Microsoft RI VM STANDARD_E64-16S_V3-USNORTHCENT-1Y
This 1-year Microsoft RI VM STANDARD_E64-16S_V3 license subscription provides access to essential virtual machine capabilities for your business infrastructure in the US North Central region.
- License Term: Annual subscription ensuring continuous access to Microsoft's virtual machine platform.
- Platform Access: Unlocks specific virtual machine configurations and capabilities for your business workloads.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains licensing compliance for your deployed Microsoft virtual environments.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees the availability of necessary software resources for ongoing business operations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 1-year subscription license for a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine, specifically the STANDARD_E64-16S_V3 series, located in the US North Central region. It grants the right to use a defined virtual machine instance with specific hardware configurations, enabling the deployment of business applications and services.
This license is designed for businesses that require dedicated virtual machine resources for their internal IT operations. It is suitable for IT Managers or IT Professionals managing on-premises or cloud-hosted infrastructure, ensuring they have the necessary software entitlements to run their critical business systems without over-provisioning hardware.
- Annual Subscription: Provides a 1-year term for the specified virtual machine instance.
- Specific VM Series: Grants access to the E64-16s v3 series, offering a balance of compute and memory.
- Regional Deployment: Licensed for use within the US North Central Azure datacenter region.
- Software Entitlement: Covers the licensing rights for the virtual machine operating system and core services.
- Compliance Management: Helps maintain adherence to Microsoft's licensing terms for virtualized environments.
This Microsoft VM license subscription is ideal for SMB and mid-market organizations needing predictable costs and assured access to essential virtual machine resources.
What This Enables
Enable Business Application Hosting
Enable teams to deploy and run critical business applications on dedicated virtual machine instances. Streamline application delivery by providing a stable and licensed platform for software execution.
cloud-hosted infrastructure, on-premises virtualization, hybrid cloud deployments, business process automation
Support Development and Testing Environments
Streamline the creation and management of development and testing environments using standardized virtual machines. Automate the provisioning of consistent environments to accelerate software development cycles.
software development lifecycle, quality assurance testing, IT sandbox environments, application staging
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Automate the process of maintaining compliance with Microsoft's licensing requirements for virtual machines. Protect against potential audits and penalties by having clear entitlement for your Azure VM usage.
regulated industries, IT asset management, cloud resource governance, risk mitigation
Key Features
STANDARD_E64-16S_V3 VM Series
Access a virtual machine configuration optimized for a balance of compute and memory, suitable for a wide range of business workloads.
1-Year Subscription Term
Secure predictable costs and guaranteed access to the specified VM resources for a full year, simplifying budget planning.
US North Central Azure Region
Deploy your virtual machines in a specific geographic region for performance, compliance, or data residency requirements.
Microsoft Software Entitlement
Gain the legal right to use the Microsoft software associated with the virtual machine, ensuring compliance.
Subscription Billing
Benefit from a clear, recurring billing model that aligns with operational expenses for cloud resources.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust, compliant, and continuously available IT infrastructure to handle sensitive data and transactions, making dedicated VM resources essential for core operations and regulatory adherence.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict data privacy (HIPAA) and ensure high availability for patient care systems, necessitating reliable and compliant virtual machine deployments.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often run specialized operational software and require stable platforms for production management, supply chain logistics, and data analytics, benefiting from dedicated VM capacity.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle confidential client data and rely on secure, always-on systems for case management, document processing, and client communication, where VM licensing ensures operational integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Microsoft RI VM license?
An RI VM license, or Reserved Instance Virtual Machine license, is a subscription that grants you the right to use a specific type of virtual machine on Microsoft Azure for a set term, typically at a discounted rate compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. This particular license is for the STANDARD_E64-16S_V3 series in the US North Central region for one year.
What does 'STANDARD_E64-16S_V3' mean?
This designation refers to a specific series of Azure virtual machines. 'E' typically indicates memory-optimized instances, '64' refers to the number of vCPUs, '16s' indicates the number of data disks, and 'v3' denotes the generation of the virtual machine. This configuration offers a substantial amount of compute power and memory.
Who is the typical buyer for this license?
This license is for businesses, specifically SMB and mid-market companies, that use IT for their own operations. It is intended for IT Managers or IT Professionals who manage their organization's cloud infrastructure and require licensed access to specific Azure VM resources.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
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.