Learn how your existing investments in SQL Server licensing can be used to optimise the costs associated with the usage of SQL Server workloads in Azure.

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3. Licensing SQL Server in Azure
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 Learn how your existing investments in SQL Server licensing can be used to optimise
the costs associated with the usage of SQL Server workloads in Azure (IaaS and PaaS).
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4. 4
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5. 5
Agenda Housekeeping
1. SQL Server Options in Azure (Iaas & PaaS)
2. Bring-Your-Own-Licence (BYOL) to Azure
3. BYOL to Azure SQL VM (IaaS)
I. Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server
II. Licence Mobility through SA
III. Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
4. BYOL to Azure SQL DB (PaaS)
I. Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
5. Azure Test/Dev
6. Questions & Answers
1. No content related to the licensing of SQL Server in
on-premise, private cloud or non-Azure public
cloud environments.
2. No content related to technical items.
3. No content related to the value/benefits of Azure.
4. No content related to Azure Dedicated Host.
5. Pricing is provided only for illustration purposes
and is based on Australia East, PAYG pricing (as at
May 13th, 2020).
6. We will do our best to answer as many questions as
possible via the IM window. If we are unable to
answer your question during the webinar, please
follow-up with us and we will be delighted to assist.
Agenda & Housekeeping

6. 6SQL Server Options in Azure
SQL Server
Operating System
Windows Server
Linux
 Control of Operating System: Full
 SQL Server Type: Full
 Upgrades/Patching: Managed by IT
 Options: SQL Enterprise, Standard & Web
 BYOL: Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server & Azure Hybrid
Benefit for Windows Server & Licence Mobility through SA
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Azure SQL DBAzure SQL VM
Azure SQL DB
Managed Instance
Elastic Pool
Single Database
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
 Control of Operating System: N/A
 SQL Server Type: Database Engine / Databases
 Upgrades/Patching: Managed by Microsoft
 Options: Managed Instance, Elastic Pool & Single Database
 BYOL: Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
Virtual Machine Database Engine

7. 7
 Windows Server Datacenter Core
 Windows Server Standard Core
 CIS Datacenter Core
 CIS Standard Core
 IaaS Only
BYOL to Azure
1. Bringing your own licences to Azure can maximise the value of your existing licensing investments and reduce Azure costs significantly.
2. There are three ways that you can BYOL to Azure and each will reduce the costs of running SQL workloads in Azure;
I. The Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server
II. Licence Mobility through SA
III. The Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
3. Only certain licences are eligible for assignment to Azure (see eligible Windows Server & SQL Server licences in the images below).
4. Eligible licences must have active Software Assurance (SA) coverage or be an active subscription.
5. Licences can be acquired via Volume Licensing, Cloud Solution Provider Program (CSP) and Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA).
6. In many cases it is cheaper to BYOL to Azure than it is to licence the software usage directly via Azure billing.
7. Once assigned to Azure, your licences must remain assigned to Azure for no less than 90-days.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
for Windows Server
Licence Mobility
through SA
Azure Hybrid Benefit
for SQL Server
 SQL Server Enterprise Core
 SQL Server Standard Core
 SQL Server Enterprise with CAL’s *
 SQL Server Standard with CAL’s *
 IaaS Only
 * not available via CSP/MCA
 SQL Server Enterprise Core
 SQL Server Standard Core
 IaaS & PaaS

8. 8
Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server
Eligible Licences:
 Windows Server Datacenter Core
 Windows Server Standard Core
 CIS Datacenter Core
 CIS Standard Core
BYOL to Azure SQL VM’s: IaaS (multi-tenant)
 Each set of 16 core licences can be assigned to;
 2 Azure VM’s, each of up to 8 cores, or
 1 Azure VM of up to 16 cores.
 Each additional set of 8 core licences can be assigned to 1 Azure VM of up to 8 cores.
 Standard edition licences can be assigned to Azure VM’s, in place of, on-premise servers.
 Datacenter edition licences can be allocated to Azure VM’s, in addition to, on-premise servers.
1. Core licences must effectively be assigned in multiples of 8 core licences. An Azure VM of 1-8 cores consumes 8 core licences. An Azure VM
of 9-16 cores consumes 16 core licence. An Azure VM of 17-24 cores consumes 24 core licences.
2. Azure VM’s can run Windows Server Standard edition or Windows Server Datacenter edition regardless of the licence edition assigned.
3. Other costs associated with an Azure VM (disk, backup and networking for example) are not reduced.
When applied to an Azure VM, the Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server eliminates the costs
that would otherwise be associated with the use of the Windows Server operating system
software, resulting in only the compute costs being applied (infrastructure costs/Linux pricing);
Migration Eligibility:
 Licences can not be assigned
concurrently to Azure and a
workload running outside of
Azure, except on a one-time
basis, for a period not to exceed
180 days, to allow migration of
the same workloads to Azure.

9. 9Example: Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server
D2 v3
2 Cores
Windows Server
Windows Server Datacenter Core Licences with SA
On-Premise
Azure VM without
AHUB for Windows Server
HOST
1
VM’s
HOST
2
8 8 $217.50 per month
D2 v3
2 Cores
Windows Server
Azure VM with
AHUB for Windows Server
$125.29 per month – Save over 42%
8
32
8 8
32
Does not include the costs of BYOL

10. 10
Licence Mobility through SA
Eligible Licences:
 SQL Server Enterprise Core
 SQL Server Standard Core
 SQL Server Enterprise with CAL’s *
 SQL Server Standard with CAL’s *
BYOL to Azure SQL VM’s: IaaS (multi-tenant)
Licence Mobility through SA provides permissions to apply your SQL Server licences to Azure
VM’s running SQL Server software, eliminating the cost that would otherwise be associated with
the use of the SQL Server software;
Core Licences:
 1 core licence must be assigned for every core in the VM subject to a minimum of 4 core
licences per VM.
Server/CAL Licences:
 1 server licence must be assigned to each required VM.
 All applicable CAL’s must also have active SA coverage.
Once the appropriate number of Core or Server licences has been assigned to an Azure VM, any
number of SQL instances can be run inside the VM.
1. For each Azure VM licensed appropriately using Licence Mobility through SA you may run passive fail-over instances in a separate Azure
VM in anticipation of a fail-over event. The number of licences that otherwise would be required to run the passive fail-over Azure VM must
not exceed the number of licences required to run the licensed Azure VM.
2. Other costs associated with an Azure VM (disk, backup and networking for example) are not reduced.
Migration Eligibility:
 Licences can not be assigned
concurrently to Azure and a
workload running outside of
Azure.
* Not available via CSP or MCA

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Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
Eligible Licences:
 SQL Server Enterprise Core
 SQL Server Standard Core
BYOL to Azure SQL VM’s: IaaS (multi-tenant)
The Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server provides permissions to apply your SQL Server licences to
Azure VM’s running SQL Server software, eliminating the cost that would otherwise be associated
with the use of the SQL Server software;
Core Licences:
 1 core licence must be assigned for every core in the VM subject to a minimum of 4 core
licences per VM
Once the appropriate number of Core licences has been assigned to an Azure VM, any number
of SQL instances can be run inside the VM.
1. For each Azure VM licensed appropriately using the Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server you may run;
I. One fail-over Azure VM (passive instances running in anticipation of a fail-over event) for any purpose, including high availability; and
II. One fail-over Azure VM (passive instances running in anticipation of a fail-over event) specifically for disaster recovery purposes
(disaster recovery must be asynchronous and manual).
2. The number of licences that otherwise would be required for a fail-over Azure VM must not exceed the number of licenses required for the
corresponding Primary Workload.
3. Fail-over Azure VM’s may not serve data to users/devices or otherwise run active SQL Server workloads.
4. Use Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server instead of Licence Mobility (180-day migration/2 failover VM’s).
5. Other costs associated with an Azure VM (disk, backup and networking for example) are not reduced.
Migration Eligibility:
 Licences can not be assigned
concurrently to Azure and a
workload running outside of
Azure, except on a one-time
basis, for a period not to exceed
180 days, to allow migration of
the same workloads to Azure.

12. 12Example: Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
D2 v3
2 Cores
Windows Server
SQL Enterprise
Azure VM with
AHUB for Windows Server
$ 1,628.72 per month
D2 v3
2 Cores
Windows Server
SQL Enterprise
Azure VM with AHUB for
Windows Server & SQL Server
$125.29 per month – Save over 92%
Windows Server Datacenter Core Licences with SA 8
SQL Server Enterprise Core Licences with SA
4
Azure VM without
any BYOL
D2 v3
2 Cores
Windows Server
SQL Enterprise
$ 1,720.93 per month
Does not include the costs of BYOL

13. 13BYOL to Azure SQL DB: PaaS
Azure SQL DB
Managed Instance: “Is a fully managed instance of the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine. It contains a set of databases that can be used together. Use
this option for easy migration of on-premises SQL Server databases to the Azure cloud, and for applications that need to use the database features that
SQL Server Database Engine provides.”
Elastic Pool: “Is a collection of single databases with a shared set of resources, such as CPU or memory. Single databases can be moved into and out of an
elastic pool.”
Single DB: “Represents a fully managed, isolated database. You might use this option if you have modern cloud applications and microservices that need a
single reliable data source.”
General Purpose/Standard: “Designed for common workloads. It offers budget-oriented balanced compute and storage options.”
Business Critical/Premium: “Designed for OLTP applications with high transaction rate and lowest-latency I/O.”
Hyperscale: “Designed for very large OLTP database and the ability to auto scale storage and scale compute fluidly.”
Types:
Service
Tiers:
Type Purchase Model Service Tier
Managed Instance vCore General, Business Critical & Hyperscale
Elastic Pool
vCore General & Business Critical
DTU Basic, Standard & Premium
Single Database
vCore General, Business Critical & Hyperscale
DTU Basic, Standard & Premium
Purchase
Model:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-technical-overview
vCore: “You choose the number of vCores, the amount of memory, and the amount and speed of storage”.
DTU: “Offers a blend of compute, memory, and I/O resources in three service tiers, to support light to heavy database workloads. Compute sizes within
each tier provide a different mix of these resources, to which you can add additional storage resources.”

14. 14
Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
BYOL to Azure SQL DB: PaaS
When the Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server is applied to Azure SQL DB, you will pay a reduced
rate for the usage of the service.
The Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server can only be applied to vCore Azure SQL DB offerings and
not to DTU Azure SQL DB offerings. The Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server can not be applied in
the serverless compute tier of Azure SQL DB.
Both Enterprise and Standard core licences can be applied to all Azure SQL DB types (Managed
Instance, Elastic Pool and Single Database), but permissions vary across the available service tiers;
Enterprise Core Licences:
 General Purpose and Hyperscale: 1 core licence = 4 Azure SQL DB vCores.
 Business Critical: 1 core licence = 1 Azure SQL DB vCore.
Standard Core Licences:
 General Purpose and Hyperscale: 1 core licence = 1 Azure SQL DB vCore.
 Business Critical: N/A
Eligible Licences:
 SQL Server Enterprise Core
 SQL Server Standard Core
Migration Eligibility:
 Licences can not be assigned
concurrently to Azure and a
workload running outside of
Azure, except on a one-time
basis, for a period not to exceed
180 days, to allow migration of
the same workloads to Azure.

15. 15BYOL to Azure SQL DB: PaaS
Service Tier Enterprise Core Standard Core
General 1 licence = 4 vCores 1 licence = 1 vCore
Business Critical 1 licence = 1 vCore N/A
Hyperscale 1 licence = 4 vCores 1 licence = 1 vCore
Managed Instance
Service Tier Enterprise Core Standard Core
General 1 licence = 4 vCores 1 licence = 1 vCore
Business Critical 1 licence = 1 vCore N/A
Hyperscale 1 licence = 4 vCores 1 licence = 1 vCore
Single Database
Service Tier Enterprise Core Standard Core
General 1 licence = 4 vCores 1 licence = 1 vCore
Business Critical 1 licence = 1 vCore N/A
Elastic Pool
SQL Component Services
Integration Services (Azure Service is Available)
 SQL Server Enterprise Core licences can also
be assigned to the Azure Data Factory SQL
Server Integration Services (Enterprise) on a
ratio of 1 licence = 1 vCore.
 SQL Server Standard Core licences can also
be assigned to the Azure Data Factory SQL
Server Integration Services (Standard) on a
ratio of 1 licence = 1 vCore.
Analysis Services (Azure Service is Available)
 Licences can not be assigned to Azure
Analysis Services.
Reporting Services (Azure Service is not Available)
 Should Reporting Services be required, there
is no available service and as such Azure VM’s
(IaaS) will be required.

16. 16Azure Test/Dev
Azure Test/Dev:
 Test/Dev Azure VM’s: No charges for Microsoft software on Azure VM’s (compute only pricing is applied).
 Restricted to dev/test use only.
 For use by active Visual Studio subscribers, and by end users providing feedback and performing acceptance tests.
For Individuals:
Visual Studio Subscriptions: Users to whom a Visual
Studio Subscription is assigned receive a monthly Azure
credit that can be used to explore and try Azure services.
Monthly credits vary by subscription;
 Visual Studio Enterprise Subscription: $210
 Visual Studio Professional Subscription: $70
 Visual Studio Test Professional Subscription: $70
 MSDN Platforms: $140
For Teams:
1. Enterprise Test/Dev for Enterprise Agreement
Customers.
2. PAYG Test/Dev for all other Customers.

17. 17Next steps & Resources
Checklist of Next Steps:
 Establish a documented licence inventory of Windows Server licences with active SA.
 Establish a documented licence inventory of SQL Server licences with active SA.
 Ensure the documented licence inventory shows the total licence quantity for each product and is broken down by licence edition.
 Determine which licences are currently in use and which licences are available for use in Azure (if not already assigned to Azure).
Resources:
 Microsoft Product Terms: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/products
 Hybrid Benefit FAQ’s: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/pricing/hybrid-benefit/faq/
 SQL VM FAQ’s: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/sql/virtual-machines-windows-sql-server-iaas-faq
 SQL DB: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/services/sql-database/
 Test/Dev: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/pricing/dev-test/

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