Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host
Gain access to dedicated Microsoft Azure infrastructure with the DSV3 Series Dedicated Host license, ensuring predictable performance and isolation for your business-critical applications.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Guarantees physical server isolation for your workloads, enhancing security and compliance.
- Predictable Performance: Provides consistent compute resources, eliminating noisy neighbor issues and ensuring application stability.
- Licensing Compliance: Simplifies licensing for Windows Server and SQL Server, allowing you to bring your existing licenses to Azure.
- Cost Efficiency: Offers a cost-effective way to run Windows Server and SQL Server workloads with Azure Hybrid Benefit and Software Assurance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host license provides dedicated physical servers within Azure data centers, exclusively for your use. This offering is designed to meet stringent security, compliance, and performance requirements by ensuring your workloads run on hardware that is not shared with other tenants.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who need to run Windows Server or SQL Server workloads with specific isolation needs. It integrates directly into your Azure environment, allowing you to manage your dedicated hosts and virtual machines through familiar Azure tools.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your virtual machines run on dedicated physical servers, offering enhanced security and isolation.
- License Mobility: Bring your existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to Azure for potential cost savings.
- Performance Consistency: Avoid performance fluctuations caused by other tenants sharing the same hardware.
- Compliance Support: Meet regulatory and internal compliance requirements that mandate dedicated infrastructure.
- Simplified Management: Manage your dedicated hosts and virtual machines through the Azure portal and APIs.
Secure dedicated Azure infrastructure for your business-critical applications, offering performance, isolation, and simplified licensing management for SMB and mid-market teams.
What This Enables
Enable Dedicated Workload Isolation
Enable teams to run sensitive applications on hardware exclusively dedicated to their organization, ensuring data privacy and security. Streamline compliance efforts by meeting requirements for physical server isolation.
cloud hosting, virtual machine deployment, application modernization, data security
Guarantee Application Performance
Streamline operations by ensuring consistent and predictable performance for critical business applications, free from the impact of other tenants. Automate resource allocation to maintain service level agreements for end-users.
performance-sensitive workloads, business continuity planning, service level agreement management, application hosting
Optimize Licensing for Microsoft Software
Enable teams to bring their existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to Azure, potentially reducing costs. Streamline license management by consolidating software entitlements onto dedicated Azure hardware.
on-premises to cloud migration, hybrid cloud strategy, software asset management, cost optimization
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Provides exclusive use of a physical server in Azure, enhancing security and meeting isolation requirements.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Allows you to use your on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance for discounted rates on Azure.
Software Assurance
Enables license mobility and access to the latest software versions, ensuring your systems are up-to-date and compliant.
Consistent Performance
Eliminates the 'noisy neighbor' effect, ensuring predictable compute performance for your applications.
Azure Management Tools
Integrates with familiar Azure tools for simplified provisioning, management, and monitoring of dedicated hosts and VMs.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent data isolation and security to meet regulatory compliance standards like PCI DSS and SOX, making dedicated hosts a critical component for sensitive workloads.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA and other privacy regulations, necessitating dedicated infrastructure to protect patient health information (PHI) and ensure data confidentiality.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client data, requiring dedicated environments to maintain attorney-client privilege and meet data protection mandates.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often run mission-critical systems that demand consistent performance and high availability, benefiting from the predictable compute resources and isolation provided by dedicated hosts.
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. This provides enhanced isolation and security for your workloads compared to shared multi-tenant hardware.
Can I bring my own Windows Server and SQL Server licenses?
Yes, with Azure Hybrid Benefit and Software Assurance, you can bring your eligible on-premises licenses to Azure Dedicated Hosts, potentially reducing costs.
What are the benefits of using a Dedicated Host for my business?
Dedicated Hosts offer improved security, compliance, and predictable performance for your critical applications. They are ideal for workloads with specific isolation or regulatory requirements.
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.