Microsoft E20a v4 Azure VM Reservation for US North Central

Reserve Azure E20a v4 virtual-machine compute capacity for workloads running in the US North Central region. Microsoft DZH318Z0CM29-00X2 corresponds to the Eav4-series E20a v4 configuration, a memory-optimized Azure VM size with 20 vCPUs and 160 GiB of memory. It suits applications whose resource profile calls for substantial memory alongside a defined CPU allocation, including database services, analytics workers, application servers, and virtualized infrastructure components. The Eav4 family uses AMD-based virtual machine infrastructure. Within that family, E20a v4 provides a 20 vCPU allocation and a 160 GiB memory allocation, giving administrators a specific size target when standardizing workload placement. The regional designation matters: this product applies to matching E20a v4 compute usage in the US North Central Azure region, so the workload location and VM family must align with the reservation selection. Use this reservation where E20a v4 demand is predictable and the Azure deployment is already scoped to US North Central. It is a cloud licensing entitlement rather than a physical server, network appliance, or software media package. Storage, operating system licensing, networking configuration, application software, and virtual machine deployment remain separate Azure workload considerations. Match the reservation to the deployed VM size, Eav4 family, and region before assigning it to production capacity planning.