Azure Hybrid Benefit Windows Server
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- Kind
- Cloud / BYOL
- Statement
- PT-AZ: “Customer may use the Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit in its own Microsoft Azure account.” Eligible Windows Server licenses with an active subscription or Software Assurance: Standard/Datacenter core licenses or processor licenses. “Each processor license is equivalent to 16 core licenses.” VM licensing: allocate enough eligible core licenses to cover all Virtual Cores on the VM(s); “The minimum number of core licenses required per VM is 8.” Dedicated Host (Datacenter only): allocate enough Datacenter core licenses to cover all Physical Cores on a Dedicated Host; Customer may run unlimited Virtual Machines on that host. Azure Migration Allowance: once licenses are allocated to Azure, Customer may not use them anywhere else except printed dual-use windows (Standard VM 180 days; Datacenter VM indefinitely; Dedicated Host 180 days). “After at least 90 days have passed, Customer may elect to stop using them for the Azure Hybrid Benefit.”
- Applies when
- Using Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server in Customer’s own Microsoft Azure account (not License Mobility; not Flexible Virtualization Benefit).
- Applies to
- Windows Server Standard/Datacenter core licenses or processor licenses with an active subscription or Software Assurance, used in the customer’s own Microsoft Azure account.
- Aliases
- AHB Windows Server; processor = 16 cores; AHB 8 per VM
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