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Amazon Web Services Rule

Windows Server is not eligible for License Mobility; no BYOL on default tenancy without Microsoft approval

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Kind
Restriction
Statement
Windows Server is not eligible for License Mobility. Customers should not use their own Windows Server licenses on EC2 instances with default tenancy unless Microsoft has approved it; with License Mobility on default tenancy, Windows Server must be purchased from AWS (license included).
Applies when
Running BYOL applications on shared-tenancy EC2.
Applies to
Windows Server on Amazon EC2 default tenancy
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