Managed Cloud Services
Your infrastructure decision is bigger than a cloud vendor pick.
The public cloud is right for some workloads and wrong for others. Private hosting makes sense until it doesn't. On-prem still fits certain businesses, and pretending otherwise wastes time and money. Most MSPs pitch the platform they carry. Dynamic Quest builds all three, which is why the recommendation you get is the one that fits.
Founded in 2000. Microsoft Solutions Partner. CMMC Level 2 certified. SOC 2 Type 2 data center in Greensboro, NC.
Three paths. One honest conversation to find yours.
We ask about your workforce, your applications, your compliance drivers, and your growth trajectory. Then, we tell you which of the three paths fits, and why the other two don't. This is the conversation you can't get from a cloud reseller that only carries one path.
- Path 1 · DQ Managed Azure and Azure Virtual Desktop – Microsoft's public cloud, engineered and operated by DQ. Fits organizations with growing or distributed workforces, aging on-prem VDI or terminal servers, or compliance-driven modernization needs.
- Path 2 · DQ Hosted Private Cloud – DQ-owned infrastructure in our SOC 2 Type 2 data center. Predictable monthly costs, no capital investment. Fits organizations that want cloud economics without public cloud complexity or workload patterns that make public cloud expensive.
- Path 3 · On-premises refresh – Client-owned hardware, sourced from Dell and other reputable equipment providers. Fits organizations with capital budget, a stable workforce at a single location, and applications where data locality matters.
DQ Hosted Private Cloud
DQ Hosted Private Cloud runs on our own hardware in our Greensboro data center, with predictable monthly pricing and no surprises. Infrastructure, security, backup, and monitoring are all included. Choose from four standard tiers, or work with us on a custom build for enterprise workloads
Extra Small
$550/month
- 2 core
- 8 GB RAM
- 128 GB storage
Small
$1,600/month
- 4 core
- 16 GB RAM
- standard storage
Medium
$2,850/month
- 4 to 6 core
- 16 to 24 GB RAM
- 2.4 TB storage
Large
$4,000+/month
- custom
- enterprise workloads
Firewalls are priced separately based on high-availability configuration ($100 to $300 per month).
Signs it's time to talk
- Your servers are approaching end-of-life and hardware lead times run 6 to 12+ weeks.
- Your team is more distributed than it was three years ago and your infrastructure hasn't caught up.
- Your cyber insurance renewal is asking questions about MFA, encryption, or endpoint posture that your current environment won’t let you answer clearly.
- You're on Rightworks, another hosted-desktop provider, or an aging on-prem VDI, and the experience isn't working.
- You just absorbed an acquisition and need to fold in 20 to 200 new users without rebuilding infrastructure.
What managed cloud actually covers
The infrastructure runs itself only if someone's actually running it. Here's what that looks like with DQ day to day.
- 24/7 NOC and SOC coverage, including US-based support
- Monthly image life cycle updates for AVD environments
- FinOps monthly cost reviews with a 10% variance flag
- Incident management with defined severity tiers and response commitments
- Quarterly Operational Review with your account team
- Annual Standards Compliance Review to keep the environment on-standard as products change
Get a straight answer on which path fits
In thirty minutes with a DQ solutions architect, we'll review your current environment and growth plans and give you an honest read on which of the three paths fits, roughly what it costs, and what the migration would look like. If none of the three is right for you, we'll tell you that too.