Microsoft Dedicated Host ESv4 Series T1 Subscription
Secure dedicated Azure hosting for your critical workloads with Microsoft Dedicated Host ESv4 Series T1, providing a 3-year subscription for enhanced performance and compliance.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Gain exclusive access to physical servers in Azure, ensuring isolation and predictable performance for your sensitive applications.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory requirements by maintaining control over your hardware environment and data residency.
- Cost Predictability: Lock in pricing for three years with a subscription model, simplifying budgeting and avoiding unexpected cost fluctuations.
- Performance Optimization: Benefit from the latest generation Intel processors and fast local storage for demanding workloads and applications.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft Dedicated Host ESv4 Series T1 subscription provides dedicated physical servers within the Azure cloud, offering an isolated and secure environment for your most critical applications and workloads. This 3-year subscription ensures you have exclusive use of the host, enhancing security, compliance, and performance predictability.
This offering is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who require granular control over their infrastructure to meet specific compliance mandates or performance needs. It integrates directly into your Azure environment, allowing you to run your existing workloads without modification while benefiting from dedicated resources.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your dedicated host ensures no other tenants share your physical server resources.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Maintain greater control over your environment for sensitive data and applications.
- Compliance Adherence: Facilitate meeting regulatory and industry-specific compliance requirements.
- Predictable Performance: Eliminate the 'noisy neighbor' effect for consistent application performance.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly deploy and manage your dedicated hosts within your existing Azure subscription.
This dedicated hosting solution offers SMB and mid-market teams the control and security of on-premises hardware with the flexibility and scalability of the Azure cloud.
What This Enables
Isolate Sensitive Workloads
Enable teams to run highly sensitive applications or workloads with strict data isolation requirements. This ensures that your virtual machines operate on hardware exclusively dedicated to your organization, enhancing security and privacy.
private cloud deployments, hybrid cloud strategies, regulatory compliance needs, mission-critical applications
Meet Compliance Mandates
Streamline adherence to industry-specific regulations and internal compliance policies by maintaining direct control over the physical hardware environment. This provides auditable proof of dedicated infrastructure for sensitive data processing.
data residency requirements, industry-specific audits, secure data handling, controlled IT environments
Ensure Predictable Performance
Automate consistent application performance by eliminating the 'noisy neighbor' effect inherent in shared hosting environments. Dedicated hosts guarantee that your workloads receive the full benefit of the underlying server's resources.
performance-sensitive applications, high-transaction environments, resource-intensive workloads, consistent user experience
Key Features
Exclusive physical server access
Ensures your workloads run on hardware dedicated solely to your organization, preventing resource contention and enhancing security.
Latest generation Intel processors
Provides high performance for demanding applications and faster processing of complex tasks.
Fast local storage
Offers rapid data access and I/O operations, improving application responsiveness and reducing latency.
3-year subscription term
Locks in pricing and guarantees resource availability for an extended period, simplifying budgeting and long-term planning.
Azure integration
Allows seamless deployment and management of dedicated hosts and virtual machines within your existing Azure environment.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent data security and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making dedicated infrastructure essential for protecting sensitive financial data and transactions.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA and other privacy regulations, necessitating dedicated environments to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of patient health information (PHI).
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client data and are subject to strict ethical and regulatory requirements for data privacy and security.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have specific mandates for data sovereignty, security, and isolation, requiring dedicated hardware to meet stringent security protocols and compliance standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host in Azure?
A dedicated host is a physical server in an Azure data center that is dedicated to a single customer. It allows you to run your Azure virtual machines on hardware that you exclusively control, offering enhanced security and compliance.
What are the benefits of using dedicated hosts?
Benefits include increased security through isolation, meeting compliance requirements by controlling your hardware environment, and ensuring predictable performance by eliminating the 'noisy neighbor' effect.
Can I use my existing Windows Server licenses with Azure Dedicated Hosts?
Yes, Azure Dedicated Hosts support license mobility for Windows Server and SQL Server, allowing you to bring your existing licenses to Azure and potentially save 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.