Microsoft Dedicated Host DSv4 Series Subscription
Secure dedicated host capacity for Microsoft Azure DSv4 series virtual machines with a 1-year subscription, ensuring consistent performance and compliance for your critical business workloads.
- Dedicated Capacity: Gain exclusive access to physical servers for your Azure virtual machines, enhancing security and performance predictability.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory requirements by maintaining control over your hardware environment and data residency.
- Cost Predictability: Benefit from a fixed 1-year subscription term, simplifying budgeting and financial planning for your cloud infrastructure.
- Performance Optimization: Run your most demanding workloads on powerful DSv4 series hardware, optimized for compute-intensive applications.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 1-year subscription for dedicated host capacity within the Microsoft Azure DSv4 series, located in the US East region. It grants you exclusive use of physical servers within Azure's infrastructure, allowing you to deploy your Azure virtual machines on hardware dedicated solely to your organization. This ensures greater control over your environment, enhanced security, and predictable performance for your most critical applications.
Ideal for SMBs and mid-market companies, this dedicated host subscription is utilized by IT Managers and IT Professionals who need to meet specific compliance mandates, run performance-sensitive applications, or maintain a consistent hardware environment for their Azure deployments. It fits within a broader cloud strategy, providing a foundational layer of infrastructure for core business operations.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your Azure VMs run on physical servers dedicated only to your organization.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Isolate your workloads from other tenants for improved security.
- Compliance Adherence: Facilitate meeting regulatory and corporate compliance requirements.
- Predictable Performance: Ensure consistent and high performance for your most demanding applications.
- Cost Management: A 1-year subscription offers predictable costs and simplifies budgeting.
This dedicated host subscription provides essential control and performance for businesses needing to run critical workloads on Azure without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
What This Enables
Enable secure and compliant Azure VM deployments
Enable teams to deploy Azure virtual machines on dedicated physical servers, ensuring strict data isolation and adherence to regulatory mandates. Streamline the process of meeting compliance standards by controlling the hardware environment for sensitive workloads.
cloud-native deployments, hybrid cloud environments, virtualized infrastructure, mission-critical applications
Optimize performance for demanding applications
Streamline the execution of compute-intensive applications by dedicating physical server resources exclusively to your Azure virtual machines. Automate the allocation of high-performance hardware, ensuring consistent and predictable response times for your business-critical software.
high-performance computing, data analytics workloads, large-scale simulations, resource-intensive databases
Maintain predictable cloud infrastructure costs
Enable teams to budget effectively with a fixed 1-year subscription for dedicated Azure host capacity. Automate cost management by locking in pricing for essential infrastructure, reducing the risk of unexpected cloud expenditure.
fixed-term cloud commitments, predictable operational expenses, financial planning for IT, long-term cloud strategy
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Provides exclusive access to hardware, enhancing security and performance predictability for your Azure VMs.
DSv4 Series Hardware
Offers powerful compute capabilities optimized for a wide range of demanding business workloads.
1-Year Subscription Term
Ensures cost predictability and simplifies budgeting for your dedicated cloud infrastructure.
US East Region Availability
Provides a strategic location for deploying Azure resources, potentially reducing latency for end-users in the region.
Azure Platform Integration
Seamlessly integrates with the broader Azure ecosystem for management and orchestration.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require strict data isolation and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, which dedicated hosts help satisfy by providing dedicated hardware for sensitive transaction data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA and other privacy regulations, making dedicated hosts essential for protecting patient health information (PHI) by ensuring data is not co-mingled with other tenants.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have stringent security and data residency requirements, necessitating dedicated infrastructure to meet compliance standards and protect sensitive citizen data.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle confidential client information and must comply with data privacy laws, making dedicated hosts a secure choice for hosting client data and case management systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server within Azure that is dedicated solely to your organization. This means your Azure virtual machines run on hardware that is not shared with any other customers, providing enhanced security and compliance benefits.
What are the benefits of the DSv4 series?
The DSv4 series offers a balance of compute, memory, and storage, making it suitable for a wide range of demanding applications. They are designed for workloads that require high performance and consistent resource availability.
How does the 1-year subscription work?
The 1-year subscription locks in your dedicated host capacity and pricing for a full year. This provides cost predictability and simplifies your IT budget planning for cloud infrastructure.
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.