Microsoft MDSV2 Series Dedicated Host Subscription
Access dedicated Microsoft Azure infrastructure with the MDSV2 Series Dedicated Host subscription, ensuring consistent performance and compliance for your critical workloads.
- Dedicated Resources: Gain exclusive access to physical servers within Azure, providing predictable performance and enhanced security for your applications.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory requirements by maintaining control over your dedicated hardware environment within a certified cloud.
- Cost Predictability: Benefit from a subscription-based model that offers clear monthly costs for your dedicated hosting needs.
- Performance Optimization: Utilize high-performance hardware designed for demanding workloads, ensuring your business applications run efficiently.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft MDSV2 Series Dedicated Host subscription provides dedicated physical servers within the Azure cloud environment. It unlocks specific hardware capabilities and ensures that your workloads run on infrastructure exclusively allocated to your organization, offering enhanced security, compliance, and predictable performance.
This offering is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who require dedicated hardware for sensitive applications, regulatory compliance, or performance-intensive workloads. It integrates into existing Azure deployments, providing a foundational layer of compute resources managed within the Azure ecosystem.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Dedicated physical servers for your sole use within Azure.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Isolate your workloads from other tenants for greater security.
- Performance Consistency: Predictable performance without the 'noisy neighbor' effect.
- Compliance Enablement: Facilitates adherence to strict data residency and regulatory standards.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrates with other Azure services for a unified cloud experience.
Secure dedicated Azure infrastructure without the overhead of managing physical hardware, perfect for businesses needing control and performance.
What This Enables
Enable Dedicated Application Hosting
Enable teams to deploy business-critical applications on exclusive physical hardware within Azure. This ensures consistent performance and security for sensitive workloads that cannot reside on shared infrastructure.
On-premises server consolidation, cloud migration with specific hardware needs, hybrid cloud deployments
Meet Stringent Compliance Requirements
Streamline adherence to regulatory mandates by utilizing dedicated hosts that offer greater control over the physical environment. This helps organizations meet data residency and isolation requirements for sensitive data.
Regulated industry workloads, data privacy initiatives, audit-driven IT environments
Optimize Performance for Demanding Workloads
Automate the provisioning of high-performance compute resources for applications with demanding performance profiles. Dedicated hosts prevent resource contention, ensuring optimal application responsiveness.
High-transaction systems, data analytics platforms, performance-sensitive custom applications
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Gain exclusive use of physical servers within Azure, ensuring predictable performance and enhanced security for your critical applications.
Azure Compliance Standards
Leverage Azure's certified infrastructure to meet stringent regulatory and compliance requirements for data handling and residency.
Subscription-Based Licensing
Benefit from a clear, predictable monthly cost for dedicated hosting, simplifying budgeting and financial planning.
High-Performance Hardware
Utilize modern, high-performance hardware designed to support demanding workloads and ensure efficient operation.
Azure Service Integration
Seamlessly integrate your dedicated hosts with other Azure services, such as storage, networking, and databases, for a unified cloud solution.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require dedicated infrastructure to meet strict regulatory compliance, data isolation, and security standards for sensitive customer data and transactions.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to HIPAA and other data privacy regulations, necessitating dedicated environments for patient health information (PHI) to ensure compliance and security.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle confidential client information and often have specific data residency and security requirements that benefit from dedicated infrastructure.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have stringent security mandates and data sovereignty requirements, making dedicated cloud resources a necessity for sensitive operations and data.
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 means you have exclusive use of the server's compute resources, offering enhanced security, compliance, and predictable performance.
How does a dedicated host subscription differ from standard Azure virtual machines?
Standard Azure virtual machines run on shared physical hardware, while a dedicated host subscription provides you with your own physical server. This isolation is crucial for specific compliance needs or performance-sensitive applications.
Can I run any operating system on a dedicated host?
Dedicated hosts support a range of operating systems, including Windows Server and various Linux distributions. You have flexibility in choosing the OS that best suits your application needs.
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.