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To take advantage of the Reserved Instance (RI) pricing for the VCF license portability offering, purchase an RI under the Product Name- VCF BYOL. For example, if your private cloud uses AV36P nodes, you must [purchase the Reserved Instance](/azure/azure-vmware/reserved-instance?toc=%2Fazure%2Fcost-management-billing%2Freservations%2Ftoc.json#buy-a-reservation) for the Product Name- AV36P VCF BYOL. To use the pay-as-you-go pricing for the VCF license portability offering, you only need to register your VCF license.
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/reserved-instance-purchase.png" alt-text="Picture of what product type to select while purchasing reserved instance for VCF license portability offering." border="true":::
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/reserved-instance-purchase.png" alt-text="Screenshot of what product type to select while purchasing reserved instance for VCF license portability offering." border="true":::
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## Request host quota with VCF license portability
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/quota-request-old.png" alt-text="Picture of the quota request description for existing Azure VMware Solution." border="true":::
To request quota for VCF license portability offering, provide the following additional information in the **Description** of the support ticket:
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**"I acknowledge that I have procured portable VCF license from Broadcom for "N" cores to use with Azure VMware Solutions."**
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- Any other details, including Availability Zone requirements for integrating with other Azure services; for example, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Blob Storage
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/quota-request-byol.png" alt-text="Picture of the quota request description for VCF license portability offering on Azure VMware Solution." border="false":::
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/quota-request-byol.png" alt-text="Picture of the quota request description for VCF license portability offering on Azure VMware Solution.":::
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>[!NOTE]
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To get your quota request approved, you must first register the VCF portable license details with Microsoft. Quota will be approved only after the entitlements are provided. Expect to receive a response in 1 to 2 business days.
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### How to register the VCF license keys:
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### How to register the VCF license keys
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- Email your VCF license entitlements (and VMware vDefender Firewall license entitlements if to enable vDefender Firewall on Azure VMware Solution) to the following email address: registerAzure VMware Solutionvcfbyol@microsoft.com.
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- Email your VCF license entitlements (and VMware vDefender Firewall license entitlements if to enable vDefender Firewall on Azure VMware Solution) to the following email address: registeravsvcfbyol@microsoft.com.
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- VCF entitlement sample:
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/vcf-entitlements.png" alt-text="This image shows how to register your VCF portable license entitlements with Microsoft." border="true":::
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/vcf-entitlements.png" alt-text="Screenshot of how to register your VCF portable license entitlements with Microsoft." border="true":::
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>[!NOTE]
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>The "Qty" represents the number of cores eligible for VCF license portability. Your quota request should not surpass the number of nodes equivalent to your entitled cores from Broadcom. If your quota request exceeds the approved cores, the quota request will be granted only for the number of nodes that are fully covered by the entitled cores.
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- VCF entitlement With VMware vDefend entitlement sample:
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/vcf-vdefend-entitlements.png" alt-text="VCF entitlement With VMware vDefend entitlement." border="true":::
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- VCF with VMware vDefend entitlement sample:
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/vcf-vdefend-entitlements.png" alt-text="Screenshort of VCF with Vmware vDeference entitlement sample format." border="true":::
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Sample Email to register portable VCF entitlements:
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/email-register-vcf.png" alt-text="Sample Email to register portable VCF." border="true":::
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/email-register-vcf-vdefend.png" alt-text="Sample Email to register portable VCF with VMware vDefend Firewall." border="true":::
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/email-register-vcf.png" alt-text="Screenshot of sample email to register portable VCF license." border="true":::
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**The VMware vDefend Firewall add-on CPU cores required on Azure VMware Solution depend on the planned feature usage:
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The VMware vDefend Firewall add-on CPU cores required on Azure VMware Solution depend on the planned feature usage:
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- For NSX Distributed Firewall: same core count as VCF core count.
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- For NSX Gateway Firewall, it would be 64 cores (with default NSX Edges).
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- For both NSX Distributed and Gateway firewall, it should be combined core count of both.
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:::image type="content" source="media/vmware-cloud-foundations-license-portability/email-register-vcf-vdefend.png" alt-text="Screenshot of sample email to register portable VCF with VMware vDefend Firewall licenses." border="true":::
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>[!NOTE]
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> In the future, the VCF portable license onboarding process will be automated through the Azure Portal. However, during the interim phase, your VCF license will be securely retained for our reporting purpose. You can request the permanent deletion of this data from Microsoft's systems at any time. Once the automated validation process is in place, your data will be automatically deleted from all Microsoft systems, which may take up to 120 days. Additionally, all your VCF entitlement data will be permanently deleted within 120 days any time you migrate to an Azure VMware Solution-owned VCF solution.
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> The VCF license entitlements submitted to Microsoft will be securely retained for our reporting purpose. You can request the permanent deletion of this data from Microsoft's systems at any time. Once the automated validation process is in place, your data will be automatically deleted from all Microsoft systems, which may take up to 120 days. Additionally, all your VCF entitlement data will be permanently deleted within 120 days any time you migrate to an Azure VMware Solution-owned VCF solution.
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## Creating/scaling a Private Cloud
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You can create your Azure VMware Solution Private Cloud the same way as today regardless of your licensing method, that is, whether you bring your own VCF portable license or use the Azure VMware Solution-owned VCF license.[Learn more](/azure/azure-vmware/plan-private-cloud-deployment). Your decision of licensing is a cost optimization choice and doesn't affect your deployment workflow.
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You can create your Azure VMware Solution Private Cloud the same way as today regardless of your licensing method, that is, whether you bring your own VCF portable license or use the Azure VMware Solution-owned VCF license.[Learn more](/azure/azure-vmware/plan-private-cloud-deployment). Your decision of licensing is a cost optimization choice and doesn't affect your deployment workflow.
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For example, you want to deploy 10 nodes of AV36P node type.
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**Scenario 1:**
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"I want to purchase my VCF subscription from Broadcom and use the license portability offering on Azure VMware Solution."
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1. Create quota request for AV36P nodes. Declare your own VCF portable license intent and the number of cores you're entitled for portability.
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2. Register your VCF entitlements via email to Microsoft.
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3. Optional- to use the Reserved Instance pricing purchase AV36P VCF BYOL Reserved Instance. You can skip this step to use the pay-as-you-go pricing for the VCF license portability.
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4. Create your Private Cloud with AV36P nodes.
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"I want to let Azure VMware Solution manage my license for all my Azure VMware Solution private cloud."
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1. Create quota request for AV36P node type.
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2. Optional- Purchase AV36P Reserved Instance.
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3. Create your Private Cloud with AV36P nodes.
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## Moving between the two VCF licensing methods
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**Steps:**
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1. Create a support request to inform us of your intent to convert. In the future, this support-based conversion process will be available directly through the Azure portal for Azure VMware Solution.
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1. Create a support request to inform us of your intent to convert.
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2. Exchange RI- If you have any active RI with VCF BYOL, exchange them for non-VCF BYOL RI. For instance, you can [exchange your AV36P VCF BYOL RI for an AV36P](/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/exchange-and-refund-azure-reservations).
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If you're an existing Azure VMware Solution customer using Azure VMware Solution-owned licensing deployments and wish to transition to the license portability (VCF BYOL) offering, you can also easily make the switch without any changes to your Private Cloud deployments by registering your VCF entitlements with Microsoft.
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