Microsoft Premium Storage Snapshots Licensing
Secure your critical business data with Microsoft Premium Storage Snapshots licensing, providing essential point-in-time recovery capabilities for your storage environment.
- Data Protection: Coverage for point-in-time snapshots of premium storage volumes.
- Recovery Assurance: Entitlement to restore data to previous states, minimizing downtime.
- Compliance Support: Protection against data loss events and regulatory scrutiny.
- Operational Continuity: Access to features enabling rapid data recovery and business resilience.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This platform software license grants access to Microsoft's premium storage snapshot capabilities. It enables the creation and management of point-in-time copies of your premium storage volumes, providing a crucial layer of data protection and recovery.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this licensing to safeguard critical business data. It integrates with their existing Microsoft Azure or on-premises storage infrastructure, ensuring data integrity and availability.
- Point-in-Time Recovery: Create and manage snapshots for granular data restoration.
- Data Protection: Safeguard against accidental deletions, corruption, or ransomware attacks.
- Business Continuity: Enable rapid recovery of critical applications and data.
- Compliance Readiness: Support regulatory requirements for data retention and recovery.
- Cost-Effective Protection: Access advanced data protection features without significant infrastructure overhead.
This licensing is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking robust, integrated data protection for their premium storage assets.
What This Enables
Enable granular data recovery for critical applications
Enable teams to create point-in-time snapshots of premium storage volumes. Streamline the process of restoring specific files or entire volumes to a previous state, minimizing data loss and application downtime.
cloud-hosted applications, on-premises servers, virtualized environments, hybrid cloud deployments
Protect against accidental data deletion or corruption
Automate the capture of consistent data snapshots at regular intervals. Protect against human error or software issues that could lead to data corruption or accidental deletion, ensuring data integrity.
production servers, database systems, file shares, critical business data repositories
Meet regulatory compliance and audit requirements
Maintain auditable records of data states for compliance purposes. Ensure that data can be restored to specific historical points as required by industry regulations or internal policies.
financial data storage, patient record systems, legal document archives, regulated industry data
Key Features
Point-in-Time Snapshots
Capture consistent data states at specific moments for reliable recovery.
Granular Restore Capabilities
Restore individual files, folders, or entire volumes quickly and efficiently.
Integration with Premium Storage
Works seamlessly with Microsoft's high-performance premium storage solutions.
Data Protection Against Ransomware
Provides clean recovery points to revert systems before a ransomware attack.
Simplified Data Management
Easily manage snapshot policies and recovery operations through familiar interfaces.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust data protection and rapid recovery to meet stringent regulatory compliance like SOX and to ensure continuous operation of trading and banking systems.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must maintain patient data integrity and availability, adhering to HIPAA regulations, which necessitates reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions like snapshots.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle sensitive client data and must ensure its availability and integrity for case management and compliance with data privacy laws.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on uninterrupted operations and the integrity of production data, requiring strong data protection to prevent downtime and ensure supply chain continuity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a storage snapshot?
A storage snapshot is a point-in-time copy of a storage volume. It captures the state of the data at a specific moment, allowing you to restore the volume to that state if needed.
How does this licensing ensure compliance?
By enabling the creation of consistent, point-in-time data copies, this licensing helps organizations meet data retention and recovery requirements mandated by various industry regulations.
Can I restore individual files from a snapshot?
Yes, the snapshot functionality typically allows for granular restores, meaning you can often recover specific files or folders without needing to restore the entire volume.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.