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5Articles·9Products·2SKUs·9Metrics·12Programs·44Rules·91Evidence·42Sources

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Amazon Web Services licensingCited · Edited 2026-09-26AWS license-included and BYOL for Microsoft workloadsCited · Edited 2026-09-26Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts and AWS License ManagerCited · Edited 2026-09-26AWS Savings Plans and Reserved InstancesCited · Edited 2026-09-26AWS Marketplace private offers and pricing modelsCited · Edited 2026-09-26

SKUs

Dedicated Instances regional feeCitedWindows Server AMI on Dedicated Hosts - per vCPU-hourCited

Metrics

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CoresCoreDedicated HostServerInstance-hourOtherInstancesOtherSavings Plans hourly commitmentOtherSocketsSocketUser (user-based subscription)UservCPUvCPU

Programs

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Amazon EC2 High Availability for SQL Server (SQL HA)Cloud policyAmazon EC2 Reserved InstancesCommitmentAmazon RDS for SQL Server Bring Your Own Media (BYOM)Cloud policyAWS Marketplace private offersCloud commercial modelBYOL Program (Microsoft software on Amazon EC2)Cloud policyDedicated Host ReservationsCommitmentLicense Included (Microsoft software on EC2 and RDS)Pay-as-you-goLicense Manager user-based subscriptionsSubscription plan

Rules

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AWS does not participate in software vendor audits; customers remain responsible for complianceRestrictionBYOL requires the customer's own media; AWS license-included images cannot be relicensedRestrictionBYOL without License Mobility: perpetual licenses bought before 2019-10-01, dedicated infrastructureCloud / BYOLDedicated Hosts expose sockets and physical cores; Dedicated Instances offer only partial BYOL supportVirtualizationDedicated Hosts: per-second billing with 60-second minimum; reserved hosts cannot be released during termCountingDedicated Instances carry a $2/hour regional fee that Savings Plans do not discountCommercialLicense Manager does not track across Regions; copied AMIs with license configurations are blockedRestrictionLicense Manager releases licenses of stopped instances unless Include stopped instances is setCounting

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50 WorkSpaces per Region minimumDocumentation excerpt90-day notice for price increasesDocumentation excerpt90-day Region rulePolicy excerptA user is only counted onceFAQ excerptAlwaysOn and AutoStop definitionsDefinition excerptAMI hourly with annual durationTable excerptAutoStop partial hoursFAQ excerptAWS does not participate in auditsDocumentation excerpt

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Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host PricingPrice listAmazon EC2 Dedicated Host pricing and billing (Amazon EC2 User Guide)Product documentationAmazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts (Amazon EC2 User Guide)Product documentationAmazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts FAQsFAQAmazon EC2 Dedicated Instances (Amazon EC2 User Guide)Product documentationAmazon EC2 High Availability for SQL Server (SQL Server on Amazon EC2 User Guide)Product documentationAmazon Web Services and Microsoft FAQsFAQAmazon WorkSpaces FAQsFAQ
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