Microsoft MDSv2 Series Dedicated Host - Medium Memory Type 1
Access dedicated Microsoft Azure infrastructure with the MDSv2 Series Medium Memory Type 1 Dedicated Host, ensuring isolated and compliant environments for your critical business workloads.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Gain exclusive access to physical servers, enhancing security and performance for your sensitive applications.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory requirements by isolating your data and workloads on dedicated hardware.
- Predictable Performance: Benefit from consistent and reliable performance without the noisy neighbor effect common in shared environments.
- Cost Efficiency: Optimize spending by dedicating hardware to your specific needs, avoiding overprovisioning on shared platforms.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft MDSv2 Series Dedicated Host, specifically the MDSMV2MEDMEM TYPE1 model for US Central, provides dedicated physical servers within Azure. This offering ensures that your workloads run on hardware exclusively assigned to your organization, offering enhanced security, compliance, and predictable performance.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who require a controlled and isolated environment for their most critical applications. It fits within an organization's existing Azure footprint, providing a dedicated foundation for sensitive data or performance-intensive workloads.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your organization has sole use of the physical server, preventing resource contention and enhancing data isolation.
- Azure Hybrid Benefit: Utilize existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to save on costs.
- Regulatory Compliance: Facilitates adherence to industry-specific regulations by providing a dedicated, auditable infrastructure.
- Performance Predictability: Guarantees consistent performance levels, crucial for demanding applications and services.
- Simplified Management: Integrates seamlessly with Azure management tools for ease of deployment and oversight.
Secure your critical applications and meet compliance needs with dedicated Azure infrastructure, offering enterprise-grade performance without the enterprise overhead.
What This Enables
Isolate Sensitive Workloads
Enable teams to run highly sensitive applications and data on hardware exclusively dedicated to their organization. This ensures maximum data privacy and security, preventing cross-tenant access or interference.
private cloud deployments, hybrid cloud strategies, regulatory compliance needs, performance-critical applications
Meet Strict Compliance Standards
Organizations deploying in regulated industries can satisfy stringent compliance mandates by utilizing dedicated hardware. This provides an auditable and isolated environment required for data residency and security controls.
financial services, healthcare data hosting, government workloads, PCI DSS environments
Optimize Performance for Demanding Apps
Businesses migrating or running performance-intensive applications benefit from predictable resource allocation. Dedicated hosts eliminate the 'noisy neighbor' effect, ensuring consistent throughput and low latency for critical operations.
high-transaction systems, large-scale databases, virtual desktop infrastructure, mission-critical services
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Server
Provides exclusive use of hardware, enhancing security, isolation, and predictable performance for your workloads.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Allows you to use your existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to reduce costs on Azure.
Host-Based Licensing
Enables you to license certain software, like Windows Server, on a per-processor or per-core basis directly on the dedicated host.
Compliance Controls
Facilitates meeting regulatory requirements by offering an isolated and auditable infrastructure environment.
Flexible Deployment
Supports both Windows Server and Linux virtual machines, offering versatility for diverse application needs.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require dedicated infrastructure to meet stringent regulatory compliance, data isolation, and security standards for sensitive customer data and transactions.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, necessitating isolated and secure environments for patient health information (PHI).
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have specific security mandates and data residency requirements that are best met by dedicated, controlled infrastructure.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle highly confidential client information, demanding robust security and data isolation to maintain client trust and privilege.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server within Azure that is entirely dedicated to your organization. You have exclusive use of the host, ensuring isolation from other tenants and enhanced security.
How does this help with compliance?
By providing dedicated, isolated hardware, dedicated hosts help organizations meet strict regulatory requirements for data residency, security, and auditability that might be challenging on shared infrastructure.
Can I use my existing Microsoft licenses?
Yes, through the Azure Hybrid Benefit, you can often use your existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with active Software Assurance to reduce costs when running 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.