Microsoft Data Storage Platform License
This Microsoft platform license provides essential data storage capabilities, ensuring your business operations have the necessary capacity and feature access for compliance and continuity.
- Access to Core Data Storage: Unlocks foundational data storage features required for business operations and application support.
- Platform Licensing: Grants the right to use Microsoft's data storage platform services under a subscription model.
- Compliance and Security: Helps meet regulatory requirements and maintain data integrity through licensed platform features.
- Continued Operation: Ensures ongoing access to critical data storage resources, preventing operational disruptions.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software license subscription for Microsoft's data storage solutions. It provides the necessary entitlements to utilize Microsoft's data storage services, ensuring your business has compliant and accessible data management capabilities.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies use this license to provision and manage data storage for their internal applications, user data, and operational needs within their own IT environment.
- Subscription-Based Access: Provides ongoing access to data storage features through a recurring billing model.
- Feature Entitlement: Grants the right to use specific data storage functionalities offered by Microsoft.
- Compliance Support: Aids in meeting data residency and retention requirements mandated by industry regulations.
- Scalable Capacity: Allows for adjustment of data storage needs as business requirements evolve.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures reliable access to stored data, critical for day-to-day business functions.
This Microsoft data storage license is ideal for SMB and mid-market teams seeking compliant and reliable data management without the overhead of managing complex infrastructure.
What This Enables
Enable Secure Data Archiving and Retention
Enable teams to meet long-term data retention policies and compliance mandates. Streamline the process of archiving historical data for audit and regulatory purposes.
cloud-based applications, regulated data environments, compliance-driven workflows, internal data management
Support Application Data Storage Needs
Streamline the provisioning of data storage for internal business applications, ensuring they have reliable and accessible back-end data repositories. Automate the allocation of storage resources to support application performance and availability.
custom application development, business process automation, internal software deployment, data-intensive operations
Ensure Business Continuity with Data Redundancy
Enable teams to implement data redundancy strategies, protecting against data loss and ensuring business continuity. Automate the replication and backup processes for critical operational data.
disaster recovery planning, high-availability systems, critical data protection, operational resilience
Key Features
Subscription Licensing
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to the latest data storage features and updates.
Platform Access
Unlocks the capabilities of Microsoft's integrated data storage services for your business operations.
Compliance Features
Helps meet regulatory requirements for data retention, privacy, and security.
Scalable Storage
Allows you to adjust storage capacity as your business data needs grow or change.
Data Management Tools
Offers tools to organize, secure, and access your business data efficiently.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust data storage solutions to meet stringent regulatory compliance, including data retention and auditability standards for sensitive financial records.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA and other regulations, necessitating secure, compliant, and auditable data storage for patient records and research data.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services businesses handle highly confidential client data and must adhere to strict data privacy, security, and retention policies.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers generate vast amounts of operational data, including production logs, sensor data, and quality control records, requiring scalable and reliable storage for analysis and compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Microsoft Data Stored?
Microsoft Data Stored refers to the licensing entitlement for using Microsoft's data storage services. It is a subscription-based platform license that allows businesses to store and manage their data within Microsoft's infrastructure.
Who is this license for?
This license is designed for SMB and mid-market companies that use IT for their own operations. It is for businesses needing to store their own data, not for IT service providers.
How is this licensed?
This is a subscription-based platform license. Billing is recurring, providing continuous access to the data storage capabilities as long as the subscription is active.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.