From badfd731981123acfaa964d64f92c3e23f457235 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masha at MSFT <32783170+MashaMSFT@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:56:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated savings to include ahb --- .../virtual-machines-windows-sql-server-pricing-guidance.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/articles/virtual-machines/windows/sql/virtual-machines-windows-sql-server-pricing-guidance.md b/articles/virtual-machines/windows/sql/virtual-machines-windows-sql-server-pricing-guidance.md index 328641c3fbbfa..e02bdaf4ff66c 100644 --- a/articles/virtual-machines/windows/sql/virtual-machines-windows-sql-server-pricing-guidance.md +++ b/articles/virtual-machines/windows/sql/virtual-machines-windows-sql-server-pricing-guidance.md @@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ To use BYOL with a SQL Server VM, you must have a license for SQL Server Standar | BYOL benefit | Description | |-----|-----| -| **Cost savings** | Bringing your own SQL Server license is more cost effective than paying it per usage if a workload runs continuously SQL Server Standard or Enterprise for *more than 10 months*. | -| **Long-term savings** | On average, it is *30% cheaper per year* to buy or renew a SQL Server license for the first 3 years. Furthermore, after 3 years, you don’t need to renew the license anymore, just pay for Software Assurance. At that point, it is *200% cheaper*. | +| **Cost savings** | The [Azure Hybrid Benefit](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/hybrid-benefit/) offers up to 55% savings. For more information, see [Switch licensing model](virtual-machines-windows-sql-ahb.md | | **Free passive secondary replica** | Another benefit of bringing your own license is the [free licensing for one passive secondary replica](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/licensing-faq/) per SQL Server for high availability purposes. This cuts in half the licensing cost of a highly available SQL Server deployment (for example, using Always On Availability Groups). The rights to run the passive secondary are provided through the Fail-Over Servers Software Assurance benefit. | To create a SQL Server 2017 Azure VM with one of these bring-your-own-license images, see the VMs prefixed with "{BYOL}":