MicrosoftThis great news Cosmos, and the changes are already online in the licensing terms for EA/EAS.
Eagerly waiting for you to come back, why and whether this amazing benefit comes only to EA/EAS but not MCA, MPSA, or Open License users which also could be tied to these contracts for Windows Server Datacenter + SA?
As far as for the AzureStackHCI 22H2 feature update, not much to say, but ❤ them!
As for the hardware: on Ignite Nvida had a session, and it would be nice to see you jumping on their improvements releasing hardware with A20 or similar GPUs as you can now offer in Azure.
"You can use Windows Admin Center to manage version 22H2 right now, and in mid-November, the next Windows Admin Center release will bring enhancements to light up new features, like modifiable volume settings, an improved cluster settings design, and more."
At the moment the WAC 2208 preview Cluster Creation wizard for 2 node local AzureStackHCI is not working well at all anymore, in my Hyper-V nested lab, to create a new cluster for testing purposes.
Hi Karl,
I see that you point out that Azure Stack HCI is not available if you have active SA on an MPSA agreement. I have also found this in the product terms. This means that this functionality is only available for customers with active SA on CSP or EA. Do you know if this will change now that it has been renamed to Local?
Thank you for your question. Azure Local is available for everyone.
What you are referring are Azure Hybrid Benefits for Azure Local.
Azure Hybrid Benefits for Azure Local brings a range of licensing benefits.
One can obtain these benefits by assigning licenses to the Azure Local hardware (dedicated customer hardware) via Windows Server Datacenter via EA with active SA or alternatively WS Datacenter CSP Subscription, as you state correctly. Number of cores rules is same as with traditional Windows Server Licensing.
There are a range of benefits that come with this:
There might be changes coming but as long these are not specified in terms, these are not legally binding. So, this is as "as-is" what we have in terms.
All written is from the top of my mind, Product Terms apply.
Does this help you / answer your question?
Thank you, Karl! :)
