Microsoft E16d v4 16-vCPU Azure VM Reservation

Reserve Microsoft Azure E16d v4 virtual machine compute for deployments running in the US DoD Central region. The E16d v4 configuration supplies 16 vCPUs and 128 GiB of memory, placing it in Azure's memory-optimized E-series for applications that need more memory per virtual machine than general-purpose configurations. The d designation adds locally attached temporary storage, with 1,200 GiB available for transient data such as caches, scratch files, and processing workspace. DZH318Z0D1L5-025H represents a one-year Azure Reserved VM Instance commitment with monthly payments. It applies reserved-instance pricing to matching E16d v4 compute usage in the named Azure region; it does not create, configure, or operate a virtual machine. Select it when the VM size, region, and expected duration of use are already established and the workload is expected to remain on this memory-optimized configuration. This reservation is specific to the E16d v4 size rather than a generic E-series entitlement. Its 16-vCPU and 128-GiB profile suits memory-intensive application servers, data-processing nodes, and database-adjacent services that also benefit from local temporary disk capacity. Confirm that deployed or planned workloads use the E16d v4 size in US DoD Central before assigning the reservation.