Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure Local

Follow these steps to activate Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure Local via the Azure portal:

1. Use your Microsoft Azure credentials to sign in to the Azure portal at this URL: https://portal.azure.com.

2. Go to your Azure Local resource page.

3. Under Settings, select Configuration.

4. Under Azure Hybrid Benefit, select the Activate link.

5. In the Activate Azure Hybrid Benefit pane on the right-hand side, confirm the designated system and the number of core licenses you wish to allocate, and select Activate again to confirm.

   Note

   You can't deactivate Azure Hybrid Benefit for your system after activation. Proceed after you have confirmed the changes.

   

6. When Azure Hybrid Benefit successfully activates for your system, the Azure Local host fee is waived for the system.

   Important

   Windows Server subscription is a way to get unlimited virtualization rights on your system through Azure. Now that you have Azure Hybrid Benefit enabled, you have the option of turning on Windows Server subscription at no additional cost.

7. To enable Windows Server subscription at no additional cost, under the Windows Server subscription add-on feature in the same Configuration pane, select Activate benefit.

8. In the Activate Azure Hybrid Benefit pane on the right-hand side, check the details and then select Activate to confirm. Upon activation, licenses take a few minutes to apply and set up automatic VM activation (AVMA) on the system.

   

Azure PowerShell can be run in Azure Cloud Shell. This document details how to use PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell. For more information, see Quickstart for Azure Cloud Shell.

Launch Azure Cloud Shell and use Azure PowerShell to perform the following steps:

1. Set up parameters from your subscription, resource group, and system name

   $subscription = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" # Replace with your subscription ID
   $resourceGroup = "local-rg" # Replace with your resource group name
   $clusterName = "MyLocal" # Replace with your system name
   
   Set-AzContext -Subscription "${subscription}"
   

2. To view Azure Hybrid Benefits status on a system, run the following command:

   Install-Module -Name Az.ResourceGraph
   Search-AzGraph -Query "resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters'| where name == '${clusterName}' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"
   

3. To enable Azure Hybrid Benefits, run the following command and check if Azure Hybrid Benefits got enabled using above command:

   Invoke-AzStackHciExtendClusterSoftwareAssuranceBenefit -ClusterName "${clusterName}" -ResourceGroupName "${resourceGroup}" -SoftwareAssuranceIntent "Enable"
   

Azure CLI is available to install in Windows, macOS and Linux environments. It can also be run in Azure Cloud Shell. This document details how to use Bash in Azure Cloud Shell. For more information, refer Quickstart for Azure Cloud Shell.

Launch Azure Cloud Shell and use Azure CLI to configure Azure Hybrid Benefits following these steps:

1. Set up parameters from your subscription, resource group, and system name

   subscription="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" # Replace with your subscription ID
   resourceGroup="hcicluster-rg" # Replace with your resource group name
   clusterName="HCICluster" # Replace with your system name
   
   az account set --subscription "${subscription}"
   

2. To view Azure Hybrid Benefits status on a system, run the following command:

   az stack-hci cluster list \
   --resource-group "${resourceGroup}" \
   --query "[?name=='${clusterName}'].{Name:name, SoftwareAssurance:softwareAssuranceProperties.softwareAssuranceStatus}" \
   -o table
   

3. To enable Azure Hybrid Benefits, run the following command:

   az stack-hci cluster extend-software-assurance-benefit \
   --cluster-name "${clusterName}" \
   --resource-group "${resourceGroup}" \
   --software-assurance-intent enable
   

1. In your Azure Local resource page, under Settings, select Configuration.
2. Under Azure Hybrid Benefit, the status shows as:
   • Activated - indicates Azure Hybrid Benefit is activated
   • Not activated - indicates Azure Hybrid Benefit isn't activated

You can also navigate to Cost Analysis > Cost by Resource > Cost by Resource. Expand your Azure Local resource to check that the meter is under Software Assurance.

Install-Module -Name Az.ResourceGraph
Search-AzGraph -Query "resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters'| where name == '${clusterName}' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"

az extension add --name resource-graph
az graph query -q "resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters'| where name == '${clusterName}' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"

Use PowerShell or Azure CLI to list all Azure Local instances with Azure Hybrid Benefit in a subscription.

Install-Module -Name Az.ResourceGraph
Connect-AzAccount -Environment $EnvironmentName -Subscription $subId
Search-AzGraph -Query "Resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters' | where properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus'] == 'Enabled' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"

az extension add --name resource-graph
az graph query -q "Resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters' | where properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus'] == 'Enabled' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"