Azure Vmware Solution Licensing for windows/sql

Question

Azure Vmware solution is included with windows/sql license? If yes what are those license cover by Azure Vmware Solution?

Answer 1

For all your Windows Server 2008/R2 and SQL Server 2008/R2 workloads on Azure VMware Solutions, you get Extended Security Updates at no additional charge for 3 years.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-vmware/#pricing

You need to pay for other SQL Server and Windows Licenses but you can use AHB to utilize your existing licenses to reduce the cost.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-migration-and/azure-hybrid-benefit-for-sql-server-in-azure-vmware-solution/ba-p/3760964

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/hybrid-benefit/#overview

As a summary

The Azure VMware Solution (AVS) offers an Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHB) for SQL Server, which allows customers to utilize their existing paid SQL Server Enterprise licenses with active Software Assurance. This provides unlimited virtualization through SQL Server licenses on AVS, which can be managed via the Azure portal to create and implement VM-Host affinity placement policies.