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Windows Server Edition Licensing
Hello everyone,
One of my customers have been using Azure and decided to landfall their VM's so when they have pulled the VHD files to their local private cloud, they realized the Windows server 2016 was Datacenter edition, they don't wanted to lost their information and applications installed there, so they searched and found this article where explains how to switch the windows edition https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/upgrade-conversion-options so they have switched the Windwos server 2016 to standard edition and then moved to Windows 2019 standard edition using a in-place upgrade. After all this context, the question here is, if they are incurring in a supported process or not. I've been seeking the document and don't catch error on this logic, they are upgrading a standard to standard edition. Can anyone bring me a ligth on this?
IngFabianCampo i am not sure if I got that right.
Customer using Azure VMs in Azure can use WS Datacenter or Standard for same costs.
If they are eligible for Azure Hybrid Benefits, they can conduct licensed cores for on-premises in the same amount in Azure (min 8 licensed core per Azure VM).
they are allowed to use WS Datacenter in Azure (for whatever reason) even when they use AHUB from on-prem with WS Standard.
on-premises they have to install what they have aquired licenses for the hardware.
If they aquired WS Datacenter they may install WS Standard or DC on-prem on
If they aquired WS Standard they may only install WS Standard on-prem. Limited to 2 VMs per licensed hardware, stacking allowed etc.
Does this help or off the topic?
