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Did you know you get unlimited virtualization through Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server in an Azure VMware Solution private cloud?

This is accomplished by establishing a “Placement policy”. (Note: This is technically a required step for licensing compliance with Azure Hybrid Use Benefit policy.)

Here are 3 simple steps to enable & configure the required “Placement Policy” for SQL servers on Azure VMware Solution clusters from the Azure administrative portal:

1. Select Azure Hybrid Benefit > Create VM-Host affinity placement policy
2. Fill in the required fields for creating the placement policy
   (Name, Type, AHUB acknowledgement, Cluster, Enable Policy?)
3. Select the hosts and VMs to be applied to the VM-Host affinity policy
   (Select hosts, Select VMs, Review & Create)

The following video walks you through the process of establishing the aforementioned Placement policy:

For written steps on how to complete this, visit:

• Enable unlimited virtualization with Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server in Azure VMware Solution – Azure VMware Solution | Microsoft Learn

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