Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host DSV3 Type2
Secure dedicated server capacity with the Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host subscription, ensuring consistent performance and compliance for your critical business applications.
- Dedicated Resources: Guarantees exclusive access to physical servers, preventing noisy neighbor issues and ensuring predictable performance for your workloads.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain regulatory compliance by controlling your hardware environment and data location within Microsoft's secure US East data centers.
- Cost Efficiency: Optimize spending by dedicating hardware resources, avoiding overprovisioning and reducing the total cost of ownership for your IT infrastructure.
- Scalability Options: Easily scale your dedicated host capacity up or down based on evolving business demands, ensuring agility without compromising performance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host subscription provides exclusive access to physical servers within Microsoft Azure's US East region. This offering is designed for businesses requiring a dedicated hardware environment to meet specific compliance, security, or performance needs, ensuring your applications run on infrastructure you control.
This dedicated host solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to ensure predictable performance, maintain strict data residency requirements, or adhere to industry-specific regulations. It integrates directly into your Azure environment, allowing you to manage your dedicated hardware alongside your other cloud resources.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Gain full control over the physical server, ensuring no other tenants share your resources.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Isolate your workloads on dedicated hardware for a stronger security foundation.
- Predictable Performance: Eliminate performance variability caused by shared infrastructure.
- Licensing Flexibility: Bring your own eligible Windows Server and SQL Server licenses to the dedicated host for potential cost savings.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly manage your dedicated hosts through the Azure portal alongside your virtual machines.
This dedicated host subscription offers SMB and mid-market teams enterprise-grade hardware control and predictable performance without the overhead of managing physical data centers.
What This Enables
Enable Dedicated Server Environments for Compliance
Enable teams to meet stringent regulatory requirements by deploying workloads on dedicated physical servers. This ensures data isolation and provides auditable control over the underlying hardware for compliance mandates.
cloud-native deployments, hybrid cloud environments, virtual machine consolidation, regulated industry workloads
Streamline Performance for Critical Applications
Streamline the performance of your most critical applications by guaranteeing exclusive access to physical server resources. This eliminates performance variability and ensures consistent, predictable uptime for essential business functions.
high-transaction systems, mission-critical databases, performance-sensitive applications, business continuity planning
Automate Licensing for Windows Server and SQL Server
Automate the management of eligible Windows Server and SQL Server licenses by bringing them to dedicated Azure hosts. This can lead to significant cost savings and simplified license compliance within your cloud infrastructure.
existing Microsoft license holders, on-premises license mobility, cost optimization strategies, hybrid licensing models
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Provides exclusive access to physical hardware, ensuring consistent performance and preventing resource contention from other tenants.
Azure US East Region
Offers deployment within a major Microsoft Azure data center region, providing low latency and high availability for users in the eastern United States.
DSV3 Type2 Hardware
Utilizes specific hardware configurations optimized for a balance of performance and cost, suitable for a wide range of business workloads.
Subscription Billing
Enables predictable monthly billing for dedicated hardware, simplifying budgeting and financial planning for IT infrastructure.
Bring Your Own License (BYOL)
Allows customers to utilize existing eligible Windows Server and SQL Server licenses, potentially reducing overall cloud costs.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require strict data isolation and predictable performance to meet regulatory compliance standards like PCI DSS and SOX, which dedicated hosts help ensure.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA regulations, demanding robust security and data privacy controls. Dedicated hosts provide the necessary hardware isolation and control for sensitive patient data.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle confidential client information, necessitating secure environments and predictable performance for critical case management and document processing systems.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often rely on real-time data processing and control systems where performance consistency and hardware control are paramount for operational efficiency and safety.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server with Azure dedicated to running your virtual machines. This provides you with exclusive access to the physical server, offering greater control and transparency for compliance and licensing.
What are the benefits of using a DSV3 Series Dedicated Host?
Benefits include predictable performance, enhanced security through hardware isolation, compliance with regulatory requirements, and the ability to bring your own licenses for Windows Server and SQL Server, potentially lowering costs.
Can I use my existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with this dedicated host?
Yes, eligible Windows Server and SQL Server licenses can typically be brought to dedicated hosts, allowing you to leverage your existing investments and potentially reduce your Azure spending. Specific license terms apply.
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.