Windows 10 licence when creating a virtual machine in Azure

Andrés Espejo 21

When I create a Windows 10 virtual machine I get the following msg at the end:

I confirm I have an eligible Windows 10/11 license with multi-tenant hosting rights.*

I have a regular WINDOWS 10 license of my PC and a Office 365 subscription.

Is this enough or do I need anything else in order to be compliance with the Azure terms and services?

Thank very much :)

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Bas Pruijn 946 Reputation points

2022-10-06T12:50:34.04+00:00

Only if you have a windows 10 Enterprise E3/E5 per user license on your PC (or some others from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/windows-desktop-multitenant-hosting-deployment#license-entitlement) . Otherwise you cannot use your local license to also install it on a VM.
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Andrés Espejo 21 Reputation points

2022-10-06T13:06:50.29+00:00

Thanks for you answer.

But if I don’t have an E3/E5 license. How can I do it to have a virtual machine for my personal use?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Bas Pruijn 946 Reputation points

2022-10-06T17:13:52.16+00:00

unfortunately you can not.

You can create a VM using windows server, where you can 'rent' the license per hour the VM is switched on. Or you can use a Windows365 cloud PC (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365)

hello howdy 60 Reputation points

2023-06-18T14:49:36.6733333+00:00

I've coming up to this. So If I have windows 11 E3 license, but don't have microsoft 365 E3. Can I still deploy windows 11 pro on azure vm ?
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