Microsoft FSV2 Series Dedicated Host FSV2 Type2
Secure dedicated Microsoft Azure compute capacity with FSV2 Series Dedicated Hosts, ensuring predictable performance and compliance for your business-critical workloads.
- Dedicated Resources: Gain exclusive access to physical servers for your Azure VMs, enhancing security and performance predictability.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory and compliance requirements by maintaining control over your dedicated hardware environment.
- Cost Optimization: Benefit from potential cost savings compared to running equivalent workloads on shared infrastructure.
- Performance Predictability: Ensure consistent and reliable performance for your most demanding applications without noisy neighbor interference.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft FSV2 Series Dedicated Host provides dedicated physical servers within Azure data centers, exclusively for your use. This offering, specifically the FSV2 Type2 configuration in US East 2, allows you to run your Azure Virtual Machines on hardware that is entirely dedicated 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 greater control over their Azure environment. It fits into existing Azure deployments, allowing organizations to migrate sensitive or performance-intensive workloads while maintaining compliance and optimizing costs on dedicated infrastructure.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your Azure VMs run on a physical server dedicated solely to your organization.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Isolate your workloads from other tenants for improved security.
- Compliance Adherence: Facilitate adherence to strict regulatory and internal compliance mandates.
- Predictable Performance: Achieve consistent performance for demanding applications.
- Licensing Flexibility: Bring your own SQL Server or Windows Server licenses with Software Assurance for potential cost savings.
Secure dedicated Azure compute for predictable performance and compliance, offering enterprise-grade control without the overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Teams to Meet Strict Compliance Standards
Enable teams to deploy applications that require strict data residency and isolation to meet regulatory mandates. Ensure continuous adherence to industry-specific compliance frameworks by running workloads on dedicated physical servers.
cloud deployments, hybrid environments, regulated industries, sensitive data workloads
Streamline Performance for Demanding Applications
Streamline the performance of resource-intensive applications, such as large databases or high-transaction systems, by eliminating the 'noisy neighbor' effect. Automate the provisioning of dedicated compute resources to guarantee consistent and predictable application response times.
performance-critical applications, high-transaction systems, batch processing, data analytics platforms
Automate Secure Workload Isolation
Automate the isolation of sensitive workloads, such as financial data processing or patient health information, from other tenants. Provide dedicated hardware to enhance the security posture and reduce the attack surface for critical business operations.
security-sensitive applications, private cloud environments, internal business systems, confidential data processing
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Provides exclusive access to physical hardware, ensuring consistent performance and enhanced security for your Azure VMs.
FSV2 Type2 Instance Type
Offers high-performance compute optimized for demanding workloads, delivering predictable results.
US East 2 Region
Allows deployment in a specific Azure region, supporting latency requirements and data sovereignty needs.
Azure Integration
Seamlessly integrates with the Azure ecosystem, allowing management through familiar Azure tools and services.
License Mobility
Enables the use of eligible on-premises licenses with Software Assurance in Azure, potentially reducing costs.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security, data isolation, and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, which dedicated hosts help satisfy.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA and other data privacy regulations, making dedicated hardware essential for protecting sensitive patient information.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle confidential client data and require robust security and data privacy measures to maintain client trust and meet ethical obligations.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have strict security mandates and data sovereignty requirements, necessitating dedicated infrastructure for sensitive national security or citizen data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server within an Azure data center that is entirely dedicated to your organization. You have full control over the hardware and can run your Azure Virtual Machines on it, ensuring isolation and predictable performance.
Who is this service for?
This service is for businesses that require dedicated compute resources for enhanced security, compliance, or predictable performance. It is ideal for organizations with sensitive data, strict regulatory requirements, or performance-intensive applications.
How does this differ from standard Azure VMs?
Standard Azure VMs run on shared hardware, while dedicated hosts provide you with an entire physical server. This offers greater control, isolation, and predictability, which is crucial for certain compliance and performance needs.
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.