Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host - DSV3 Type3
Secure dedicated hosting for your critical business applications with Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host, offering enhanced performance and compliance for your IT infrastructure.
- Dedicated Resources: Guarantees exclusive access to physical servers, ensuring consistent performance and isolation for your workloads.
- Scalable Capacity: Provides flexible options to match your computing needs, allowing for growth without compromising existing operations.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory requirements by offering a controlled and auditable hosting environment.
- Cost Efficiency: Delivers enterprise-grade infrastructure without the overhead of managing physical hardware on-premises.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft DSV3 Series Dedicated Host is a subscription-based platform licensing service that provides dedicated physical servers within Microsoft Azure. This offering ensures that your workloads run on hardware exclusively assigned to your organization, delivering predictable performance, enhanced security, and greater control over your environment. It is designed to meet stringent compliance and licensing requirements for businesses that need to isolate their critical applications.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who require dedicated infrastructure for specific applications, such as those with strict data residency needs, compliance mandates, or performance sensitivities. It integrates directly into the Azure ecosystem, allowing for seamless management alongside other cloud services and on-premises resources.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Physical servers dedicated solely to your organization's use.
- Predictable Performance: Consistent compute performance without noisy neighbors.
- Enhanced Security: Greater control over the physical server environment for isolation.
- Licensing Benefits: Allows for the use of existing eligible on-premises licenses with Software Assurance.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly manage dedicated hosts and deploy virtual machines within the Azure portal.
Empower your business with dedicated, high-performance infrastructure that aligns with your compliance and operational needs, all managed through a familiar cloud platform.
What This Enables
Enable Dedicated Application Hosting
Enable teams to deploy business-critical applications on hardware exclusively assigned to their organization. Streamline operations by ensuring consistent performance and security for sensitive workloads.
on-premises server consolidation, cloud migration, hybrid cloud deployments, virtual desktop infrastructure
Meet Strict Compliance Requirements
Streamline compliance efforts by hosting sensitive data and applications on isolated physical servers. Automate adherence to regulatory mandates through a controlled and auditable infrastructure environment.
regulated industries, data residency mandates, security-focused operations, audit-intensive environments
Optimize Licensing for Existing Investments
Enable teams to maximize the value of existing Microsoft licenses with Software Assurance by bringing them to dedicated Azure hardware. Automate the process of aligning software entitlements with physical infrastructure.
enterprise agreement customers, existing Microsoft license holders, hybrid licensing strategies, cost optimization initiatives
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Guarantees exclusive access to hardware, ensuring consistent performance and security for your workloads.
Azure Integration
Seamlessly manage dedicated hosts and deploy virtual machines within the familiar Azure portal.
Software Assurance Benefits
Allows the use of eligible on-premises licenses with Software Assurance on dedicated hosts, optimizing cost.
Scalability and Flexibility
Easily scale your dedicated infrastructure up or down to meet changing business demands.
Compliance and Security
Provides a controlled environment to help meet regulatory requirements and enhance data isolation.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security, data isolation, and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, which dedicated hosts help address through exclusive hardware access and control.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA and other privacy regulations, making dedicated hosts a suitable choice for hosting sensitive patient data and applications requiring a secure, isolated environment.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle confidential client information and often face strict data residency and security mandates, benefiting from the enhanced control and isolation offered by dedicated hosting.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have specific security certifications and data handling requirements, making dedicated infrastructure a necessary component for meeting compliance standards and ensuring data integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server within Microsoft Azure that is dedicated solely to your organization's use. This ensures that your virtual machines run on hardware exclusively assigned to you, providing enhanced security, performance predictability, and compliance benefits.
How does this help with licensing?
The DSV3 Series Dedicated Host allows you to bring your existing eligible on-premises Microsoft licenses with Software Assurance to Azure. This can significantly reduce costs compared to purchasing new licenses for cloud deployments.
Who is the target audience for dedicated hosts?
Dedicated hosts are ideal for organizations with specific compliance requirements, sensitive workloads, or those needing to maximize existing license investments. This includes businesses in regulated industries or those requiring a higher degree of isolation and performance predictability.
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.