Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host
Access dedicated Microsoft Azure compute capacity with the DSV3 Series Dedicated Host, ensuring predictable performance and isolation for your critical workloads.
- Dedicated Resources: Gain exclusive access to physical servers, preventing noisy neighbor issues and ensuring consistent performance for your applications.
- Enhanced Security: Benefit from physical isolation and Azure's built-in security features, meeting stringent compliance and data residency requirements.
- Cost Predictability: Optimize your Azure spending with a fixed cost for dedicated hardware, simplifying budgeting for essential infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory and internal policy requirements by maintaining control over your dedicated hardware environment within Azure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host provides dedicated physical servers within Azure data centers, offering a secure and isolated environment for your virtual machines. This offering ensures that your workloads run on hardware exclusively used by your organization, delivering predictable performance and meeting strict compliance needs.
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 regulatory mandates, or want to ensure consistent performance for their most critical applications hosted on Azure.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your VMs run on a physical server dedicated solely to your organization.
- Performance Isolation: Eliminates the 'noisy neighbor' effect, guaranteeing consistent compute performance.
- Compliance and Governance: Facilitates adherence to data residency, security, and regulatory requirements.
- Azure Hybrid Benefit: Allows you to use your existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance for reduced costs.
- Flexible VM Deployment: Deploy various Azure VM sizes on your dedicated host to match your specific workload needs.
Secure your critical applications with dedicated Azure infrastructure, offering a balance of performance, security, and cost control for your business.
What This Enables
Enable Predictable Application Performance
Enable teams to guarantee consistent performance for critical business applications by dedicating physical server resources. This ensures that workloads are not impacted by other tenants, maintaining optimal operation and user experience.
virtual machine hosting, business-critical application deployment, performance-sensitive workloads, Azure cloud integration
Meet Strict Compliance and Security Standards
Streamline compliance efforts by deploying applications on physically isolated hardware within Azure's secure environment. This provides greater control over data residency and security configurations, essential for regulated industries.
data residency requirements, regulatory compliance, security-focused deployments, hybrid cloud strategies
Optimize Licensing Costs with Azure Hybrid Benefit
Automate cost savings by utilizing existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance on dedicated Azure hardware. This reduces the overall cost of running your workloads in the cloud.
license optimization, cost management, existing Microsoft licensing, cloud migration planning
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Ensures exclusive use of hardware, eliminating performance variability and enhancing security.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Reduces costs by allowing the use of existing on-premises licenses with Software Assurance.
Physical Isolation
Provides a secure environment for sensitive data and critical applications, meeting compliance needs.
Consistent Performance
Guarantees predictable compute capacity, essential for business-critical workloads.
Azure Integration
Seamlessly integrates with other Azure services for a complete cloud solution.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security, data isolation, and predictable performance to meet regulatory compliance like PCI DSS and SOX, making dedicated hosts an ideal solution.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations such as HIPAA, necessitating dedicated infrastructure to ensure patient data confidentiality and security.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have specific data residency and security mandates, requiring dedicated resources to maintain control and meet compliance standards for sensitive information.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client data, demanding robust security and isolation to protect privileged information and maintain client trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host in Azure?
A dedicated host in Azure is a physical server that is dedicated to a single customer's use. This provides isolation and helps meet compliance requirements.
What are the benefits of using a dedicated host?
Benefits include enhanced security, predictable performance, compliance with regulations, and the ability to use Azure Hybrid Benefit for cost savings.
Can I use my existing Windows Server licenses with a dedicated host?
Yes, if you have Windows Server licenses with active Software Assurance, you can use the Azure Hybrid Benefit to reduce costs on your dedicated host.
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.