Microsoft ESV3 Series Dedicated Host - ESV3 Type3
Gain dedicated access to Microsoft Azure ESV3 Series host resources in the US West Central region, ensuring predictable performance and compliance for your critical business applications.
- Dedicated Resources: Guarantees exclusive use of host hardware, preventing noisy neighbor issues and ensuring consistent performance for your workloads.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory and compliance requirements by providing a controlled and isolated environment for sensitive data and applications.
- Cost Predictability: Offers a subscription-based model for dedicated hardware, simplifying budgeting and avoiding unexpected cloud spending fluctuations.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrates with other Azure services, allowing you to build and deploy hybrid or cloud-native solutions with confidence.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft ESV3 Series Dedicated Host subscription provides exclusive access to physical servers within Microsoft Azure's US West Central data centers. This offering ensures that your workloads run on hardware dedicated solely to your organization, offering enhanced security, compliance, and performance predictability.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who require isolated environments for sensitive applications, need to meet strict regulatory compliance standards, or want to ensure consistent performance for their mission-critical systems within the Azure cloud.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your organization has sole use of the physical host server, eliminating resource contention and ensuring predictable performance.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Dedicated hardware provides an isolated environment, reducing the attack surface and aiding in the protection of sensitive data.
- Compliance Enablement: Facilitates adherence to industry-specific regulations and internal governance policies by offering a controlled and auditable infrastructure.
- Flexible Deployment Options: Supports various Windows Server and Linux operating systems, allowing for migration of existing workloads or deployment of new applications.
- Cost Management: A subscription model provides predictable monthly costs for dedicated infrastructure, aiding in financial planning and budget adherence.
This dedicated host subscription is the optimal choice for businesses seeking enterprise-grade infrastructure control and performance within the Azure cloud without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Isolate Sensitive Workloads
Enable teams to run highly sensitive applications or workloads that require strict data isolation and security controls. This ensures that your critical business data remains protected from potential threats on shared infrastructure.
private cloud, hybrid cloud, on-premises migration, regulatory compliance
Meet Compliance Requirements
Organizations deploying applications subject to strict regulatory standards, such as HIPAA or GDPR, can utilize this dedicated host to meet specific data residency and isolation mandates. This provides auditable proof of infrastructure control.
regulated industries, data sovereignty, audit trails, secure environments
Ensure Consistent Performance
Teams managing performance-sensitive applications, like financial trading platforms or real-time analytics, can rely on dedicated hardware to eliminate the 'noisy neighbor' effect. This guarantees consistent CPU, memory, and I/O performance.
high-performance computing, critical applications, predictable SLAs, resource guarantees
Key Features
Exclusive physical server access
Eliminates resource contention and ensures predictable, consistent performance for your most critical applications.
Isolated environment
Enhances security posture and aids in meeting stringent compliance and data residency requirements.
Subscription billing model
Provides predictable monthly costs for dedicated infrastructure, simplifying budgeting and financial planning.
Azure US West Central region
Offers low latency and high availability for users and operations within this geographic area.
Support for Windows Server and Linux
Provides flexibility to deploy existing workloads or build new applications using familiar operating systems.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, strict compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, and high availability for trading and transactional systems, all of which are supported by dedicated hosts.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA regulations, demanding secure handling and isolation of patient data (PHI), making dedicated hosts a suitable choice for meeting these stringent privacy and security mandates.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional service providers handle highly confidential client data and often have strict internal governance policies, benefiting from the enhanced security and isolation provided by dedicated infrastructure.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Companies in this sector often run critical operational technology (OT) or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that require consistent performance and high availability to maintain production schedules and supply chain integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host in Azure?
A dedicated host is a physical server within an Azure data center that is dedicated solely to your organization. This means you do not share the physical hardware with any other Azure customer, providing enhanced security, compliance, and performance predictability.
How does a dedicated host help with compliance?
Dedicated hosts help meet compliance requirements by providing an isolated environment, which can be crucial for regulations like HIPAA or GDPR that mandate specific data handling and isolation controls. It offers greater control and auditability over your infrastructure.
Can I use my existing Microsoft licenses with a dedicated host?
Yes, in many cases, you can bring your existing eligible Microsoft server licenses to Azure with Software Assurance through the Azure Hybrid Benefit. This can significantly reduce your costs for running Windows Server and SQL Server on dedicated hosts.
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.