Microsoft ESV4 Series Dedicated Host - ESV4 Type1
Access dedicated Microsoft Azure compute capacity with the ESV4 Series Dedicated Host, ensuring predictable performance and isolation for your business-critical workloads.
- Dedicated Resources: Gain exclusive access to physical servers, eliminating noisy neighbor issues and ensuring consistent performance for your applications.
- Enhanced Security: Benefit from physical isolation and Azure's built-in security features, crucial for meeting stringent compliance and data protection requirements.
- Cost Predictability: Enjoy stable pricing for dedicated hardware, simplifying budget management for your core IT infrastructure.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory demands by maintaining control over your hardware environment and data residency within Azure's US East 2 region.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft ESV4 Series Dedicated Host provides exclusive access to physical Azure servers, offering a secure and predictable environment for your most demanding workloads. This offering ensures that your applications run on hardware dedicated solely to your organization, eliminating the performance variability associated with shared infrastructure and providing a robust foundation for compliance.
Ideal for IT Managers and Business Owners in SMB and mid-market companies, this dedicated host solution integrates directly into your existing Azure environment. It is designed for businesses that require a higher level of control, security, and performance for their applications, such as databases, critical business applications, or workloads with specific regulatory needs.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your workloads run on physical servers dedicated solely to your organization.
- Consistent Performance: Eliminates the 'noisy neighbor' effect, ensuring predictable and stable application performance.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Provides physical isolation and leverages Azure's security framework for robust protection.
- Compliance Support: Helps meet regulatory and data residency requirements through dedicated infrastructure.
- Cost Management: Offers predictable monthly costs for dedicated compute resources.
This dedicated host solution empowers SMB and mid-market teams to achieve enterprise-grade performance and security without the overhead of managing physical data centers.
What This Enables
Enable predictable performance for critical applications
Enable teams to deploy business-critical applications, such as ERP systems or large databases, on dedicated hardware for consistent and reliable performance. This ensures that core business functions remain available and performant, even during peak usage periods.
on-premises data center consolidation, hybrid cloud deployments, virtual desktop infrastructure, high-performance computing
Meet stringent regulatory and compliance requirements
Streamline compliance efforts by deploying workloads on physically isolated servers that meet strict data residency and security mandates. This provides the necessary control and auditability for industries with rigorous regulatory oversight.
regulated industry workloads, sensitive data processing, data sovereignty needs, PCI DSS environments
Isolate sensitive workloads for enhanced security
Automate the isolation of sensitive data and applications, protecting them from potential security risks associated with shared environments. This dedicated approach enhances the overall security posture of your IT infrastructure.
security-conscious organizations, confidential data handling, internal application hosting, development and testing environments
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Eliminates the 'noisy neighbor' effect, guaranteeing consistent and predictable performance for your most critical applications.
Physical Isolation
Enhances security by dedicating hardware to your organization, crucial for protecting sensitive data and meeting compliance standards.
Azure Integration
Seamlessly integrates with your existing Azure environment, allowing for familiar management and deployment tools.
Cost Predictability
Provides stable monthly pricing for dedicated compute resources, simplifying IT budget planning and forecasting.
US East 2 Region Availability
Offers a strategic location for data residency and low-latency access for businesses operating within or serving the eastern United States.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high levels of security, predictable performance for trading platforms, and strict adherence to regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, all of which are supported by dedicated hardware.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must comply with HIPAA and other data privacy regulations, necessitating secure, isolated environments for patient data and critical medical applications.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle highly confidential client data and require robust security and data isolation to maintain client trust and meet professional obligations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often rely on specialized software and real-time data processing for critical systems, demanding consistent performance and reliability that dedicated hosts can provide.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server within Azure that is dedicated solely to your organization. This means you have exclusive access to the server's resources, providing enhanced security, predictable performance, and compliance benefits.
How does a dedicated host help with compliance?
Dedicated hosts provide physical isolation and control over your hardware environment, which is often a requirement for meeting stringent regulatory standards like HIPAA or GDPR. You can ensure your data resides on hardware exclusively used by your organization.
Can I use my existing software licenses with a dedicated host?
Yes, dedicated hosts are ideal for Bring Your Own License (BYOL) scenarios. Many software vendors allow or require dedicated hardware for their licenses, and a dedicated host provides the necessary environment to ensure compliance and optimize licensing costs.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.