Microsoft MDSV2 Series Dedicated Host - MDSV2MEDMEM TYPE1
Access dedicated Microsoft Azure infrastructure with the MDSV2 Series Dedicated Host subscription, ensuring consistent performance and compliance for your critical workloads.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Gain exclusive access to physical servers optimized for Microsoft Azure, providing predictable performance and enhanced security for your applications.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory and internal compliance requirements by isolating your workloads on dedicated hardware, preventing data co-mingling.
- Cost Predictability: Benefit from a monthly subscription model for dedicated hosts, simplifying budgeting and financial planning for your IT infrastructure.
- Optimized Performance: Run your most demanding applications and workloads with confidence, knowing you have dedicated resources free from noisy neighbor impacts.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Microsoft MDSV2 Series Dedicated Host subscription provides businesses with exclusive access to dedicated physical servers within Microsoft Azure datacenters. This offering ensures that your workloads run on hardware solely allocated to your organization, delivering enhanced security, predictable performance, and the ability to meet stringent compliance mandates.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who require greater control over their cloud infrastructure, need to isolate sensitive data, or must adhere to specific regulatory requirements. It fits within an Azure deployment strategy where dedicated resources are paramount for performance, security, or compliance.
- Exclusive Hardware Access: Your organization has sole use of the physical server, eliminating resource contention from other tenants.
- Enhanced Security Posture: Isolate sensitive data and applications on dedicated hardware, reducing the attack surface and meeting compliance needs.
- Predictable Performance: Consistent and reliable performance for your most critical applications, unaffected by the activity of other Azure customers.
- Licensing Flexibility: Bring your existing eligible Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to the dedicated host for potential cost savings.
- Azure Integration: Seamlessly integrate with other Azure services for a complete cloud solution.
This dedicated host solution empowers SMB and mid-market teams to achieve enterprise-grade infrastructure control and performance within Azure.
What This Enables
Isolate Sensitive Workloads
Enable teams to run highly sensitive applications and data on dedicated physical servers, ensuring isolation from other tenants. This provides an enhanced security posture and meets specific data residency or privacy requirements.
cloud-native deployments, hybrid cloud environments, virtualized infrastructure, compliance-driven operations
Meet Regulatory Compliance
Organizations deploying in regulated industries can ensure adherence to strict compliance standards by utilizing dedicated hardware. This addresses requirements for data isolation and auditability that cannot be met on shared infrastructure.
regulated workloads, data sovereignty needs, audit-intensive environments, mission-critical applications
Guarantee Application Performance
Businesses migrating or running performance-sensitive applications can guarantee consistent and predictable resource availability. This eliminates the 'noisy neighbor' effect, ensuring optimal performance for critical business operations.
high-performance computing, latency-sensitive applications, resource-intensive workloads, business continuity planning
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Ensures your workloads run on hardware exclusively allocated to your organization, preventing performance interference from other tenants.
Azure Integration
Seamlessly deploy and manage virtual machines and other Azure services on your dedicated hardware for a unified cloud experience.
Compliance Support
Helps meet regulatory and internal compliance requirements by providing hardware isolation for sensitive data and applications.
Predictable Performance
Offers consistent and reliable performance for your most demanding applications, free from the variability of shared environments.
License Mobility
Allows eligible existing licenses with Software Assurance to be used on dedicated hosts, potentially reducing overall cloud costs.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent data isolation and security to meet regulatory compliance like PCI DSS and SOX, making dedicated hosts a suitable choice for sensitive transaction data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA regulations, which mandate strong data privacy and security controls, often necessitating dedicated infrastructure for patient health information (PHI).
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client data and require robust security and isolation to maintain client privilege and meet data protection standards.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have strict security mandates and data sovereignty requirements, making dedicated infrastructure essential for protecting sensitive citizen data and classified information.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a dedicated host?
A dedicated host is a physical server with Azure infrastructure entirely dedicated to your organization. It provides the isolation and control needed for specific compliance or performance requirements.
How does this differ from standard Azure VMs?
Standard Azure VMs run on shared physical hardware, while dedicated hosts provide you with exclusive use of the underlying physical server, offering greater isolation and predictability.
Can I use my existing Windows Server licenses?
Yes, eligible Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with active Software Assurance can often be brought to dedicated hosts, potentially offering cost savings.
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.