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Amazon Web Services Rule

Windows Server BYOL requires Dedicated Hosts and pre-2019-10-01 licenses and versions

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Kind
Cloud / BYOL
Statement
Windows Server is eligible for BYOL on EC2 only when (1) deployed on EC2 Dedicated Hosts, (2) the licenses were purchased before 2019-10-01 (or added as a true-up under an agreement effective before that date) and (3) the version was publicly available before 2019-10-01. Software Assurance is not required. Windows Server licenses bought through Microsoft CSP are not eligible for BYOL on AWS.
Applies when
Bringing Windows Server licenses to Amazon EC2.
Applies to
Windows Server on Amazon EC2
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