Microsoft MDSV2 Series Dedicated Host - MDSMV2MEDMEM TYPE1
Access dedicated Microsoft Azure infrastructure for your critical business workloads, ensuring performance and compliance with the MDSV2 Series Dedicated Host.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Gain exclusive access to physical servers optimized for Microsoft Azure, providing predictable performance and isolation for your applications.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory requirements with dedicated hardware that offers enhanced security and data residency controls.
- Performance Predictability: Eliminate noisy neighbor issues and ensure consistent, high-performance computing for your most demanding applications.
- Cost Efficiency: Achieve enterprise-grade IT capabilities without the overhead of managing your own physical data center infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft MDSV2 Series Dedicated Host is a subscription-based platform licensing service that provides dedicated physical servers within Microsoft Azure. This offering is designed for organizations that require a higher degree of control, isolation, and compliance for their Azure workloads, ensuring that your applications run on hardware exclusively allocated to your organization.
This service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who are running critical business applications, sensitive data, or workloads with specific compliance needs on Azure. It integrates directly into your Azure environment, allowing you to manage your dedicated hosts and virtual machines through familiar Azure tools and processes.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Provides dedicated physical servers within Azure data centers, ensuring no shared resources and predictable performance.
- Enhanced Security: Offers a more secure environment by isolating your workloads from other tenants, crucial for sensitive data and regulatory compliance.
- Licensing Benefits: Allows for the reuse of existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance, potentially reducing TCO.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Azure management tools, enabling familiar deployment, management, and monitoring of your dedicated hosts and VMs.
- Compliance Support: Facilitates adherence to industry-specific regulations and internal security policies by providing a controlled and isolated hardware environment.
Secure dedicated Azure infrastructure for your business needs, offering performance, compliance, and control without the complexity of on-premises hardware management.
What This Enables
Enable Dedicated Azure Workloads
Enable teams to deploy critical business applications and sensitive data on dedicated physical servers within Azure. Streamline compliance with regulatory requirements by ensuring workloads run in an isolated, controlled hardware environment.
cloud-native applications, hybrid cloud deployments, virtual machine consolidation, data-intensive workloads
Meet Strict Compliance Standards
Automate adherence to industry-specific regulations and internal security policies by utilizing dedicated hardware. Ensure data residency and enhanced security controls necessary for sensitive information processing.
regulated industries, data privacy initiatives, security-focused operations, audit-driven environments
Optimize Performance for Demanding Apps
Streamline the performance of resource-intensive applications by eliminating the 'noisy neighbor' effect common in shared environments. Provide consistent, predictable high-performance computing for critical business functions.
high-transaction systems, real-time analytics, mission-critical applications, performance-sensitive services
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Provides exclusive access to physical hardware, ensuring predictable performance and isolation for your Azure virtual machines.
Azure Integration
Seamlessly manage dedicated hosts and VMs using familiar Azure tools and APIs for simplified operations.
Software Assurance Benefits
Allows for the reuse of eligible on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance, potentially lowering TCO.
Enhanced Security Posture
Offers a more secure environment by isolating your workloads from other tenants, crucial for sensitive data.
Compliance Support
Facilitates adherence to industry-specific regulations and internal security policies through a controlled hardware environment.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security, data isolation, and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, which dedicated hosts help address by providing a controlled hardware environment.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations such as HIPAA, making dedicated hardware essential for protecting sensitive patient information and ensuring compliance.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client data and often face stringent data protection requirements, necessitating dedicated infrastructure for security and client trust.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have specific security mandates and data residency requirements, making dedicated hosts a suitable option for hosting sensitive government data and applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server within Microsoft Azure that is exclusively dedicated to your organization. This means your virtual machines run on hardware that is not shared with any other Azure customer, providing enhanced isolation and control.
Who should use dedicated hosts?
Dedicated hosts are ideal for businesses with strict compliance requirements, sensitive data, or applications that demand predictable, high performance and isolation. This includes organizations in regulated industries or those looking to maximize existing license investments.
How does this differ from standard Azure VMs?
Standard Azure VMs run on shared hardware in a multi-tenant environment. Dedicated hosts provide you with your own physical server, offering greater control, security, and performance predictability, which is essential for specific workloads.
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.