Microsoft RI VM STANDARD_M128-USNORTHCENT-1Y/MO
This Microsoft RI VM STANDARD_M128-USNORTHCENT license provides a 1-year subscription to essential virtual machine capabilities, ensuring your business applications run efficiently.
- License Term: Annual subscription providing continuous access to Microsoft's virtual machine platform.
- Platform Access: Unlocks the STANDARD_M128 instance, offering specific compute and memory resources for your workloads.
- Compliance: Ensures proper licensing for Microsoft software, avoiding potential audit risks and penalties.
- Operational Continuity: Guarantees access to necessary virtual machine resources for critical business applications.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 1-year subscription license for a Microsoft RI VM STANDARD_M128 instance, providing access to specific virtual machine resources. It enables your organization to deploy and run applications within Microsoft's Azure infrastructure, ensuring you have the necessary compute and memory capacity for your workloads.
This license is designed for businesses, including SMBs and mid-market companies, that utilize IT for their own operations. It fits into environments requiring dedicated virtual machine capacity for applications, development, testing, or production workloads, managed directly by their internal IT teams.
- Resource Allocation: Provides access to the M128 instance, specifying compute and memory for your virtual machines.
- Subscription Term: A 1-year commitment ensures predictable costs and continuous access to the licensed resources.
- Microsoft Platform: Operates on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, offering reliability and scalability.
- Compliance Assurance: Guarantees adherence to Microsoft licensing terms, mitigating audit risks.
- Application Hosting: Enables the deployment and operation of business-critical applications within a virtualized environment.
This Microsoft VM license is ideal for SMB and mid-market teams needing dedicated cloud resources without the complexity of enterprise-level procurement.
What This Enables
Enable Application Deployment on Azure
Enable teams to deploy and run business-critical applications on Microsoft Azure using dedicated virtual machine resources. Streamline application hosting by ensuring access to the specified compute and memory capacity for optimal performance.
cloud-based infrastructure, internal application hosting, production workloads, development environments
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Streamline software licensing by acquiring a direct subscription for Microsoft virtual machine resources. Automate compliance by ensuring all deployed virtual machines adhere to Microsoft's licensing terms, mitigating audit risks.
regulated environments, IT asset management, operational continuity, software governance
Provide Dedicated Compute Resources
Enable teams to provision and manage virtual machines with specific resource allocations for demanding workloads. Support business continuity by guaranteeing access to the M128 instance's compute and memory for critical operations.
performance-sensitive applications, resource-intensive tasks, stable operating environments, IT infrastructure management
Key Features
1-Year Subscription Term
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to virtual machine resources for a full year, simplifying budgeting and ensuring operational stability.
STANDARD_M128 Instance
Grants access to a specific configuration of compute and memory resources, suitable for a defined range of business applications and workloads.
Microsoft Azure Platform
Leverages a reliable and scalable cloud infrastructure, offering high availability and performance for your deployed applications.
Direct Licensing
Ensures compliance with Microsoft licensing requirements, reducing the risk of audits and associated penalties.
US North Central Region
Provides deployment options within a specific geographic region, potentially optimizing latency and data residency for your users.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust and compliant platforms for managing sensitive data and critical trading or operational applications, making dedicated VM resources essential for stability and regulatory adherence.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain strict compliance with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure and reliable infrastructure for patient data management and clinical applications.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often run specialized operational software, ERP systems, or IoT platforms that require consistent performance and uptime, supported by dedicated virtual machine resources.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle confidential client information and require secure, reliable systems for case management, document storage, and client communication.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Microsoft RI VM license?
An RI VM license, or Reservation Instance Virtual Machine license, is a subscription that grants you access to specific virtual machine resources on Microsoft Azure for a defined term, typically at a pre-paid rate. This particular license is for the STANDARD_M128 instance for one year.
What does STANDARD_M128 mean?
The STANDARD_M128 designation refers to a specific virtual machine size within Microsoft Azure. It indicates a particular configuration of CPU cores and RAM allocated to the virtual machine, designed for certain performance needs.
Why would my business need this license?
Your business would need this license if you plan to run applications on Microsoft Azure and require dedicated, compliant access to the resources provided by the STANDARD_M128 VM instance for a one-year period. It ensures you have the necessary capacity and are properly licensed.
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.