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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: 11/10/2022
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ms.date: 11/11/2022
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ms.author: helohr
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# Apply Windows license to session host virtual machines
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Customers who are properly licensed to run Azure Virtual Desktop workloads are eligible to apply a Windows license to their session host virtual machines and run them without paying for another license. For more information, see [Azure Virtual Desktop pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/virtual-desktop/).
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## Ways to use your Azure Virtual Desktop license
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## Ways to apply an Azure Virtual Desktop license
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Azure Virtual Desktop licensing allows you to apply a license to any Windows or Windows Server virtual machine (VM) that's registered as a session host in a host pool and receives user connections. This license doesn't apply to virtual machines running as file share servers, domain controllers, and so on.
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These are the ways you can apply a Azure Virtual Desktop license to your VMs:
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- You can create a host pool and its session host virtual machines [in the Azure portal](./create-host-pools-azure-marketplace.md). Creating VMs in the Azure portal automatically applies the license.
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>[!NOTE]
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>If you create a VM using the Azure Virtual desktop host pool creation process, your VM will automatically have the Windows_Client license type and be visible in the **Configuration - Licensing** menu.
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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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## Requirements for deploying Windows Server Remote Desktop Services
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If you deploy Windows Server as Azure Virtual Desktop hosts in your deployment, a Remote Desktop Services license server must be accessible from those virtual machines. The Remote Desktop Services license server can be located on-premises or in Azure. For more information, see [Activate the Remote Desktop Services license server](/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-activate-license-server).
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## Known limitations
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If you create a Windows Server VM using the Azure Virtual Desktop host pool creation process, the process might automatically assign it an incorrect license type. To change the license type using PowerShell, follow the instructions in [Convert an existing VM using Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server](../virtual-machines/windows/hybrid-use-benefit-licensing.md#powershell-1).

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