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articles/migrate/concepts-business-case-calculation.md

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 - Resource utilization based insights to identify servers and workloads that are ideal for cloud.
 - Quick wins for migration and modernization including end of support Windows OS and SQL versions.
 - Long term cost savings by moving from a capital expenditure model to an Operating expenditure model, by paying for only what you use.
+- Sustainability insights: Sustainability insights show carbon emissions reduce when moving from on-premises to Azure.
 
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 Although the Business case picks Azure recommendations from certain assessments, you won't be able to access the assessments directly. To deep dive into sizing, readiness, and Azure cost estimates, you can create respective assessments for the servers or workloads.
 
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 ## Discovery sources to create a Business case
 
 Currently, you can create a Business case with the two discovery sources:
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 | **Security** | Per year |  Per server annual security/protection cost.  |    |
 | **Datacenter Admin cost** | Number of people * hourly cost * 730 hours | Cost per hour based on location. |     |
 
+### Sustainability insights: Lower emissions with Azure
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+The Sustainability benefits capability is now embedded in Azure Migrate’s Business Case. It empowers IT, finance, and sustainability teams to:
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+- **Estimate on-premises emissions (in MtCO₂e)**: It uses a standard method that includes compute, storage, power use, and location-based carbon intensity.
+- **Compare with Azure emissions**: It uses Microsoft’s verified carbon rate cards for each SKU and region.
+- **Visualize year-on-year reduction**: It visualizes yearly reduction as workloads move from on-premises to Azure.
+- **Align cross-functional stakeholders**: It bring the stakeholders together by presenting both economic and environmental benefits in one view.
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 ### On-premises with Arc and Azure (future state)
 
 When you create a business case, by default, servers remaining on-premises are assumed to be Arc-enabled. You can disable Arc calculation by editing Azure cost assumptions.