Reserved VM Instance Standard_D16ds_v5 1 Year
Secure a Microsoft Standard_D16ds_v5 virtual machine instance for one year, ensuring predictable costs and dedicated resources for your essential business workloads.
- Predictable Pricing: Lock in your cloud compute costs for a full year, avoiding potential price fluctuations.
- Dedicated Resources: Guarantee access to specific CPU and memory configurations for consistent performance.
- Optimized Performance: Ideal for consistent, mission-critical workloads that require reliable compute power.
- Cost Savings: Achieve significant savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for long-term deployments.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a Microsoft Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instance, specifically the Standard_D16ds_v5 series, committed for a one-year term in the US East 2 region. It guarantees you access to a defined set of compute resources, ensuring consistent performance and availability for your critical applications.
This solution is designed for SMB and mid-market organizations that rely on Azure for their core operations. IT Managers and IT Professionals can utilize these reserved instances to manage cloud spending effectively while ensuring their business-critical applications, databases, or development environments receive the necessary compute power without unexpected cost spikes.
- Cost Predictability: Lock in a fixed price for 12 months, simplifying budget management.
- Performance Assurance: Dedicated compute resources ensure your applications run reliably.
- Scalability Options: While reserved, the underlying Azure infrastructure allows for scaling within the instance type.
- Simplified Management: Easily manage your reserved instances through the Azure portal.
- Azure Ecosystem Integration: Seamlessly integrates with other Azure services for a complete cloud solution.
This reserved instance is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to optimize their Azure cloud spend and ensure consistent performance for their vital business applications.
What This Enables
Enable Consistent Application Performance
Enable teams to ensure their critical line-of-business applications, databases, or development environments run with consistent performance. This reservation guarantees dedicated compute resources, preventing performance bottlenecks during peak usage.
cloud-hosted applications, database servers, development/testing environments, predictable workloads
Streamline Cloud Budget Management
Streamline cloud budget management by locking in compute costs for a full year. This predictable pricing model helps IT Managers and Business Owners forecast expenses accurately and avoid unexpected cost increases.
budget-constrained organizations, financial planning, long-term cloud strategy, cost optimization
Automate Resource Allocation for Stability
Automate the allocation of reliable compute resources for essential services, ensuring high availability and stability. This reservation removes the need for constant monitoring of pay-as-you-go rates for steady-state workloads.
mission-critical systems, business continuity planning, infrastructure stability, operational efficiency
Key Features
1-Year Commitment
Achieve significant cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for predictable, long-term workloads.
Standard_D16ds_v5 Instance Type
Access a powerful combination of Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) processors, SSD storage, and memory optimized for general-purpose compute needs.
US East 2 Region
Deploy your instance in a geographically strategic Azure region for optimal performance and latency for your end-users.
Guaranteed Capacity
Ensure your critical applications have access to the compute resources they need, when they need them, without performance throttling.
Azure Subscription Billing
Integrates seamlessly with your existing Azure billing, simplifying financial management and procurement.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require high availability and predictable performance for trading platforms, risk management systems, and customer-facing applications, making reserved instances ideal for cost control and consistent operation.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and rely on critical systems like EHRs and PACS, necessitating stable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure with guaranteed performance.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers use cloud resources for operational technology, supply chain management, and analytics, requiring reliable compute power for production systems and predictable costs to manage operational expenses.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies manage large volumes of client data and require secure, performant systems for case management, document review, and client communication, benefiting from predictable cloud costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance is a commitment to use a specific type of virtual machine for a 1-year or 3-year term in exchange for a significant discount compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. It guarantees you capacity in the chosen Azure region.
Who benefits most from Reserved VM Instances?
Organizations with predictable, steady-state Azure workloads benefit most. This includes businesses running critical applications, databases, or development environments that require consistent performance and cost predictability.
Can I change the VM size or region after purchasing a reservation?
Azure Reserved Instances offer flexibility. You can exchange or cancel reservations, though terms and conditions apply. Region changes are generally not supported for the reservation itself, but you can deploy new instances in different regions.
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.