Microsoft Azure Dedicated Hosts Esv4 SER-E64IDS_V4_SPEC-USDODCENT-1Y/M
This Microsoft Azure Dedicated Hosts subscription provides dedicated physical servers for your workloads, ensuring compliance and performance for a 1-year term.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Gain exclusive access to physical servers within Azure datacenters, enhancing security and control for your sensitive applications.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory requirements with hardware isolation and Azure's compliance certifications, crucial for data protection.
- Performance Optimization: Benefit from consistent, predictable performance for your most demanding workloads, free from noisy neighbor effects.
- Cost Efficiency: Optimize spending by dedicating hardware resources, potentially reducing overall IT infrastructure costs compared to shared environments.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year subscription for Microsoft Azure Dedicated Hosts, specifically the Esv4 SER-E64IDS_V4_SPEC model, designed for US DoD Central environments. It grants customers dedicated physical servers within Azure datacenters, offering enhanced security, compliance, and performance for their critical applications.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this solution is suited for businesses that require strict data residency, regulatory compliance, or predictable performance for their own IT operations. It integrates directly into the Azure cloud, allowing for management alongside other Azure services.
- Exclusive Server Access: Provision dedicated physical servers in Azure for your exclusive use, ensuring isolation from other tenants.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Leverage hardware-level isolation to meet stringent security and compliance mandates.
- Predictable Performance: Guarantee consistent compute performance for your most critical applications and workloads.
- Licensing Flexibility: Bring your own Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance for potential cost savings.
- Azure Integration: Manage dedicated hosts and provision virtual machines using familiar Azure tools and APIs.
Secure dedicated Azure infrastructure for your business operations, ensuring compliance and performance without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
What This Enables
Enable Dedicated Azure Compute for Sensitive Workloads
Enable teams to deploy applications with strict data residency and isolation requirements. Streamline compliance efforts by ensuring workloads run on physically dedicated infrastructure.
cloud-native deployments, hybrid cloud environments, regulated industries, mission-critical applications
Meet US DoD Central Compliance Standards
Organizations deploying workloads requiring adherence to specific government or defense sector compliance standards can utilize this dedicated hardware. Businesses can ensure their Azure environment meets the necessary security and data handling protocols.
government contractors, defense industry partners, secure data processing, compliance-driven IT
Optimize Performance for Demanding Applications
Teams managing high-performance computing or resource-intensive applications can guarantee consistent performance. Automate resource allocation to ensure critical business processes are not impacted by shared resource contention.
high-performance computing, large-scale databases, virtual desktop infrastructure, predictable workload performance
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Provides hardware-level isolation for enhanced security and compliance, preventing 'noisy neighbor' issues.
Azure US DoD Central Environment
Meets specific regulatory and security requirements for government and defense-related workloads.
Software Assurance License Mobility
Allows customers to bring eligible on-premises licenses to Azure Dedicated Hosts, potentially reducing costs.
Azure Resource Manager Integration
Enables unified management of dedicated hosts and virtual machines using familiar Azure tools and APIs.
1-Year Subscription Term
Offers a defined commitment period for predictable budgeting and resource planning.
Industry Applications
Government & Public Sector
The US DoD Central designation directly addresses the stringent security and compliance requirements of government entities and defense contractors, ensuring data residency and isolation.
Finance & Insurance
This sector demands high levels of security, data isolation, and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and GDPR, which dedicated hardware helps to satisfy.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
HIPAA and other health data regulations require robust security and isolation for patient information, making dedicated hosts a suitable choice for sensitive workloads.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Companies in this sector often manage critical operational technology (OT) or sensitive intellectual property that benefits from dedicated, secure compute resources to ensure uptime and data protection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Microsoft Azure Dedicated Hosts?
Azure Dedicated Hosts are physical servers that are dedicated to a single customer. This provides enhanced security, compliance, and predictable performance for your Azure workloads.
Who is the target audience for this offering?
This offering is designed for businesses, particularly in regulated industries or those with strict security needs, that require dedicated physical infrastructure within the Azure cloud. This includes IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies.
Can I bring my own licenses to Azure Dedicated Hosts?
Yes, if you have eligible Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance, you can bring them to Azure Dedicated Hosts through license mobility, potentially optimizing your costs.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
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.