Microsoft MDSv2 Series Dedicated Host - MDSv2MEDMEM TYPE1
Access dedicated Microsoft Azure infrastructure with the MDSv2 Series Dedicated Host license, ensuring predictable performance and compliance for your critical applications.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Gain exclusive use of physical servers for enhanced security and performance predictability.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory requirements with dedicated hardware, isolating your sensitive data.
- Optimized Performance: Ensure consistent, high-performance computing for your most demanding workloads.
- Cost Predictability: Manage IT expenses with a subscription-based licensing model for dedicated resources.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft MDSv2 Series Dedicated Host license provides access to dedicated physical servers within Azure, offering a secure and isolated environment for your applications. This license unlocks the full capabilities of the MDSv2 hardware, ensuring consistent performance and compliance with stringent data residency and security standards.
This offering is ideal for businesses, including IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies, that require dedicated resources for sensitive workloads or need to meet specific regulatory mandates. It integrates directly into your Azure environment, allowing you to run virtual machines on hardware you exclusively control.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Utilize physical servers solely for your organization, eliminating noisy neighbor issues.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Isolate your workloads and data from other tenants for superior protection.
- Predictable Performance: Guarantee consistent compute capacity, unaffected by other Azure customers.
- Licensing Flexibility: Bring your existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses to Azure Dedicated Hosts.
- Compliance Alignment: Facilitate adherence to industry-specific regulations and data sovereignty requirements.
Secure your critical workloads with dedicated Azure infrastructure, offering enterprise-grade performance and compliance without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
What This Enables
Enable Isolated Workloads for Sensitive Data
Enable teams to run applications handling sensitive customer data or proprietary information on dedicated hardware. This ensures data privacy and security by isolating workloads from other tenants on the Azure platform.
cloud hosting, virtual machine deployment, data security, regulatory compliance
Meet Strict Regulatory Compliance Requirements
Streamline adherence to industry-specific regulations such as HIPAA or GDPR by utilizing dedicated physical servers. This provides a controlled environment necessary for meeting data residency and isolation mandates.
compliance-driven deployments, regulated industries, data sovereignty needs, secure infrastructure
Guarantee Consistent Application Performance
Automate the provisioning of high-performance computing resources for mission-critical applications that require predictable uptime and speed. Dedicated hosts prevent performance fluctuations caused by shared resource contention.
performance-sensitive applications, business continuity, predictable resource allocation, enterprise workloads
Key Features
Exclusive Physical Server Access
Ensures consistent performance and eliminates the 'noisy neighbor' effect for your critical applications.
Dedicated Azure Infrastructure
Provides a secure and isolated environment for sensitive data and workloads, aiding compliance efforts.
Subscription Billing Model
Offers predictable monthly costs for dedicated hardware, simplifying IT budget management.
MDSv2 Hardware Series
Delivers optimized compute performance for demanding enterprise workloads.
US North Central Region Availability
Supports data residency and latency requirements for businesses operating in or serving this geographic area.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent data isolation and security to comply with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making dedicated hosts ideal for sensitive transaction data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to HIPAA regulations, which mandate strict data privacy and security controls, often necessitating dedicated infrastructure for patient records.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have specific security mandates and data sovereignty requirements that are best met by dedicated, isolated computing resources.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and other professional services handle highly confidential client information, requiring dedicated environments to ensure data privacy and meet attorney-client privilege standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host in Azure?
A dedicated host in Azure is a physical server that is dedicated to a single customer. This provides isolation for your virtual machines, enhancing security and compliance.
What is the MDSv2 Series?
The MDSv2 Series refers to a specific generation of Microsoft's dedicated host hardware available in Azure, offering enhanced performance and capabilities for demanding workloads.
How does this license ensure compliance?
By providing dedicated physical hardware, this license helps meet regulatory requirements for data isolation and residency, which are critical for compliance in many industries.
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.