Azure Hybrid

Benefit for SQL

Server
 Why modernize server workloads

Organizations that harness data, the cloud, and AI outperform their peers2
~2X Operating margin $100M Additional operating income

80% Websites Data

Reduced administration Running in minutes More data analysis

Remove patching, network setup,
firewall configuration
Enable application innovation
Forrester TEI of Azure
Remove the need to wait for servers2
Improve app delivery time by 50%1
Forrester TEI of Azure1
1
With cloud, we collect data we
couldn’t before
Make personal connections that
standout in sea of information
Anheuser-Busch InBev

1
The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Azure Platform-As-A Service, Forrester Consulting, June 2016
2
Source: Keystone Strategy interviews October 2015—March 2016
Have cost concerns?
More than 70% of the customers have cost optimization as their top cloud initiative.
Top Cloud initiatives of 2020 % of all respondents
Optimize existing use of cloud (cost savings) 73%

Migrating more workloads to cloud 61%

Expand use of containers 51%

Progressing on a cloud-first strategy 48%

Automated policies for governance 46%

Better financial reporting on cloud costs 46%

Move on-prem software to SaaS 43%

Implement CI/CD in the cloud 39%

Expand public clouds we use 35%

Manage software licenses in the cloud 33%

Enable IT to broker cloud services 21%

Expand use of cloud MSPs 14%

Expand use of cloud marketplaces 10%

Source: Flexera 2020 State of the Cloud Report

Azure Hybrid Benefit
A licensing benefit that helps you to significantly reduce the costs of
running your workloads in the cloud. It works by letting you use your on-
premises Software Assurance-enabled Windows Server and SQL Server
licenses on Azure. And now, this benefit applies to RedHat and SUSE Linux
subscriptions, too.
Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
Azure-only benefit for customers with active SA or subscriptions on SQL cores

Significantly reduce the costs of running

SQL IaaS and PaaS in Azure Azure SQL Database
Business Critical
8 vCores, US West 2,
Pay only the ‘base rate’ in Azure on SQL IaaS, 730 hours per month ~55%
SQL DB PaaS, and ADF v2 SSIS

Available for SQL Server core licenses only

Azure SQL Database
Business Critical
8 vCores, US West 2,
Customers can use their cores on-premises, 730 hours per month
OR as vCores in Azure

$3,967.91 $1,777.91
However, cores can be used on-premises and in Azure
Without Hybrid Benefit With Hybrid Benefit
simultaneously for up to 180 days, to allow for migration
Save big on Azure with Azure Hybrid Benefit
By leveraging your existing on-premises licensing investment.

AWS is Save up to Save up to Save up to

5x 85% 55% 40%

more expensive than over standard pay-as-you-go over standard over standard
Azure for Windows rate leveraging the Windows pay-as-you-go rate for pay-as-you-go rate
Server and SQL Server Server and SQL Server licenses Azure SQL Database for Windows Server
Three financial options for modernizing to Azure
SQL Server modernization to Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance
or SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

Recommended

Option A Option B Option C

Use Software Assurance (SA) for
Azure Hybrid Benefits (AHB)
• Use on-premise cores for vCores
in Azure;
• Up to 4 vCores per 1 Enterprise
Edition core
• Dual use rights up to 180 days
Server subscription for CSP
customers (No SA required)
• SQL Software Subscriptions give
customers the same benefits as
Software Assurance
• All Option A benefits apply
• Flexibility to try out Azure SQL
License included (pay-as-you-go)
for customers without SA
• Pay for what you use
• Azure IaaS customers (without SA)
running on SQL Server 2008/R2
will qualify for free Extended
Security Update up to three years

• One-click experience enabling without heavy upfront

AHB in billing commitment
Save up to 46% vs. AWS RDS*

Save up to 88% vs. AWS RDS* Save up to 43% vs. AWS EC2*
SQL Server licensing terms
Qualified license Microsoft Azure Data Service1 Ratio of cores : vCPUs
Azure SQL Database (Managed Instance, Elastic Pool and Single Database) – General Purpose 1 Core License : 4 vCores
SQL Server Enterprise (core)
Azure SQL Database (Managed Instance, Elastic Pool and Single Database) – Business Critical 1 Core License : 1 vCore
SQL Server Enterprise (core)
Azure SQL Database (Managed Instance and Single Database) - Hyperscale 1 Core License : 4 vCore
SQL Server Enterprise (core)
Azure Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (Enterprise) 1 Core License : 1 vCore
SQL Server Enterprise (core)
Azure Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (Standard) 1 Core License : 4 vCores
SQL Server Enterprise (core)
SQL Server Enterprise Virtual Machines 1 Core License2 : 1 vCPU
SQL Server Enterprise (core)
SQL Server Standard Virtual Machines 1 Core License : 4 vCPUs
SQL Server Enterprise (core)
Azure SQL Database (Managed Instance, Elastic Pool and Single Database) – General Purpose 1 Core License : 1 vCore
SQL Server Standard (core)
Azure SQL Database (Managed Instance, Elastic Pool and Single Database) – Business Critical 4 Core License : 1 vCore
SQL Server Standard (core)
Azure SQL Database (Managed Instance and Single Database) - Hyperscale 1 Core License : 1 vCore
SQL Server Standard (core)
Azure Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (Standard) 1 Core License : 1 vCore
SQL Server Standard (core)
Azure Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (Enterprise) 4 Core Licenses : 1 vCore
SQL Server Standard (core)
SQL Server Standard Virtual Machines 1 Core License2 : 1 vCPU
SQL Server Standard (core)
SQL Server Enterprise Virtual Machines 4 Core Licenses2 : 1 vCPU
SQL Server Standard (core)
1. Azure Hybrid Benefit is not available in the serverless compute tier of Azure SQL Database
2. Subject to a minimum of four Core Licenses per Virtual Machine
Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server

You qualify if you have active Software Assurance or Windows

How do I qualify? Server Subscriptions.

Is it applicable for all Yes. You can use with machine images from Azure Marketplace,
VMs? other cloud providers or your own environment.

Deployment

New Azure virtual Existing Azure virtual Migrated virtual

machines machines machines
Apply benefit when you Apply benefit using Azure Migrate free with Azure Site
deploy a new VM (using an Portal or Azure CLI Recovery
Azure Marketplace image, and apply benefit
Use PowerShell to apply automatically as part of
custom, or on-premises
benefit to multiple VMs process
image)
Windows Server savings examples
Azure Hybrid Benefit example – Full Time Azure Hybrid Benefit example – Part Time
Example scenario: running two Azure D2v2 VMs Example scenario: running two Azure D2v2 VMs
full time1 at 24 hours/day for 1 year part time at 4 hours/day for 1 year

$708
$4,393
Azure Hybrid
Azure Hybrid Benefit offers
Benefit offers ~25% or $200 in
~50% or $2,157 in $508 annual savings
annual savings
$2,216
Annual standard Annual cost for
Annual standard pay-as-you-go Base Compute3
Annual cost for rate cost for two
pay-as-you-go Base Compute3 $328
rate for two Azure Windows
Azure Windows $2,036 Server
Server D2v2VMs1
D2v2VMs2
WS SA4 $180 WS SA3 $180

Azure Azure Hybrid Azure Azure Hybrid

Benefit Benefit

1. 744 hours/month for 12 months

2. US East 2 region rate as of Oct 09, 2017 1. US East 2 region rate as of Oct 09, 2017
3. SUSE Linux Enterprise rate for US East 2 as of Oct 09, 2017 2. SUSE Linux Enterprise rate for US East 2 as of Oct 09, 2017
4. SA cost (Level A) for one 2-proc WS Standard license or 16 cores as of Oct 09, 2017 3. SA cost (Level A) for one 2-proc WS Standard license or 16 cores as of Oct 09, 2017
Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux
Azure customers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or SUSE Linux
Who is it for? Enterprise Server (SLES) with RHEL or SLES subscriptions

Convert running pay-as-you-go (PAYG) VMs to a bring-your-own-subscription

What does it do?
(BYOS) billing model

• Save software subscription costs at scale

• Save time with seamless post-deployment conversions
How does it help?
• Lower your ongoing operational costs with automatic image maintenance,
updates, and patches – Microsoft maintains the RHEL and SLES images for
you.

Easier deployment and operations

End-to-end hybrid cloud
Convenience operations management
Unified user interface Fully integrated with Azure
integration between Azure Arc for servers for end-to-
Portal and CLI with support for end hybrid cloud operations
scalable batch conversions management
Integrated Support
Get the cloud’s only
integrated technical support
from Azure, Red Hat, and
SUSE with just one ticket
Save more with Azure Reservations

Save 40% with Save 80% with Azure

Azure Hybrid Hybrid Benefit + Azure
Benefit Reservations*
Azure Reservations is a way
to reduce Azure costs by
committing to a one- or
three-year term for a virtual 40%
machine, in exchange for a 80%
discount of up to 80%
compared to the standard
pay-as-you-go rate.

*The 80% saving is based on the combination of Windows Server Azure Hybrid Benefit and 3-year Azure Reservations.
Free SQL Server failover server is enabled with
Software Assurance

Azure
SQL VM SQL VM
Data replication

Primary Secondary

Compute costs only Lift and shift Dual use rights

You only pay for compute costs on Lift and shift your existing HA Get 180-day dual use rights to
the secondary VM architectures to the cloud under migrate workloads to the cloud
the same licensing construct
allowed on dedicated HW
Activate Azure Hybrid Benefit for IaaS
Scenario How Azure Hybrid Benefit is applied

Windows Server Windows Server VM - marketplace image Select Azure Hybrid Benefit checkbox in VM create/manage UX or use
CLI/API

  Windows Server VM - self-installed image Identify Windows Server included, and then select Azure Hybrid
Benefit checkbox in VM create/manage UX or use CLI/API

SQL Server SQL Server on Windows Server VM - SQL BYOL Azure Hybrid Benefit is automatically selected
marketplace image

  SQL Server on Windows Server VM – SQL Select SQL Azure Hybrid Benefit on second Azure Hybrid Benefit
marketplace image (non-BYOL) checkbox in VM create.

  SQServer on Windows Server VM – self-install SQL Identify that SQL is running and select Azure Hybrid Benefit using
using media or by deploying entire L virtual hard checkbox in SQL VM Resource Provider or use CLI/API.
drive (VHD) image that includes SQL

Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Register with Red Hat Cloud Access or SUSE Public Cloud Access
RHEL for SAP HANA program
SQL Server on RHEL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Select Azure Hybrid Benefit checkbox in VM create/manage UX or use
SUSE Linux Enterprise For SAP Applications CLI/API
SUSE Linux Enterprise for HPC
Windows Server, SQL Server & Linux VM’s may be used together on IaaS by using the methods above in combination.
Activate Azure Hybrid Benefit for PaaS
Select Azure Hybrid Benefit checkbox during resource create/manage UX or CLI/API.
 Learn more about Azure Hybrid Benefit at
azure.microsoft.com/pricing/hybrid-benefit
Thank you.

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