Merge pull request #270790 from ankitaduttaMSFT/322

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Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/site-recovery/vmware-azure-common-questions.md

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 title: Common questions about VMware disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery
 description: Get answers to common questions about disaster recovery of on-premises VMware VMs to Azure by using Azure Site Recovery.
-ms.date: 03/07/2024
+ms.date: 04/01/2024
 ms.topic: conceptual
 ms.service: site-recovery
 ms.author: ankitadutta
@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@ When you fail back from Azure, data from Azure is copied back to your on-premise
 
 No. Azure Site Recovery cannot use On-demand capacity reservation unless it's Azure to Azure scenario.
 
+### The application license is based on UUID of VMware virtual machine. Is the UUID of a VMware virtual machine changed when it is failed over to Azure?
+
+Yes, the UUID of the Azure virtual machine is different from the on-prem VMware virtual machine. However, most application vendors support transferring the license to a new UUID. If the application supports it, the customer can work with the vendor to transfer the license to the VM with the new UUID.
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 ## Automation and scripting
 
 ### Can I set up replication with scripting?