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Microsoft Rule

Licenses without SA or mobility cannot be deployed on Listed Provider dedicated hosts

Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited

Kind
Cloud
Statement
Microsoft: "Beginning October 1, 2019, on-premises licenses purchased without Software Assurance and mobility rights cannot be deployed with dedicated hosted cloud services offered by Listed Providers." Listed Providers (October 2019): Alibaba, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and their affiliates; the designation "affects all services running on a Listed Provider".
Applies when
Bringing Windows Server, SQL Server or other licenses to AWS, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud or a service running on them.
Applies to
Microsoft server software on third-party clouds
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