Microsoft MSV2 Series Dedicated Host
Secure dedicated Microsoft Azure infrastructure with MSV2 Series Dedicated Hosts, providing isolated physical servers for your exclusive use and predictable performance.
- Dedicated Resources: Gain exclusive access to physical servers, ensuring performance isolation and enhanced security for your workloads.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory and compliance requirements by maintaining full control over your hardware environment.
- Predictable Performance: Eliminate noisy neighbor issues and guarantee consistent, high-performance computing for critical applications.
- Cost Efficiency: Optimize spending by dedicating hardware to specific workloads, avoiding overprovisioning and managing costs effectively.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft MSV2 Series Dedicated Host provides dedicated physical servers within Azure, offering a fully isolated environment for your virtual machines. This solution ensures that your workloads run on hardware exclusively assigned to your organization, enhancing security, compliance, and performance predictability.
This offering is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who require granular control over their infrastructure, need to meet specific compliance mandates, or are running performance-sensitive applications that benefit from dedicated resources. It integrates directly into your Azure environment, allowing for familiar management and deployment practices.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your organization has sole use of the physical server, preventing resource contention from other tenants.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Maintain a higher level of security by controlling the physical hardware your sensitive data resides on.
- Compliance Adherence: Facilitate adherence to industry regulations and internal policies that mandate hardware isolation or specific configurations.
- Performance Predictability: Guarantee consistent application performance by eliminating the impact of other tenants' workloads.
- Azure Hybrid Benefit: Utilize existing eligible Windows Server and SQL Server licenses to save costs on dedicated hosts.
Zent Networks provides access to dedicated Azure infrastructure, empowering your business with enterprise-grade performance and control without the overhead of managing physical hardware.
What This Enables
Enable Predictable Application Performance
Enable teams to run performance-sensitive applications without the risk of 'noisy neighbor' issues. This ensures consistent and reliable operation for critical business functions.
virtualized workloads, performance-critical applications, dedicated infrastructure needs, cloud deployments
Meet Strict Compliance and Regulatory Needs
Streamline adherence to industry regulations and internal policies that require hardware isolation for sensitive data. This provides a dedicated physical environment for enhanced security and auditability.
regulated industries, data privacy mandates, security-focused deployments, hybrid cloud strategies
Optimize Licensing and Cost Management
Automate the deployment of workloads onto dedicated hardware, potentially optimizing existing Microsoft software licenses through Azure Hybrid Benefit. This allows for more predictable cost allocation for specific applications.
existing license investments, cost optimization initiatives, predictable resource allocation, cloud cost management
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Ensures your VMs run on hardware exclusively assigned to your organization, preventing resource contention and improving security.
Hardware Isolation
Provides a secure boundary for your workloads, essential for meeting compliance mandates and protecting sensitive data.
Performance Predictability
Guarantees consistent application performance by eliminating the impact of other tenants' activities on the underlying hardware.
Azure Integration
Seamlessly integrates with your existing Azure environment, allowing for familiar management and deployment tools.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Allows you to use your existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to pay a reduced rate on the dedicated host.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent data security and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making hardware isolation on dedicated hosts a critical requirement for sensitive financial data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Organizations in this vertical must adhere to strict data privacy laws such as HIPAA, which often necessitates dedicated infrastructure to ensure patient data is isolated and protected.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information and often have internal policies or client agreements mandating dedicated infrastructure for enhanced security and privacy.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies frequently operate under strict security protocols and compliance frameworks that demand dedicated resources to safeguard sensitive citizen data and critical infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server within Azure that is fully dedicated to your organization. You have exclusive access to the host and its resources, providing enhanced security, compliance, and performance predictability for your virtual machines.
How does a dedicated host help with compliance?
Dedicated hosts help meet compliance requirements by providing hardware isolation. This ensures that your data and workloads are not co-mingled with other tenants, which is often a prerequisite for regulations like HIPAA or GDPR.
Can I use my existing Windows Server licenses with a dedicated host?
Yes, if you have active Software Assurance for your Windows Server or SQL Server licenses, you can use the Azure Hybrid Benefit to significantly reduce your costs when running compatible workloads 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.