Azure ARC ESU Licensing Examples for Windows Server 2012

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[Note:  With any document discussing licensing, it is always recommended to review the licensing scenarios with your sales specialist.]

This document was created to help provide a supplement to the Azure ARC scenarios described in the link below. Each section links back to a relevant article.

License provisioning guidelines for Extended Security Updates for Windows Server 2012 – Azure Arc | Microsoft Learn

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About the author

Jeff Pigott is a Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, specializing in Azure Infrastructure technologies including Azure Arc, Azure Update Manager, SQL DB, security, and storage. With over 29 years of experience in IT, development, and DevOps, Jeff has worked with a wide range of platforms, tools, and languages. Jeff is passionate about staying up-to-date with the latest Microsoft technologies and services, and holds multiple Azure certifications.