How do I use a software license that I own on AWS hardware?

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Although AWS doesn't provide licensing advice, we offer tools to help you use your licensed software on AWS infrastructure.

Some software licenses specify the types of hardware, lengths of time, or number of machines that you can install and use them on. It's a best practice to run your software on instances in an Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host.

Use Dedicated Hosts to provision an entire physical server for your own use so that you meet the requirements of software licenses. Dedicated Hosts also support host recording in AWS Config, an AWS service that provides license reports. For more information, see Bring your own software licenses to Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts.

If your software is a Microsoft product, then see Microsoft License Mobility for more information on how to use Microsoft software on AWS infrastructure.

If you own the software license for an application listed in the AWS Marketplace, then verify that the Bring Your Own License (BYOL) version of the software is installed. If so, then use the AWS License Manager to install the license. For more information, see Simplified Bring-Your-Own-License experience using AWS License Manager.

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