You can reserve a VM as a cost saving mechanism for the SBC SWe Lite in Azure. You can purchase reserved instances for one or three years.

Modified: for 8.0.3

Reserve a VM Resource

Use the following procedure to reserve a VM resource.

  1. Connect to the Azure portal. Refer to portal.azure.com.

  2. Click All services.

    All Services

  3. Select General > Reservations.

  4. Click + Add.

    Add Reservations

  5. Click Buy in the Virtual machine section.

    Buy VM

  6. Select one of the following VM sizes:
    • Standard_B1ms
    • Standard_F1s
    • Standard_F2s
    • Standard_F4s
  7. Click Select.
  8. Click Buy.