Best Customer Value
Save up to 79% versus pay-as-you-go pricing by using Windows Server and SQL Server subscriptions along with Azure Reserved Instances (RIs) and the Azure Hybrid Benefit.
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Hybrid Use Benefit for SQL and Windows Server
Greater Flexibility: Deployment On-premises or in the Cloud
Customers who buy Server Subscriptions for Windows Server or SQL Server are entitled to the Azure Hybrid Benefit and thus may choose to use these licenses for Azure virtual machines or in on-premises deployments. If they use them for an on-premises deployment, the usual licensing rules for these products apply, as detailed in the Product Terms. Customers are additionally granted rights equivalent to a subset of the rights provided to SA customers as below:
Windows Server
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SQL Server
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- Self Hosting
- Disaster Recovery
- Semi-Annual Channel releases
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- Self-Hosting
- Disaster Recovery
- License Mobility across Server Farms
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- Fail-over Rights
- Unlimited Virtualization*
- Power BI Report Server*
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| *Enterprise Core licenses only |