Microsoft VM D8DS V4 Series Azure Dedicated Host Subscription
This Microsoft Azure Dedicated Host subscription provides a 3-year commitment for the D8DS V4 series, ensuring dedicated infrastructure for your critical workloads.
- Dedicated Infrastructure: Guarantees physical servers exclusively for your virtual machines, enhancing security and performance.
- Compliance Assurance: Meets specific regulatory and compliance needs, particularly for US Department of Defense East environments.
- Cost Predictability: Locks in pricing for three years, simplifying budgeting and avoiding unexpected cost increases.
- Optimized Performance: Access to the D8DS V4 series hardware offers powerful compute capabilities for demanding applications.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering is a 3-year subscription for Microsoft Azure Dedicated Hosts, specifically the D8DS V4 series, located in the US DoD East region. It provides dedicated physical servers for your Azure virtual machines, ensuring isolation, enhanced security, and predictable performance without the need to manage the underlying hardware.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market companies who require strict compliance, high performance, and cost control for their critical applications. It fits within an existing Azure environment, allowing businesses to run their own IT operations on dedicated, compliant infrastructure.
- Dedicated Physical Servers: Ensures your virtual machines run on hardware solely dedicated to your use, preventing noisy neighbor issues and improving security.
- Azure Hybrid Benefit: Allows you to use your existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to pay a reduced rate on the Dedicated Host.
- Cost Savings: Significant savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing when you commit to 1 or 3 years of dedicated host usage.
- Compliance Ready: Designed to meet stringent compliance requirements, especially within US Department of Defense environments.
- Performance Assurance: Provides consistent and high-performance compute resources for your most demanding workloads.
Secure dedicated Azure infrastructure with predictable costs and enhanced compliance for your business-critical applications.
What This Enables
Enable Dedicated Compliance for Sensitive Data
Enable teams to meet strict regulatory requirements by running virtual machines on physically isolated servers. This ensures sensitive data remains within compliant boundaries, reducing audit risks.
cloud-hosted workloads, regulated data environments, compliance-driven IT strategy, dedicated infrastructure needs
Streamline High-Performance Application Deployment
Streamline the deployment of performance-intensive applications that require consistent, high-throughput compute resources. Dedicated hosts guarantee access to the D8DS V4 series capabilities, preventing performance variability.
mission-critical applications, performance-sensitive workloads, predictable resource allocation, enterprise-grade computing
Automate Cost Management for Azure Resources
Automate cost management by locking in pricing for three years, providing budget certainty and significant savings over pay-as-you-go options. This simplifies financial planning for IT expenditures.
long-term cloud strategy, budget-conscious IT planning, predictable operational expenses, financial forecasting
Key Features
Dedicated Physical Servers
Guarantees your virtual machines run on hardware solely dedicated to your use, enhancing security and performance predictability.
3-Year Subscription Term
Provides significant cost savings and budget predictability compared to pay-as-you-go pricing for your Azure compute resources.
D8DS V4 Series Hardware
Offers powerful Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL processors, providing high performance for demanding workloads.
US DoD East Region Deployment
Meets stringent compliance and security requirements for government and defense-related workloads.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Allows you to utilize existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance for reduced costs.
Industry Applications
Government & Public Sector
The US DoD East region deployment specifically caters to the stringent security and compliance requirements mandated for government and defense entities.
Finance & Insurance
This service provides the dedicated infrastructure and enhanced security necessary to meet regulatory compliance standards like PCI DSS and protect sensitive financial data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Dedicated hosts help healthcare organizations maintain HIPAA compliance and protect patient data by ensuring infrastructure isolation and controlled access.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Organizations in this sector can benefit from the predictable performance and reliability of dedicated hosts for running critical operational technology (OT) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Azure Dedicated Host?
An Azure Dedicated Host is a physical server that is dedicated to a single customer. This provides isolation for your Azure virtual machines, enhancing security and compliance.
What are the benefits of a 3-year subscription?
A 3-year subscription offers significant cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing and provides budget predictability for your Azure infrastructure over the long term.
Who is the D8DS V4 series suitable for?
The D8DS V4 series is suitable for organizations with demanding workloads that require high performance, dedicated resources, and adherence to strict compliance standards, such as those in government or finance.
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.