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ASR for Migration from on premise and Windows OS licensing
Hi,
When using ASR to migrate a Windows VM from on premise to Azure what, if anything, needs to happen licensing wise?
If the server was volume licensed on premise for example is there actually anything needing to be done to the VM when it's in Azure to be sure it is still licensed?
The info on ASR and hybrid use benefits are frustratingly vague on this
Thanks
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- My understanding is no - you need do nothing in this case. The licensing is applied on an honesty system I believe. I suggest you migrate a VM and then check if the "save money" option is set to reduce costs. If not then I believe you can now change this for existing machines.
This link may assist?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/hybrid-use-benefit-licensingIt sort of assists :)
Let's say I'm using ASR to migrate from a vmware platform and a Windows Datacenter license is 'applied' to the host (obviously not physically applied) to license the Windows guests. I then use ASR to migrate the VMs to Azure. If software assurance is present I can apply that to the VMs by following https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/hybrid-use-benefit-migration-with-asr/
I assume in this situation that the SA agreement needs to be maintained to properly license those VMs in Azure?
If I don't have SA then do those VMs 'convert' to pay as you go pricing?
I'll look at labbing it up but I'll probably need to build something from scratch...
I assume in this situation that the SA agreement needs to be maintained to properly license those VMs in Azure?
[Gaurav Daga] Yes.
If I don't have SA then do those VMs 'convert' to pay as you go pricing?
[Gaurav Daga] Yes.
There is a detailed licensing FAQ for ASR here for reference - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/site-recovery/.
Thank you
Gaurav Dgaa
Thank you
