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Retirement: Azure Hybrid Use Benefit images for EA subscriptions

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Applies to: ✔️ Windows VMs

Original KB number:   4036360

This article describes that the Windows Server images that are pre-configured with Hybrid Use Benefit for EA subscriptions will be removed from the Azure Marketplace by August 31, 2017.

Retirement of the Hybrid Use Benefit images

As of April 12, 2017, Hybrid Use Benefit is open for all Azure subscriptions and can be applied to the regular Windows Server images in the Azure Marketplace. Therefore, be aware of the following news for the Windows Server images that are pre-configured with Hybrid Use Benefit for EA subscriptions:

  • The last patch update will be July 2017.
  • The image SKUs will be removed by August 31, 2017.

Experience in the Azure portal

OS Image SKUs
Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

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OS Image offer Image SKUs
Windows Server 2016 WindowsServer 2016-Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 R2 WindowsServer 2012-R2-Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 WindowsServer 2012-Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2 WindowsServer 2008-R2-SP1

About the Hybrid Use Benefit images

In November 2016, Azure introduced a second set of Windows Server Marketplace image SKUs to enable Enterprise Agreement (EA) subscriptions to use Hybrid Use Benefit. See how to deploy a Windows Server image with Hybrid Use Benefits in Azure.

Current experience in the Azure portal

These image SKUs are prefixed by "[HUB]" on the Azure portal.

OS Image SKUs
Windows Server 2016 [HUB] Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 R2 [HUB] Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 [HUB] Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2 [HUB] Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Current experience in the ARM, Azure PowerShell, and Azure CLI

These image SKUs are appended by "-HUB" on the Azure portal.

OS Image offer Image SKUs
Windows Server 2016 WindowsServer-HUB 2016-Datacenter-HUB
Windows Server 2012 R2 WindowsServer-HUB 2012-R2-Datacenter-HUB
Windows Server 2012 WindowsServer-HUB 2012-Datacenter-HUB
Windows Server 2008 R2 WindowsServer-HUB 2008-R2-SP1-HUB

Action required

Make sure that your virtual machine deployment is updated to use the new image SKUs.

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