It is very important that all the Microsoft software that’s used inside the Microsoft Azure virtual machine environments are adequately licensed. Windows Server has a license for using Azure by default. The Azure VM offers may also include other software on an evaluation license. All the other licenses for software outside of this category needs to be purchased separately. There are specific cases in which other Microsoft server software is needed for offering support. These are the versions that we will discuss in this article. Read on to find out more.
Here’s what we know about Azure supported roles
Because Microsoft does not offer support for an upgrade of your OS in a Microsoft Azure VM, you will need to create a new Azure VM that does. This new VM should include the operating system required for the system to run properly, and then transfer the entire workload to it. If you want to know how you can do this, you can simply visit the following TechNet topic. Want to move VMware resources to Azure? Use Hybrid networking like this
Microsoft Server software fully supported in Azure VM environment:
Conclusion
If you find that your server software is not on the list we presented to you above, then it is safe to assume that your version is not compatible with Microsoft Azure VM environments. Please feel free to let us know if you found this guide helpful. You can do that by simply using the comment section below this article. READ ALSO:
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