Use of Windows Server on Azure is subject to Azure Services in the Product Terms site.
Standard Edition licensing provides lower-cost instances in Azure, but does not provide dual use rights. With Datacenter Edition licensing, you get these lower-cost instances in Azure while maintaining existing on-premises deployments. With Azure Hybrid Benefit, you can move or add incremental workloads into Azure and pay non-Windows (Linux) pricing. Each incremental set of eight licenses must be allocated to a single virtual machine. In other words, once a minimum initial allocation of 16 eligible licenses is made, you can add virtual cores (up to eight) to an existing or new virtual machine with incremental sets of eight eligible licenses.
Each additional set of eight entitles use on up to eight virtual cores and one Base Instance.
Rather than paying the full price for a new Windows Server virtual machine, you will only pay the base compute rate.Įach set of 16 Windows Server core licenses with Software Assurance entitles you to use Windows Server on Microsoft Azure on up to 16 virtual cores allocated across two or fewer Azure virtual machines. The Azure Hybrid Benefit lets you bring your on-premises Windows Server subscription licenses or licenses with Software Assurance to Azure. * For more details about the Per Core/CAL license model, please see the licensing brief, Introduction to Microsoft Core licensing. Standard edition is licensed under the Per Core/CAL* license model and requires a Windows Server CAL for access to the server.