Microsoft MDSv2 Series Dedicated Host Subscription
Gain access to dedicated Microsoft Azure infrastructure with the MDSv2 Series Dedicated Host subscription, ensuring predictable performance and compliance for your critical business applications.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Secure, isolated hardware for your exclusive use, enhancing security and performance.
- Predictable Performance: Consistent compute resources tailored to your specific application demands.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory requirements with dedicated, auditable infrastructure.
- Cost Efficiency: Enterprise-grade IT without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft MDSv2 Series Dedicated Host subscription provides dedicated physical servers within Azure, offering you exclusive access to the host hardware. It unlocks the full capabilities of the MDSv2 hardware, ensuring maximum performance and security for your most demanding workloads, while adhering to strict licensing terms.
This offering is designed for businesses that require a high degree of control over their infrastructure, such as those with specific compliance needs or performance-sensitive applications. It integrates directly into your Azure environment, allowing IT Managers and IT Professionals to manage dedicated resources alongside their other cloud services.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your own dedicated physical server in Azure for enhanced security and performance.
- Optimized for Workloads: MDSv2 hardware is designed for demanding applications and high-density deployments.
- Subscription Licensing: A predictable monthly billing model for managing operational expenses.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly manage your dedicated host within the familiar Azure portal.
- Compliance Ready: Dedicated infrastructure helps meet stringent regulatory and data residency requirements.
Ensure your critical applications run on secure, high-performance dedicated hardware with predictable costs, ideal for growing SMB and mid-market organizations.
What This Enables
Enable High-Performance Application Hosting
Enable teams to deploy performance-sensitive applications, such as large databases or critical business systems, on dedicated hardware. Streamline operations by ensuring consistent resource availability and minimizing latency for end-users.
On-premises server consolidation, cloud migration, application modernization
Meet Strict Regulatory Compliance
Organizations deploying applications with stringent data residency or isolation requirements can ensure compliance with dedicated infrastructure. Coverage for regulatory needs like HIPAA or GDPR is enhanced by the isolated nature of the host.
Regulated workloads, data sovereignty requirements, audit-intensive environments
Isolate Critical Workloads
Businesses migrating or hosting critical workloads benefit from the isolation provided by dedicated hosts, preventing noisy neighbor issues and ensuring security. Protection against performance degradation due to other tenants is a key value.
Mission-critical systems, sensitive data processing, performance-guaranteed environments
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Server
Provides exclusive access to hardware, enhancing security, performance, and compliance by isolating your workloads from other tenants.
MDSv2 Hardware Series
Offers optimized performance for demanding workloads, ensuring your critical applications run efficiently and reliably.
Monthly Subscription Billing
Enables predictable operational expenses and simplifies budgeting for dedicated infrastructure resources.
Azure Integration
Allows seamless management of dedicated hosts alongside other Azure services through a familiar portal, simplifying IT administration.
Compliance Support
Helps meet regulatory requirements for data isolation and residency, providing an auditable infrastructure foundation.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, which dedicated hosts can help satisfy through isolation and auditable infrastructure.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations such as HIPAA, making dedicated infrastructure a valuable component for securing sensitive patient data.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client data, necessitating secure, isolated environments to maintain client privilege and meet compliance standards.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often run critical, performance-sensitive applications for control systems or data analytics that benefit from the predictable performance and isolation of dedicated hardware.
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 greater control, isolation, and transparency for your virtual machines.
What are the benefits of using dedicated hosts?
Benefits include enhanced security through isolation, predictable performance, compliance with regulatory requirements, and the ability to use certain software licenses that are tied to physical hardware.
How does the monthly subscription work?
The monthly subscription provides access to the dedicated host for the duration of the term, billed on a recurring basis. This allows for predictable operational expenses rather than large upfront capital investments.
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.