Retirement: Azure Hybrid Use Benefit images for EA subscriptions

This article describes that the Windows Server images that are pre-configured with Hybrid Use Benefit for EA subscriptions will be removed from the Azure Marketplace by August 31, 2017.

Original product version:   Virtual Machine running Windows
Original KB number:   4036360

Retirement of the Hybrid Use Benefit images

As of April 12, 2017, Hybrid Use Benefit is open for all Azure subscriptions and can be applied to the regular Windows Server images in the Azure Marketplace. Therefore, be aware of the following news for the Windows Server images that are pre-configured with Hybrid Use Benefit for EA subscriptions:

• The last patch update will be July 2017.
• The image SKUs will be removed by August 31, 2017.

Experience in the Azure portal

New experience in the Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Azure PowerShell, and Azure Command Line Interface (CLI) starting September 1, 2017

About the Hybrid Use Benefit images

In November 2016, Azure introduced a second set of Windows Server Marketplace image SKUs to enable Enterprise Agreement (EA) subscriptions to use Hybrid Use Benefit. See how to deploy a Windows Server image with Hybrid Use Benefits in Azure.

Current experience in the Azure portal

These image SKUs are prefixed by "[HUB]" on the Azure portal.

Current experience in the ARM, Azure PowerShell, and Azure CLI

These image SKUs are appended by "-HUB" on the Azure portal.

Action required

Make sure that your virtual machine deployment is updated to use the new image SKUs.

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