Azure VMware Solution licensing changes set October BYOL deadline
Azure VMware Solution customers using VMware Cloud Foundation licences bundled with pay-as-you-go deployments have until October 31, 2026, to move to a bring-your-own-licence model. After that date, Microsoft says those deployments will no longer comply with Broadcom’s licensing requirements unless customers provide their own VCF subscription.
Microsoft stopped selling new Azure VMware Solution nodes with included VCF subscriptions after October 15, 2025. New nodes now require customers to purchase a portable VMware Cloud Foundation subscription directly from Broadcom and use it with Azure VMware Solution.
Customers with active reserved instances purchased for VCF-included hosts are under different terms. Microsoft says those deployments can continue using the bundled VCF subscription until the reserved-instance term ends, after which customers must provide their own VCF subscription. Additional usage beyond the capacity covered by an existing VCF-included reservation also requires BYOL.
VCF licensing moves to BYOL
Under the BYOL model, organisations separately purchase the...
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