Audience
Enterprises seeking a solution to use their existing on-premises Windows server licenses on the cloud
About Azure Hybrid Benefit
Azure Hybrid Benefit is a licensing benefit that helps you to significantly reduce the costs of running your workloads in the cloud. It works by letting you use your on-premises Software Assurance-enabled Windows Server and SQL Server licenses on Azure. And now, this benefit applies to RedHat and SUSE Linux subscriptions, too. Save up to 85 percent over the standard pay-as-you-go rate by bringing your Windows Server and SQL Server on-premises licenses to Azure. Achieve the lowest cost of ownership by combining the Azure Hybrid Benefit, reservation pricing, and extended security updates. Use existing SQL Server licenses in platform as a service (PaaS) environments. Azure Hybrid Benefit is a cost-savings benefit that lets you bring your existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with active Software Assurance or subscriptions to Azure. Save up to 85 percent compared to standard pay-as-you-go rates and achieve the lowest cost of ownership.