We are excited to announce a promotional offer on several Linux Virtual Machines (VMs) series to help you optimize Azure costs.

From October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, you can benefit from an extra 15% savings in addition to the current one-year discount on Azure Reserved VM Instances. This could lead to total savings of up to 56% compared to pay-as-you-go rates.

What’s included in the promotional offer?

This promotional offer is applicable to several of the latest AMD, Intel, and Arm-based Azure VMs across multiple regions. Upon general availability, the new purpose built Cobalt100 Arm-based VMs designed for cloud-native and Linux-based applications will be included in the offer.

The offer is available globally in all regions where Azure VM Reserved Instances can be purchased, except for EU West (Amsterdam), EU North (Dublin), AP Southeast (Singapore), and QA Central (Qatar).

The offer applies to a variety of VM series, including:

AMD-based VM-series: Dasv6, Dadsv6, Dalsv6, Daldsv6, Easv6, Eadsv6, Lasv3, DCadsv5, DCasv5, ECadsv5, ECasv5
Cobalt 100 Arm-based VM-series: Dpdsv6, Dpldsv6, Dplsv6, Dpsv6, Epdsv6, Epsv6
Intel-based VM-series: Ddv5, Ddsv5, Dlsv5, Dv5, Dsv5, Edv5, Edsv5, Ev5, Esv5, and Lsv32.

However, please note that certain VMs in specific regions, such as US East, US Gov Iowa, and US Gov Virginia, are not eligible for this promotional offer.

For more information, please refer to terms and conditions.

How can you take advantage of this promotional offer?

To benefit from this promotional offer, you need to purchase a one-year Azure Reserved VM Instance for a qualified VM SKU and region.

The offer is available to customers with the following Azure subscription types:

Enterprise (MS-AZR-0017P or MS-AZR-0148P)
Pay-As-You-Go (MS-AZR-0003P or MS-AZR-0023P)
Microsoft Customer Agreement

Cloud solution providers can also use the Azure portal or Partner Center to purchase Azure Reservations.

The discount applies automatically to the number of running VMs in qualified regions that match the reservation scope and attributes. The discount is valid for one year after the date of purchase and only applies to resources associated with subscriptions purchased through Enterprise, Cloud Solution Provider (CSP), Microsoft Customer Agreement, and individual plans with pay-as-you-go rates.

Why should you choose Azure Reserved VM Instances?

Azure Reserved VM Instances (or RIs) provide significant cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing by committing to one-year or three-year plans. You can pay for RIs upfront or elect a monthly payment option at no extra cost.

By taking advantage of this promotional offer, you can further optimize your cloud spending. Additionally, Azure RIs offer instance size flexibility, which applies the reservation discount to other VMs in the same size group and region to best meet your changing needs.

Be secure and AI-Ready

There has never been a better time to modernize your IT estate and transition your Linux workloads to Azure: a cloud platform purpose-built for the era of AI, enabling limitless innovation, on your terms.  

World-class AI services with up to 5x faster training and inferencing

Built-in security and compliance from code to cloud, backed by 4B+ annual USD investments in cybersecurity, 10,000+ security experts, and 100+ compliance offerings 

Massive scalability, cost-efficiencies, and performance; including the outstanding price performance that the latest Azure Virtual Machines can deliver. 
Azure meets you where you are in your cloud and AI journey with an adaptive cloud approach, increasing operational agility across hybrid and multicloud environments.  

Get Started Today!

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to maximize the impact of your IT budget. Purchase one-year Azure Reserved VM Instances for an eligible VM-series in a qualified region between October 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, to take advantage of this offer.

For more information on how to purchase and manage Azure Reserved VM Instances, visit the Azure portal or contact your Azure representative.

Experience additional savings by combining this promotional offer with other options such as Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux that allows you to leverage your existing Red Hat and SUSE Linux subscriptions in Azure at no additional cost.

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