Microsoft RI VM STANDARD_M416S_V2-USNORTHCENT-3Y/MO
This Microsoft RI VM license subscription provides access to essential virtual machine capabilities for your business infrastructure over a three-year term.
- License Term: A 3-year subscription ensures continuous access and predictable costs for your virtual machine environment.
- Platform Access: Unlocks specific Microsoft Azure virtual machine configurations and features for your operational needs.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains licensing compliance, avoiding potential penalties and operational disruptions.
- Feature Entitlement: Grants entitlement to the features and capacity defined by the STANDARD_M416S_V2 specification.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 3-year subscription license for a specific Microsoft Azure virtual machine configuration, identified as STANDARD_M416S_V2 in the US North Central region. It grants your organization the right to utilize this particular VM instance and its associated features for the duration of the subscription, ensuring consistent access to computing resources.
This license is designed for businesses that require dedicated virtual machine capacity for their own IT operations, such as running business applications, hosting databases, or supporting development and testing environments. It is suitable for IT Managers or IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies looking to manage their cloud infrastructure efficiently and compliantly.
- Subscription Licensing: Provides a 3-year term for predictable budgeting and continuous service availability.
- Specific VM Configuration: Grants access to the STANDARD_M416S_V2 VM type, offering defined CPU, memory, and network capabilities.
- Regional Deployment: Optimized for deployment within the US North Central Azure region.
- Compliance and Support: Ensures licensing compliance with Microsoft's terms and provides access to necessary platform features.
- Operational Continuity: Supports the ongoing operation of critical business applications and services hosted on the VM.
This Microsoft VM license subscription offers a straightforward way for SMB and mid-market teams to secure essential cloud compute resources for their business needs.
What This Enables
Enable Business Application Hosting
Enable teams to deploy and run critical business applications, such as ERP, CRM, or custom-built software, on a dedicated virtual machine. This ensures consistent performance and availability for core business functions.
On-premises application hosting, cloud-native application deployment, hybrid cloud environments, business process automation
Support Database Operations
Streamline the hosting of business databases, ensuring data integrity and accessibility for reporting, analytics, and transactional systems. This provides a stable platform for managing organizational data.
Data warehousing, transactional databases, business intelligence platforms, data analytics workloads
Facilitate Development and Testing
Automate the provisioning of development and testing environments, allowing IT professionals to quickly spin up and tear down resources. This accelerates software development cycles and reduces time to market.
Agile development workflows, DevOps pipelines, software testing cycles, application staging environments
Key Features
3-Year Subscription Term
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to VM resources, simplifying budgeting and operational planning.
STANDARD_M416S_V2 VM Type
Offers a specific balance of CPU, memory, and network performance suitable for a range of business workloads.
US North Central Azure Region
Ensures deployment within a specific geographic location for latency or data residency requirements.
Microsoft Platform Access
Grants entitlement to utilize Microsoft's cloud infrastructure for your business IT needs.
Subscription Licensing Model
Avoids large upfront capital expenditures associated with perpetual licenses, favoring operational expense budgeting.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services organizations require highly available and secure computing resources to run trading platforms, risk management systems, and customer-facing applications, often with strict regulatory compliance needs.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers and life sciences companies need reliable infrastructure for electronic health records (EHR), medical imaging, and research data, demanding robust uptime and data protection.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers utilize IT for operational technology (OT) integration, supply chain management, and production monitoring, requiring consistent performance from their virtualized environments.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service organizations depend on secure and accessible platforms for case management, document storage, and client communication, where data integrity and availability are paramount.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved Instance (RI) VM license?
A Reserved Instance (RI) VM license is a commitment to use a specific virtual machine configuration on Microsoft Azure for a set term, typically 1 or 3 years, in exchange for a discounted rate compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. This license provides the entitlement to use that specific VM.
What does 'STANDARD_M416S_V2' refer to?
This refers to a specific virtual machine size and series within Microsoft Azure. It denotes a particular configuration of vCPUs, memory, temporary storage, and network bandwidth available for your use.
Can this license be used by an MSP?
This license is intended for businesses that buy and use IT for their own operations. It is not for resellers or service providers who deliver IT services to other companies.
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.