the provisioning of licensed software for hosting essential business applications. Ensure that the underlying virtual machine infrastructure meets vendor requirements.
line-of-business application hosting, database servers, web application servers, development and testing environments
Key Features
Annual Subscription Term
Provides a clear 12-month licensing period, simplifying renewal processes and financial planning for your virtual machine infrastructure.
Microsoft Software Entitlement
Grants the legal right to use specific Microsoft software components for virtual machine operations, ensuring compliance and access to necessary features.
Defined VM Capacity (D2)
Specifies the resource allocation for the virtual machine, ensuring adequate performance for its intended workload.
US North Central Region Specific
Indicates the licensing is tied to a specific geographic region, relevant for data residency and compliance considerations.
Subscription Billing Model
Offers predictable operational expenses rather than large upfront capital investments, aligning with modern IT financial strategies.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust, compliant, and continuously available IT systems to manage sensitive data and adhere to strict regulatory standards like SOX and PCI DSS.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain HIPAA compliance and ensure the secure, uninterrupted operation of patient record systems and critical medical applications.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on stable and licensed software for operational technology (OT) and IT systems that manage production, supply chains, and enterprise resource planning (ERP).
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle confidential client data and require secure, reliable IT infrastructure to support case management and client communications, often with specific data privacy requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does 'RI VM STANDARD_D2-USNORTHCENT-1Y/MO' mean?
This refers to a Microsoft license for a virtual machine (VM) in the 'Standard D2' size category, for the US North Central region, with a 1-year subscription term billed monthly. 'RI' likely indicates a specific licensing program or reseller identifier.
What kind of virtual machines does this license apply to?
This license is for Microsoft's virtual machine offerings, typically within the Azure cloud platform or potentially for on-premises solutions that utilize Microsoft virtualization technologies.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription license with a 1-year term, billed on a monthly basis. It requires renewal after the initial term to continue using the software.
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.