Ever wondered how the licensing works for Azure Stack HCI? You might be pleasantly surprised at how cost efficient it can be. Hopefully this post will help demystify and explain the options as there are a few ways of licensing Azure Stack HCI, and there are some points to be aware of. Azure Stack HCI […]
Category: Licensing
What is a ‘Benefit’?
*Update: from Azure Stack HCI version 23H2, Azure benefits are referred to as ‘Azure verification for VMs’: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/deploy/azure-verification?tabs=azureportal The intention of this post is to clarify the difference between ‘Azure Benefits’ and ‘Azure Hybrid Benefit’ for Azure Stack HCI. For those who know it’s obvious but, since the terminology is very similar, this might help […]
Automatic Virtual Machine Activation
What is it? Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) is an optional feature in Azure Stack HCI that you can use to activate Windows Server VMs running on Azure Stack HCI hosts. Why is this useful? Individual VMs don’t have to be connected to the internet. Only licensed host servers with internet connectivity are required. License management is […]