Microsoft ESV3 Series Dedicated Host
Gain access to dedicated Microsoft Azure infrastructure with ESV3 Series Dedicated Host licensing, ensuring predictable performance and compliance for your critical business applications.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Guarantees exclusive use of physical servers for enhanced security and performance predictability.
- Compliance Assurance: Meets stringent regulatory requirements by providing isolated environments for sensitive data.
- Cost Predictability: Subscription billing offers a clear, manageable operational expense for your hosting needs.
- Feature Access: Unlocks advanced Azure capabilities and services for optimized application deployment and management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a licensing subscription for Microsoft's ESV3 Series Dedicated Hosts, specifically the ESV3 Type 1 configuration in the US South Central region. It enables businesses to run their workloads on dedicated physical servers within Azure, offering a secure and isolated environment that ensures consistent performance and meets compliance mandates.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies, this license is designed for organizations that require the control and security of dedicated hardware for their critical applications, databases, or virtual desktop infrastructure. It integrates directly into the Azure ecosystem, allowing for seamless management alongside other cloud resources.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Ensures your applications run on physical servers dedicated solely to your organization, eliminating noisy neighbor issues.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Provides isolation for sensitive data and workloads, crucial for meeting regulatory and internal security policies.
- Performance Consistency: Guarantees predictable compute performance, vital for latency-sensitive applications and business-critical operations.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrates with other Azure services for a unified cloud management experience.
- Subscription Licensing: Offers a flexible, operational expenditure model for managing dedicated hosting costs.
Secure dedicated Azure infrastructure without the overhead of managing physical hardware, perfect for SMB and mid-market teams prioritizing performance and compliance.
What This Enables
Enable Secure Workload Isolation
Enable teams to deploy sensitive applications and data on physically isolated servers within Azure. This ensures that your workloads are not affected by other tenants and meet stringent security and compliance mandates.
virtual machine hosting, regulatory compliance, data privacy, dedicated compute
Ensure Predictable Application Performance
Streamline application delivery by guaranteeing consistent compute performance for critical business systems. Dedicated hosts eliminate the 'noisy neighbor' effect, ensuring your applications perform reliably under load.
performance-sensitive applications, business continuity, mission-critical systems, stable environments
Meet Strict Regulatory Requirements
Automate compliance adherence by utilizing dedicated infrastructure that meets specific industry regulations for data residency and isolation. This license provides the foundation for meeting standards like HIPAA or GDPR.
compliance-driven deployments, data sovereignty, audit readiness, secure hosting
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Provides exclusive use of hardware, ensuring consistent performance and enhanced security by isolating your workloads from other tenants.
Azure US South Central Region
Offers localized deployment for reduced latency and compliance with data residency requirements for businesses operating in or serving this geographic area.
ESV3 Type 1 Configuration
Specifies a particular hardware profile optimized for general-purpose workloads, offering a balance of compute, memory, and storage.
Subscription Billing
Enables predictable operational expenses, making it easier to budget for dedicated hosting resources as a recurring cost.
Microsoft Azure Platform
Integrates seamlessly with the broader Azure ecosystem, allowing for unified management, security, and access to a wide range of cloud services.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require strict data isolation and predictable performance to meet regulatory compliance standards like PCI DSS and SOX, making dedicated hosts an ideal solution for sensitive workloads.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to stringent data privacy regulations such as HIPAA, which necessitates isolated environments for patient data and secure, reliable access to electronic health records.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client information and require secure, dedicated infrastructure to maintain client privilege and meet data protection obligations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often rely on mission-critical systems for production control and data analysis that demand consistent, high performance and security, benefiting from the isolation and predictability of dedicated hosts.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Microsoft Azure Dedicated Host?
A dedicated host is a physical server within an Azure region that is dedicated to a single customer. It provides isolation for your virtual machines, ensuring predictable performance and helping meet compliance requirements.
What does the ESV3 Series signify?
The ESV3 Series refers to a specific generation and type of hardware available for dedicated hosts in Azure, typically offering a balance of compute, memory, and storage resources suitable for a wide range of general-purpose workloads.
How does this license differ from standard Azure VM instances?
Unlike standard VM instances that run on shared physical hardware, dedicated hosts provide you with exclusive use of the underlying physical server. This offers greater control, enhanced security through isolation, and more predictable performance.
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.