Microsoft Dedicated Host DASv4 Series
Microsoft Dedicated Host DASv4 Series provides dedicated server capacity in the US West region, ensuring optimal performance and compliance for your critical business applications.
- Dedicated Resources: Gain exclusive access to physical servers, guaranteeing consistent performance and isolation for your workloads.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory and data residency requirements by controlling your dedicated hardware environment.
- Performance Optimization: Ensure predictable and high performance for demanding applications, databases, and virtualized environments.
- Cost Efficiency: Achieve enterprise-grade infrastructure without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft Dedicated Host DASv4 Series offers dedicated physical servers within Azure, providing you with exclusive access to the host hardware. This ensures a secure, compliant, and high-performance environment for your most critical applications and sensitive data, with specific configurations available for the US West region.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who require greater control over their infrastructure, need to meet specific compliance mandates, or demand predictable performance for their virtualized workloads and applications hosted within Azure.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your dedicated host is not shared with other tenants, providing a secure and isolated computing environment.
- Performance Predictability: Eliminate noisy neighbor issues and ensure consistent, high-level performance for your applications.
- Compliance and Residency: Facilitate adherence to data residency requirements and industry-specific compliance standards.
- Licensing Flexibility: Bring your own SQL Server or Windows Server licenses with Software Assurance for potential cost savings.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrate with other Azure services for a complete cloud solution.
Secure dedicated infrastructure and predictable performance for your business-critical workloads with Microsoft Dedicated Host DASv4 Series.
What This Enables
Ensure predictable performance for critical applications
Enable teams to run demanding applications, databases, and virtualized environments with guaranteed performance. Streamline operations by eliminating the variability of shared infrastructure, ensuring consistent user experience and application responsiveness.
cloud hosting, virtualized environments, performance-sensitive workloads, business-critical applications
Meet strict regulatory and compliance requirements
Organizations deploying sensitive data can ensure adherence to data residency and industry-specific compliance standards. Automate compliance by maintaining control over the physical hardware environment, reducing audit risks.
regulated industries, data residency mandates, security-focused deployments, compliance-driven IT
Optimize licensing for existing Microsoft software
Businesses migrating workloads can leverage existing on-premises Microsoft licenses, such as SQL Server or Windows Server with Software Assurance. Streamline the transition to the cloud while potentially reducing overall software expenditure.
hybrid cloud strategies, existing license agreements, cost optimization initiatives, Microsoft ecosystem
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Provides exclusive access to host hardware, ensuring isolation, security, and predictable performance for your virtual machines.
Azure US West Region Availability
Meets data residency requirements and reduces latency for users and applications located in or accessing resources from the western United States.
License Mobility through Software Assurance
Allows you to bring eligible on-premises licenses, like SQL Server and Windows Server, to dedicated hosts, potentially lowering costs.
High Performance Compute
Offers powerful processors and memory configurations suitable for demanding workloads, databases, and virtual desktop infrastructure.
Compliance and Governance
Helps meet regulatory requirements and data sovereignty needs by providing dedicated infrastructure under your control within Azure.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high levels of security, performance predictability, and strict adherence to data residency and compliance regulations like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA and other privacy regulations, demanding secure, isolated environments for sensitive patient data and reliable performance for critical systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information and often have specific data sovereignty requirements, necessitating dedicated and secure infrastructure.
Manufacturing & Industrial
These sectors often run mission-critical operational technology (OT) and IT systems that require consistent performance, high availability, and may have specific data control needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server within Azure that is entirely dedicated to your use. It is not shared with any other Azure customers, providing a higher level of isolation and control over your infrastructure.
Can I bring my own licenses?
Yes, you can bring eligible on-premises licenses, such as SQL Server and Windows Server with active Software Assurance, to your dedicated hosts. This can help optimize your licensing costs.
How does this differ from standard Azure VMs?
Standard Azure VMs run on shared physical hardware. Dedicated hosts provide you with exclusive access to the underlying physical server, offering greater control, predictability, and compliance capabilities.
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.