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The marketplace Windows server images provided by Microsoft are all Windows Datacenter Edition. Is there a procedure for downgrading the licensing from DC, similar to some onprem methods? I'm not asking towards an Azure Hybrid Benefit answer, looking for help with smaller 2 or 4 core machines.
Similar answers exist for older OS releases (example : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/924750/windows-server-2019-2022-standard-in-azure-vm-(ima but the final answer does not cover current releases.
there are no official downgrade options but you can edit registry
since it is risky i offer to you to backup your system first then do the config mentioned as in the following article
https://woshub.com/downgrade-windows-server-datacenter-standard-edition/