Azure Hybrid Benefit

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Azure cost optimization benefit Microsoft licensing program

Azure Hybrid Benefit is a Microsoft licensing program that lets customers use existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to reduce costs when running workloads in Azure.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Azure Hybrid Benefit canonical	1
Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (legacy terminology)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Azure cost optimization benefit ⓘ Microsoft licensing program ⓘ
appliesTo	Azure ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Azure
appliesToEnvironment	hybrid cloud scenarios ⓘ
appliesToServiceType	Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines ⓘ surface form: Azure Dedicated Host Azure Kubernetes Service nodes using Windows Server ⓘ Azure SQL Database ⓘ Azure SQL Managed Instance ⓘ Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines ⓘ surface form: Azure virtual machines
benefitType	license mobility ⓘ
canBeCombinedWith	Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances ⓘ Azure Savings Plan for Compute ⓘ
complianceRequirement	customer must track license assignment and usage ⓘ
costImpact	reduces SQL Server license component of Azure SQL pricing ⓘ reduces Windows Server base compute rate in Azure ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
documentation	Microsoft Azure Hybrid Benefit official documentation ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	active Software Assurance on qualifying licenses ⓘ qualifying Windows Server or SQL Server edition ⓘ
governingTerms	Microsoft Volume Licensing ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Product Terms
isPartOf	Azure cost management features ⓘ Microsoft Volume Licensing ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Volume Licensing benefits
licenseSource	on-premises volume licenses with Software Assurance ⓘ
licensingModel	core-based licensing ⓘ
marketingPositioning	incentive to move workloads from on-premises to Azure ⓘ
optimizationFocus	compute licensing costs ⓘ database licensing costs ⓘ
primaryGoal	enable reuse of existing licenses in Azure ⓘ reduce Azure compute costs ⓘ
regionAvailability	available in most Azure regions ⓘ
relatedProgram	Azure Hybrid Benefit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (legacy terminology) Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances ⓘ surface form: Azure Reserved Instances License Mobility through Software Assurance ⓘ
requires	Software Assurance ⓘ
requiresAction	declaration or configuration in Azure portal ⓘ
requiresLicenseType	on-premises SQL Server licenses ⓘ on-premises Windows Server licenses ⓘ
supportsEdition	SQL Server ⓘ surface form: SQL Server Enterprise SQL Server ⓘ surface form: SQL Server Standard Datacenter Edition ⓘ surface form: Windows Server Datacenter Windows Server ⓘ surface form: Windows Server Standard
supportsMigrationScenario	lift-and-shift of on-premises workloads to Azure ⓘ modernization of SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL services ⓘ
supportsProduct	SQL Server ⓘ Windows Server ⓘ
targetCustomer	enterprise customers ⓘ small and medium businesses using volume licensing ⓘ
usageScope	Azure workloads ⓘ surface form: Azure infrastructure-as-a-service workloads Azure platform-as-a-service data workloads ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Azure SQL Managed Instance → supports → Azure Hybrid Benefit ⓘ

Azure Hybrid Benefit → relatedProgram → Azure Hybrid Benefit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (legacy terminology)