Enable Azure Hybrid Benefits

From Commander, you can set the Azure Hybrid Benefit for your Azure VMs running Windows Server or Azure SQL databases.

Applying the Azure Hybrid Benefit for your Windows Server or Azure SQL databases can save software licensing fees when you have existing license entitlements Windows Server or Azure SQL databases. For more information, see Cloud Software License Costs.

It's also possible for Service Portal users to set the Azure Hybrid Benefit for services they own if they're assigned a Service Portal role that has the Modify Azure Hybrid Benefit permission enabled. For more information, see Customize Service Portal Roles for Users.

Enable the Azure Hybrid Benefit for VMs

Access:

Views > Inventory

Available to:

Operator or higher access rights on the VM

  1. Click the Infrastructure or Applications tab.
  2. From the Inventory tree, select the Azure VMs running Windows Server that you want to enable the Azure Hybrid Benefit for.
    • To quickly find a VM, select the root cloud account node, and click the VMs tab. For more filtering, select a region, then click the VMs tab. All of the VMs that belong to the selected node will display in a table.
    • To select multiple VMs, use Ctrl-click or Shift-click.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • To enable the Azure Hybrid Benefit, select Actions > Configuration Management > Enable Azure Hybrid Benefit.
    • To clear the Azure Hybrid Benefit, select Actions > Configuration Management > Disable Azure Hybrid Benefit.
  4. In the Set Azure Hybrid Benefit dialog, select Apply Hybrid Azure Benefit to confirm that you have Windows Server license entitlements that can be applied, and click OK.

Enable the Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure SQL databases

Access:

Views > Inventory

Available to:

Operator or higher access rights on the database

  1. Click the Infrastructure or Applications tab.
  2. From the Infrastructure or Applications tree, select the Azure SQL databases that you want to enable the Azure Hybrid Benefit for.
    • To quickly find an Azure SQL database, select the root cloud account node, and click the Databases tab. For more filtering, select a region, then click the Databases tab. All of the databases that belong to the selected node will display in a table.
    • To select multiple Azure SQL databases, use Ctrl-click or Shift-click.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • To enable the Azure Hybrid Benefit, select Actions > Enable Azure Hybrid Benefit.
    • To clear the Azure Hybrid Benefit, select Actions > Disable Azure Hybrid Benefit.
  4. In the Set Azure Hybrid Benefit dialog, select Apply Azure Hybrid Benefit to confirm that you have Azure SQL database license entitlements that can be applied, and click OK.