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Merge pull request #218251 from Heidilohr/work-licensing-fix
Adding clarification to licensing section.
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articles/virtual-desktop/apply-windows-license.md

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description: Describes how to apply the Windows license for Azure Virtual Desktop VMs.
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author: Heidilohr
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 11/11/2022
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ms.date: 11/14/2022
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- You can create a host pool and its session host virtual machines using the [GitHub Azure Resource Manager template](https://github.com/Azure/RDS-Templates/tree/master/ARM-wvd-templates). Creating VMs with this method automatically applies the license.
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- You can manually apply a license to an existing session host virtual machine. To apply the license this way, first follow the instructions in [Create a host pool with PowerShell or the Azure CLI](./create-host-pools-powershell.md) to create a host pool and associated VMs, then return to this article to learn how to apply the license.
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## Apply a Windows license to a session host VM
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## Apply a Windows license to a Windows client session host VM
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>[!NOTE]
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>The directions in this section apply to Windows client VMs, not Windows Server VMs.
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Before you start, make sure you've [installed and configured the latest version of Azure PowerShell](/powershell/azure/).
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articles/virtual-desktop/create-host-pools-powershell.md

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>If you're deploying a virtual machine using Windows 7 as the host OS, the creation and deployment process will be a little different. For more details, see [Deploy a Windows 7 virtual machine on Azure Virtual Desktop](./virtual-desktop-fall-2019/deploy-windows-7-virtual-machine.md).
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After you've created your session host virtual machines, [apply a Windows license to a session host VM](./apply-windows-license.md#apply-a-windows-license-to-a-session-host-vm) to run your Windows or Windows Server virtual machines without paying for another license.
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After you've created your session host virtual machines, [apply a Windows license to a session host VM](./apply-windows-license.md#apply-a-windows-license-to-a-windows-client-session-host-vm) to run your Windows or Windows Server virtual machines without paying for another license.
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## Prepare the virtual machines for Azure Virtual Desktop agent installations
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articles/virtual-desktop/virtual-desktop-fall-2019/create-host-pools-powershell-2019.md

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> Azure Virtual Desktop extended support for Windows 7 session host VMs ends on January 10, 2023. To see which operating systems are supported, review [Operating systems and licenses](../prerequisites.md#operating-systems-and-licenses).
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After you've created your session host virtual machines, [apply a Windows license to a session host VM](../apply-windows-license.md#apply-a-windows-license-to-a-session-host-vm) to run your Windows or Windows Server virtual machines without paying for another license.
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After you've created your session host virtual machines, [apply a Windows license to a session host VM](../apply-windows-license.md#apply-a-windows-license-to-a-windows-client-session-host-vm) to run your Windows or Windows Server virtual machines without paying for another license.
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