{"id":119195,"date":"2019-08-28T08:47:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T07:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/?p=119195"},"modified":"2019-08-28T08:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T07:47:44","slug":"sql-server-vm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/2019\/08\/28\/sql-server-vm\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the license type of a SQL Server virtual machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you provision an all-inclusive SQL Server virtual machine from the Azure Marketplace then you&#8217;ll be charged a single fee which includes the cost of SQL Server. If you want to bring your own SQL Server licences to that virtual machine via the Azure Hybrid Benefit, then you need to change the licence type of the virtual machine. You do this in the Azure Management Portal and simply change the licence type from Pay As You Go to the Azure Hybrid Benefit in the Configure settings of the VM. You can find instructions for that here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Pd6miy\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Pd6miy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve self-installed SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine, then again, you\u2019re probably intending to bring your own licences. The Product Terms states that you need to indicate when you\u2019re using the Azure Hybrid Benefit \u2013 which is what happened above \u2013 but this time you need to first register the SQL Server VM with the Resource Provider, and then activate the Azure Hybrid Benefit as before. You\u2019ll find instructions for the process of registering a SQL Sever VM in Azure with the SQL Server VM Resource Provider here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/324kGLx\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/324kGLx<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you provision an all-inclusive SQL Server virtual machine from the Azure Marketplace then you&#8217;ll be charged a single fee which includes the cost of SQL Server. 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