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Some database workloads require high memory, storage, and I/O bandwidth, but don't benefit from a high number of cores. Products designed for these workloads are often licensed on a per-CPU-core basis. This licensing system means that a VM size with otherwise ideal specifications but an excessive vCPU count can cause a substantial increase in licensing costs. To help manage your costs, Azure offers predefined VM sizes with a lowered vCPU count to help to reduce the cost of software licensing, while maintaining the same memory, storage, and I/O bandwidth.
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The original size's available vCPU count can be reduced to either one half or one quarter of the original size specification. These new VM sizes have a suffix that specifies the number of available vCPUs to make them easier for you to identify. Learn more about [VM size naming conventions](../vm-naming-conventions).
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The original size's available vCPU count can be reduced to either one half or one quarter of the original size specification. These new VM sizes have a suffix that specifies the number of available vCPUs to make them easier for you to identify. Learn more about [VM size naming conventions](vm-naming-conventions.md).
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## Example workload
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The licensing fees charged for SQL Server are based on the available vCPU count. Third party products should count the available vCPUs and report it as the amount to be used and licensed. This constraint results in a 50% to 75% increase in the ratio of the VM specs to available (billable) vCPUs while maintaining the benefits of the original VM size's specifications.

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