Microsoft Virtual Machines EDSv4 Series E8-2DS V4
Microsoft Virtual Machines EDSv4 Series E8-2DS V4 provides scalable cloud computing resources designed for demanding business workloads, ensuring reliable performance for your critical applications.
- Access to: High-performance virtual machines with Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 processors for demanding applications.
- Coverage for: Sustained performance and availability for your core business applications and services.
- Protection against: Underprovisioning of resources, ensuring your applications remain responsive.
- Entitlement to: Scalable cloud infrastructure that adapts to your business's evolving needs.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft Virtual Machines EDSv4 Series E8-2DS V4 is a cloud computing offering that provides powerful virtual machine instances. These VMs are optimized for compute-intensive workloads, offering a balance of compute, memory, and storage performance.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to deploy and manage applications, databases, or development environments in the cloud. It fits within a broader cloud strategy, enabling businesses to run their own IT operations without the overhead of physical hardware.
- Enhanced Performance: Utilizes Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 processors for superior compute capabilities.
- Scalable Resources: Easily scale compute and memory resources up or down based on demand.
- Flexible Deployment: Deploy a wide range of applications, from web servers to complex databases.
- Cost Efficiency: Pay-as-you-go model for cloud resources, optimizing IT spend.
- Global Availability: Access reliable cloud infrastructure hosted in Microsoft's secure data centers.
This Microsoft virtual machine offering empowers SMB and mid-market teams to achieve enterprise-grade IT performance and scalability without the associated capital expenditure.
What This Enables
Deploying Compute-Intensive Applications
Enable teams to run demanding applications that require significant processing power and memory. Streamline the deployment of custom business software and complex analytical tools.
cloud-native applications, custom software deployments, data analytics platforms, development and testing environments
Hosting Business-Critical Databases
Streamline the management of your organization's databases by hosting them on reliable and performant virtual machines. Automate database scaling to meet fluctuating demand and ensure high availability.
relational database hosting, NoSQL database deployments, data warehousing solutions, business intelligence platforms
Running Development and Testing Workloads
Enable development teams to quickly provision and de-provision virtual environments for coding, testing, and staging. Automate the creation of consistent development stacks to accelerate release cycles.
software development lifecycles, application testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, staging environments
Key Features
Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 Processors
Achieve superior performance for CPU-bound workloads, ensuring applications run smoothly and respond quickly.
High Memory Ratios
Support memory-intensive applications and databases, preventing performance degradation and improving data processing efficiency.
Azure Infrastructure
Benefit from Microsoft's global network of secure data centers, offering high availability and reliability for your business operations.
Pay-as-you-go Pricing
Optimize IT spending by paying only for the compute resources consumed, allowing for flexible budgeting and cost control.
Scalability
Easily adjust compute and memory resources to match fluctuating business demands, ensuring optimal performance without overprovisioning.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require high-performance computing for trading platforms, risk analysis, and secure data processing, making these VMs suitable for demanding applications and compliance needs.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often run complex simulation software, IoT data processing, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that benefit from the compute power and scalability of these virtual machines.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations utilize powerful computing for medical imaging analysis, genomic sequencing, and managing large patient databases, all of which demand significant processing capabilities and data integrity.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle large document repositories, complex case management software, and client data analytics that require robust and responsive virtual infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Microsoft Virtual Machines EDSv4 Series?
The EDSv4 Series is a generation of Azure virtual machines optimized for compute-intensive workloads. The E8-2DS V4 instance type offers a specific configuration of vCPUs, memory, and temporary storage designed for demanding applications.
Who is the target customer for these virtual machines?
These virtual machines are designed for businesses, including SMBs and mid-market companies, that require scalable and performant cloud computing resources for their own IT operations, applications, and databases.
How does this differ from other Azure VM series?
The EDSv4 Series is optimized for compute-intensive workloads, offering a strong balance of CPU performance and memory. Specific configurations like the E8-2DS V4 provide a particular ratio of resources tailored for demanding applications.
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.