Microsoft ZRS Data Stored Licensing
Microsoft ZRS Data Stored licensing provides essential capacity for your data storage needs, ensuring operational continuity and compliance.
- Coverage: Entitlement to utilize Microsoft ZRS data storage capacity.
- Billing: Subscription-based, billed monthly based on consumption.
- Platform: Applies to Microsoft Azure services requiring ZRS.
- Value: Ensures compliance with data residency and availability requirements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software license for Microsoft Azure services, specifically for ZRS (Zone Redundant Storage) data stored. It grants your organization the right to consume a defined amount of ZRS capacity within Azure, ensuring your data is replicated across multiple availability zones for high availability and durability.
This license is designed for businesses that utilize Azure for their critical data storage needs. It is suitable for IT Managers and IT Professionals managing cloud infrastructure, ensuring that their data storage solutions meet regulatory requirements and business continuity objectives without the need for extensive on-premises hardware.
- ZRS Capacity: Grants access to Zone Redundant Storage capabilities in Azure.
- High Availability: Ensures data is replicated across multiple Azure availability zones.
- Durability: Protects against datacenter failures with redundant copies.
- Compliance: Helps meet regulatory and data residency requirements.
- Cost Management: Subscription model allows for predictable operational expenses.
This Microsoft ZRS Data Stored license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing reliable, compliant cloud data storage.
What This Enables
Enable resilient data storage for critical applications
Enable teams to store mission-critical application data with Zone Redundant Storage. This ensures continuous data access even in the event of a zone-wide outage, minimizing downtime and business disruption.
cloud-native applications, business continuity planning, disaster recovery strategies, Azure cloud deployments
Meet regulatory compliance for data residency
Streamline compliance with regulations requiring data to be stored in specific geographic regions and remain highly available. ZRS ensures data remains accessible within the chosen Azure region across multiple zones.
regulated industries, data sovereignty requirements, compliance audits, cloud data governance
Automate data protection across availability zones
Automate the replication of data across multiple availability zones within an Azure region. This eliminates manual configuration and ensures a robust data protection strategy without additional operational overhead.
managed cloud services, infrastructure as code, automated backups, hybrid cloud environments
Key Features
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS)
Ensures data is replicated across three Azure availability zones within a region for high availability and durability.
Subscription Billing
Provides predictable monthly costs based on data consumed, simplifying budget management for cloud storage.
Microsoft Azure Platform
Integrates seamlessly with other Azure services, allowing for a unified cloud infrastructure management.
Data Durability
Protects against the loss of data due to datacenter failures, safeguarding critical business information.
Compliance Support
Helps organizations meet regulatory requirements for data availability and residency.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high data availability and durability to meet strict regulatory compliance like SOX and PCI DSS, making ZRS a critical component for their Azure deployments.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to HIPAA regulations, which mandate robust data protection and availability for patient records, making ZRS essential for cloud-based data storage.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have stringent requirements for data resilience and security, necessitating solutions like ZRS to ensure continuity of services and protect sensitive information.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on continuous operation and data integrity for production systems and supply chain management, benefiting from ZRS to protect critical operational data stored in Azure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Microsoft ZRS?
ZRS stands for Zone Redundant Storage. It is an Azure storage option that replicates data synchronously across three Azure availability zones in the primary region. This provides high availability and durability for your data.
How is Microsoft ZRS Data Stored licensed?
This is a subscription-based license, typically billed monthly based on the amount of data stored in ZRS. The license grants the entitlement to use this specific storage redundancy feature.
Who should use Microsoft ZRS Data Stored licensing?
Organizations using Microsoft Azure that require a higher level of data availability and durability than standard geo-redundant storage. This is particularly important for mission-critical applications and meeting compliance standards.
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.