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Implementing Azure Solutions - Second Edition

By : Florian Klaffenbach, Markus Klein, Sebastian Hoppe, Oliver Michalski, Jan-Henrik Damaschke
Book Image

Implementing Azure Solutions - Second Edition

By: Florian Klaffenbach, Markus Klein, Sebastian Hoppe, Oliver Michalski, Jan-Henrik Damaschke

Overview of this book

<p>Microsoft Azure offers numerous solutions that can shape the future of any business. However, the major challenge that architects and administrators face lies in implementing these solutions. </p><p>Implementing Azure Solutions helps you overcome this challenge by enabling you to implement Azure Solutions effectively. The book begins by guiding you in choosing the backend structure for your solutions. You will then work with the Azure toolkit and learn how to use Azure Managed Apps to share your solutions with the Azure service catalog. The book then focuses on various implementation techniques and best practices such as implementing Azure Cloud Services by configuring, deploying, and managing cloud services. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll learn how to work with Azure-managed Kubernetes and Azure Container Services. </p><p>By the end of the book, you will be able to build robust cloud solutions on Azure.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (HUB)

For Microsoft customers with software assurance, Azure HUB allows you to use on-premises Windows Server and SQL licenses and run workloads such as a VM or Microsoft SQL Server on Azure at a reduced cost. Azure HUB can be used for Windows Server or Microsoft SQL to deploy new VMs with Windows OS or SQL Server.

Looking at Windows Server, you get the following offering when using HUB. 

Each two-processor license or each set of 16-core licenses can be used with two instances of up to eight cores, or one instance of up to 16 cores. The Azure Hybrid Benefit for Standard Edition licenses can either be used on-premises or in Azure. The Datacenter Edition benefits allow for simultaneous use on-premises and in Azure.

Currently, there is no automated tracking of HUB licenses in Azure or in any offering, such as Key Management Service (KMS) or Active Directory (AD) based license activation. So, you need to track their usage by yourself to be prepared for a license...