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# What is Bring-Your-Own-License? (BYOL)
The process of reusing an existing software license to run vendor software on a cloud vendor’s computing service. BYOL allows companies to save money since they may have purchased the license in bulk or at a time that provided a greater discount than if purchased again.
Example
License Mobility is Microsoft Volume Licensing customers with eligible server applications covered by active Microsoft Software Assurance (SA
# AWS License Manager
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AWS License Manager is a service that makes it easier for you to manage your software licenses from software vendors centrally across AWS and your on-premises environments.
AWS Licence Manager software that is licensed based on virtual cores (vCPUs), physical cores, sockets, or number of machines. This includes a variety of software products from Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Oracle, and other vendors
AWS License Manager works with:
- EC2 – Dedicated Instances, Dedicated Hosts, Spot Instances
- RDS – (Only for Oracle databases)
For Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server license, you generally need to use a Dedicated Host