Amazon Web Services and Microsoft FAQs
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- Kind
- FAQ
- Format
- HTML
- Applies to
- Licensing sections: BYOL, License Mobility, Dedicated Hosts, Windows Server, SQL Server, development and non-production, Windows client, Office and Microsoft 365, other Microsoft products, SPLA. Page is not date-stamped; effectiveDate null.
- Aliases
- Microsoft FAQ - AWS; AWS for Microsoft workloads FAQs
- Evidence
- Three requirements for Windows Server BYOL on EC2
- Windows Server CSP licenses not eligible for BYOL
- Windows Server not eligible for License Mobility
- Own Windows Server licenses not on default tenancy without Microsoft approval
- Eligibility to bring licenses without License Mobility
- Dedicated Hosts recommended for physically licensed products
- SQL Server License Mobility on default or dedicated tenancy
- SQL Server without SA requirements
- Bring your own bits
- No Windows Server CALs; two admin connections
- No SQL Server CALs on license-included instances
- SQL Server passive failover rights on AWS
- Windows Desktop Client BYOL requirements
- MSDN on default tenancy not allowed
- Office LTSC license-included billed per user per month
- Own SPLA on AWS until September 30, 2025