Eligible license types for Windows and SQL Server - Amazon License Manager
SQL Server editionsSQL Server versionsUsage operation valuesMedia compatibilityConversion paths
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Eligible license types for Windows and SQL Server

Important

Instances that were originally launched from an Amazon provided Amazon Machine Image (AMI) are not eligible for license type conversion to BYOL.

Windows and SQL Server must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible for license type conversion.

SQL Server editions

License Manager supports the following SQL Server editions:

  • SQL Server Standard edition

  • SQL Server Enterprise edition

  • SQL Server Web edition

SQL Server versions

License Manager supports the following SQL Server versions:

  • SQL Server 2005

  • SQL Server 2008

  • SQL Server 2012

  • SQL Server 2014

  • SQL Server 2016

  • SQL Server 2017

  • SQL Server 2019

  • SQL Server 2022

Usage operation values

A license type conversion changes the usage operation value associated with your instance. Usage operation values for each supported operating system are provided in the following table. For more information, see AMI billing information fields.

Operating system details

Usage operation

Windows Server as BYOL

RunInstances:0800

Windows Server as BYOL

SQL Server (any edition) as BYOL

RunInstances:0800

Windows Server as license included

RunInstances:0002

Windows Server as license included

SQL Server (any edition) as BYOL

RunInstances:0002

Windows Server as license included

SQL Server Web as license included

RunInstances:0202

Windows Server as license included

SQL Server Standard as license included

RunInstances:0006

Windows Server as license included

SQL Server Enterprise as license included

RunInstances:0102

Media compatibility

The following table confirms which media can be used on which instance licensing models.

Source

Target

BYOL

License included

Amazon provided Windows Server image

No

Yes

Amazon provided SQL Server image

No

Yes

Your Windows Server media1

Yes

Yes

Your SQL Server media2

Yes

Yes

1 Denotes that the instance was originally launched from your own imported virtual machine (VM). You can import your VM using a service such as VM Import/Export or Amazon Application Migration Service.

2 Denotes that you have sourced your own SQL Server installation media (.iso, .exe).

Conversion paths

The following table confirms if the source license model can be converted to another between BYOL and license included. For more information, see Convert a license type.

Important

  • Windows Server as BYOL with SQL Server as license included is an unsupported configuration.

  • Conversions that are specified as "Not needed" won't change the usage operation value.

Source

Target

Windows Server as BYOL

Windows Server as license included

Windows Server as BYOL

SQL Server as BYOL

Windows Server as license included

SQL Server as BYOL

Windows Server as BYOL

SQL Server as license included

Windows Server as license included

SQL Server as license included

Windows Server as BYOL (your media)

 Not needed Yes Not needed Yes1 Unsupported Yes1

Windows Server as license included (your media)

 Yes2 Not needed Yes1,2 Not needed3 Unsupported Yes1

Windows Server as license included (Amazon provided image)

 No✗ Not needed No✗ Not needed3 Unsupported Yes1

Windows Server as BYOL (your media)

SQL Server as BYOL (your media)

 Not needed4 Yes Not needed Yes Unsupported Yes

Windows Server as license included (your media)

SQL Server as BYOL (your media)

 Yes2 Not needed4 Yes2 Not needed Unsupported Yes

Windows Server as license included (Amazon provided image)

SQL Server as BYOL (your media)

 No✗ Not needed4 No✗ Not needed Unsupported Yes

Windows Server as BYOL (your media)

SQL Server as license included

 Unsupported Unsupported Unsupported Unsupported Unsupported Unsupported

Windows Server as license included (Amazon provided image or your media)

SQL Server as license included (Amazon provided image)

 No✗ No✗ No✗ No✗ Unsupported Not needed

Windows Server as license included (your media)

SQL Server as license included (your media)

 Yes2,5,6 Yes5 Yes2 Yes Unsupported Not needed

Windows Server as license included (Amazon provided image)

SQL Server as license included (your media)

 No✗ Yes5 No✗ Yes Unsupported Not needed

✗ You must deploy a new instance with an alternate configuration, as converting to the target license type(s) is not supported. For more information, see Media compatibility.

For other conversion scenarios, you might need to take the following steps to perform a license conversion:

1 You must first install SQL Server before converting to BYOL for SQL Server.

2 You must first modify your Windows configuration to use your own KMS server for license activation. For more information, see Convert Windows Server from license included to BYOL.

3 You must first install SQL Server when you convert from a source without SQL Server to a target with SQL Server (regardless of the SQL Server license type).

4 You must first uninstall SQL Server when you convert from a source with SQL Server to a target without SQL Server (regardless of the SQL Server license type).

5 You must first uninstall SQL Server before converting to license-included SQL Server.

6 You must first perform the steps for 2 and 5. Once these steps are complete, you must convert the license type to Windows Server as license included, and then convert the license type once more to Windows Server as BYOL.