Microsoft MSV2 SERIES DEDICATED HOST - MSMV2MEDMEM TYPE1
The Microsoft MSV2 Series Dedicated Host provides dedicated physical servers for your Azure workloads, ensuring consistent performance and isolation for critical applications.
- Dedicated Resources: Guarantees exclusive access to physical server hardware, preventing noisy neighbor issues and ensuring predictable performance.
- Enhanced Security: Isolates your workloads on dedicated hardware, offering an additional layer of security and compliance for sensitive data.
- Performance Optimization: Ideal for demanding applications, databases, and high-transaction workloads requiring consistent, high-speed processing.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Azure services, allowing you to run Windows Server and SQL Server virtual machines with specific licensing benefits.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides access to Microsoft's Azure Dedicated Host service, specifically the MSV2 Series with the MSMV2MEDMEM TYPE1 configuration. It enables businesses to deploy their Azure virtual machines on dedicated physical servers, ensuring complete isolation and control over the underlying hardware.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who require predictable performance, enhanced security, and specific licensing advantages for their Windows Server and SQL Server workloads running in Azure. It fits within a cloud migration or hybrid cloud strategy, providing a dedicated environment within the Azure ecosystem.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your virtual machines run on physical servers dedicated solely to your organization.
- Licensing Benefits: Allows for the reuse of existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance for dedicated hosts.
- Performance Predictability: Eliminates resource contention from other tenants, ensuring consistent and reliable performance for critical applications.
- Compliance and Security: Provides an isolated environment that can help meet stringent regulatory and security requirements.
- Azure Ecosystem: Fully integrated with Azure management tools and services for simplified deployment and operations.
Azure Dedicated Host offers a powerful solution for businesses needing dedicated infrastructure within the Azure cloud, providing performance and licensing advantages.
What This Enables
Enable Dedicated Azure Virtual Machine Deployments
Enable teams to deploy Azure virtual machines on dedicated physical servers, ensuring isolation and predictable performance for critical business applications. Streamline the migration of sensitive workloads by providing a controlled hardware environment within Azure.
cloud migration, hybrid cloud, virtual machine hosting, critical application deployment, dedicated infrastructure
Leverage Existing Software Licenses
Streamline the use of existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance for dedicated hosts in Azure. Automate compliance by ensuring your licensing is correctly applied to dedicated physical hardware.
license optimization, on-premises to cloud migration, SQL Server hosting, Windows Server hosting, cost management
Meet Stringent Compliance Requirements
Enable teams to meet strict regulatory and compliance standards by isolating sensitive data and applications on dedicated hardware. Protect against data leakage and ensure adherence to industry-specific mandates with a controlled environment.
regulatory compliance, data isolation, security-sensitive workloads, PCI DSS environments, HIPAA compliance
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Guarantees exclusive use of physical hardware, eliminating noisy neighbor issues and ensuring predictable performance for your workloads.
Azure Integration
Seamlessly integrates with Azure management tools, allowing for unified control and simplified operations of your cloud infrastructure.
License Mobility
Allows you to bring your existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to Azure Dedicated Host, potentially reducing costs.
Hardware Isolation
Provides an isolated environment that can help meet specific security and compliance requirements for sensitive data.
Consistent Performance
Ensures reliable and predictable performance for demanding applications, databases, and high-transaction workloads.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require dedicated infrastructure to meet stringent regulatory compliance, data security mandates, and the need for high-performance, low-latency transaction processing.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations like HIPAA, necessitating isolated environments for sensitive patient data and reliable performance for critical medical systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client data, requiring dedicated infrastructure to ensure data security, privacy, and compliance with professional conduct rules.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations often run specialized software and control systems that demand consistent, predictable performance and may have specific hardware or licensing requirements for their IT infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Azure Dedicated Host?
Azure Dedicated Host is a service that provides dedicated physical servers in Azure for your virtual machines. This ensures that you have exclusive access to the server hardware, offering enhanced security, compliance, and predictable performance.
Can I use my existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses?
Yes, if you have active Software Assurance for your Windows Server and SQL Server licenses, you can bring them to Azure Dedicated Host. This is known as License Mobility through Software Assurance and can help reduce your overall cloud costs.
What are the benefits of using Dedicated Host over standard Azure VMs?
Dedicated Host offers benefits such as hardware isolation for security and compliance, predictable performance by eliminating noisy neighbors, and the ability to reuse existing licenses. It is ideal for workloads with specific licensing or regulatory requirements.
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.