Reserved VM Instance Standard_D4s_v5 1 Year
Commit to a 1-year reservation for your Microsoft Azure Standard_D4s_v5 virtual machine in US Central, ensuring predictable costs and dedicated capacity for your business operations.
- Predictable Pricing: Lock in your rate for 1 year, avoiding potential price fluctuations on Azure compute.
- Guaranteed Capacity: Reserve compute resources in the US Central region, ensuring availability for your critical workloads.
- Cost Savings: Achieve significant savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for consistent workloads.
- Simplified Management: Streamline your cloud budget with a single, upfront commitment for your VM instance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year reservation for a Microsoft Azure Standard_D4s_v5 virtual machine instance located in the US Central region. By committing to this reservation, businesses secure dedicated compute capacity and predictable pricing, optimizing their cloud expenditure for consistent workloads.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations that run stable, predictable workloads on Azure. It fits into environments requiring consistent performance for applications, databases, or development/testing environments, ensuring resources are always available without unexpected cost increases.
- Cost Optimization: Secure discounted pricing by committing to a 1-year term for your VM.
- Resource Availability: Guarantee compute capacity in the US Central region for your essential applications.
- Performance Consistency: Ensure your workloads run on dedicated hardware, maintaining performance levels.
- Budget Predictability: Forecast your cloud spending accurately with a fixed 1-year commitment.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrates with your existing Microsoft Azure environment.
Secure your Azure compute resources with a 1-year reservation, offering SMB and mid-market teams cost certainty and guaranteed capacity for their essential applications.
What This Enables
Enable Consistent Application Performance
Enable teams to ensure their critical business applications, such as CRM or ERP systems, have consistent and reliable compute resources. Streamline operations by guaranteeing the availability of the necessary virtual machine capacity without performance throttling.
production workloads, stable application environments, predictable resource demand, business-critical systems
Control Cloud Budget Predictably
Streamline financial planning by locking in compute costs for a full year, eliminating the risk of unexpected price increases. Automate cost savings for workloads that run continuously or have predictable usage patterns.
budget-constrained environments, financial forecasting, ongoing operational costs, resource-intensive applications
Support Development and Testing Environments
Enable development and testing teams to access dedicated virtual machine resources consistently without impacting production environments. Automate the provisioning of stable environments for continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
development pipelines, QA testing, staging environments, CI/CD workflows
Key Features
1-Year Commitment
Lock in your pricing for 12 months, providing cost certainty and protection against market fluctuations.
Standard_D4s_v5 Instance Type
Utilize a versatile VM size suitable for a wide range of general-purpose workloads, balancing compute, memory, and storage.
US Central Region
Deploy your resources in a major Azure region, offering broad connectivity and availability for your users.
Reserved Capacity
Guarantee that the compute resources you need will be available when you need them, preventing provisioning delays.
Azure Subscription Integration
Seamlessly apply the reservation to your existing Azure subscription for straightforward management.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms require highly available and predictable compute resources for trading platforms, risk analysis, and customer-facing applications, making reserved instances ideal for cost control and guaranteed performance.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations manage sensitive patient data and critical applications like EHR systems, necessitating reliable and secure cloud infrastructure with predictable costs for compliance and operational efficiency.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers use cloud resources for operational technology, supply chain management, and IoT data processing, benefiting from reserved instances to ensure consistent performance and predictable costs for their production environments.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers rely on secure and stable cloud environments for case management, document storage, and client communication, where predictable costs are essential for managing operational overhead.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Reserved VM Instance?
A Reserved VM Instance allows you to pre-purchase compute capacity on Microsoft Azure for a 1-year or 3-year term. This commitment provides significant cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for workloads with consistent usage.
How does this reservation save me money?
By committing to a 1-year term, you receive a discounted rate on the compute portion of your Azure VM costs. This is ideal for workloads that run continuously or have predictable usage patterns, as it ensures you are not paying a premium for idle resources.
Can I change the VM size or region after purchasing a reservation?
While the reservation is tied to a specific VM size and region, Azure offers flexibility. You can exchange or cancel reservations under certain conditions, and you can also adjust your reservation scope to apply it to other VMs within the same region and family.
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.