Microsoft Storage Standard Page Blob GRS Data Stored UK Subscription
This Microsoft Azure Storage subscription license provides access to geo-redundant data storage capabilities within the United Kingdom, ensuring data resilience and availability for your business operations.
- Geo-Redundancy: Coverage for data replication across multiple physical locations within the UK to protect against local failures.
- Compliance Assurance: Protection against data loss and unauthorized access, helping meet UK data residency and regulatory requirements.
- Scalable Capacity: Entitlement to store large volumes of unstructured data, such as documents, images, and videos, as your business grows.
- Operational Continuity: Access to reliable and highly available storage services, minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Microsoft Azure Storage Standard Page Blob GRS Data Stored UK Subscription is a platform software license that grants your organization the right to utilize Microsoft's geo-redundant storage services within the United Kingdom. It ensures your data is replicated across multiple facilities, providing a high level of durability and availability.
This license is designed for businesses, from small to mid-market companies, that require secure, compliant, and resilient data storage solutions. It integrates with various Azure services and applications, fitting into cloud-based or hybrid IT environments where data integrity and accessibility are paramount.
- Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS): Data is automatically replicated to a secondary region within the UK for enhanced durability and disaster recovery.
- Standard Performance Tier: Optimized for frequently accessed data, offering a balance of performance and cost-effectiveness.
- Page Blob Storage: Specifically designed for random read/write access, ideal for virtual machine disks and other I/O-intensive workloads.
- UK Data Residency: Ensures your data remains within the United Kingdom, helping to meet regulatory and compliance obligations.
- Subscription Billing: Provides predictable operational expenses with a recurring subscription model for capacity and transactions.
This Microsoft Azure Storage subscription is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing reliable, compliant, and geographically resilient data storage within the UK.
What This Enables
Enable resilient storage for critical business applications
Enable teams to deploy applications that require highly available and durable storage. This ensures that data remains accessible even in the event of localized infrastructure failures, supporting uninterrupted business operations.
cloud-native applications, virtual machine hosting, data archiving systems
Streamline data backup and disaster recovery strategies
Streamline the implementation of robust backup and disaster recovery plans by utilizing geo-redundant storage. This capability ensures that critical business data can be rapidly restored from a secondary location, minimizing recovery time objectives.
automated backup solutions, offsite data protection, business continuity planning
Automate compliance with UK data residency mandates
Automate adherence to UK data residency regulations by ensuring all stored data resides exclusively within the United Kingdom. This simplifies compliance efforts and reduces the risk of penalties associated with data sovereignty violations.
regulatory compliance, data sovereignty requirements, GDPR adherence
Key Features
Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS)
Protects your data against site failures by automatically replicating it to a secondary location within the UK, ensuring high availability and durability.
Standard Performance Tier
Offers a cost-effective solution for frequently accessed data, balancing performance needs with predictable operational expenses.
Page Blob Storage
Provides efficient random access storage, ideal for workloads like virtual machine disks that require high I/O operations.
UK Data Residency
Ensures your data remains within the United Kingdom's borders, helping you meet strict regulatory and compliance requirements.
Subscription Billing
Allows for predictable budgeting and operational expenditure with a recurring subscription model for storage capacity and transactions.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust data protection, high availability, and strict adherence to data residency and regulatory compliance standards like GDPR and FCA guidelines, which GRS in the UK helps address.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with stringent data privacy regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR, necessitating secure, resilient, and geographically compliant data storage solutions for patient records and research data.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle sensitive client data and must maintain data integrity and confidentiality, often subject to data residency laws and strict uptime requirements for client access.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies operate under strict data sovereignty and security mandates, requiring data to be stored within national borders and protected against disruptions to ensure continuity of public services.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS)?
Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) automatically replicates your data to a secondary physical location within the same geographic region (in this case, the UK). This provides enhanced durability and availability, protecting your data against localized failures or disasters.
Does this license ensure data stays within the UK?
Yes, this specific subscription is for data stored within the United Kingdom. It is designed to help organizations meet data residency requirements and comply with UK regulations.
What types of data are best suited for Page Blob Storage?
Page Blob Storage is optimized for random read and write access workloads. It is commonly used for storing virtual machine disks (VMs), databases, and other applications that require frequent, small read/write operations.
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.