Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure Stack HCI

Follow these steps to activate Azure Hybrid Benefit for your Azure Stack HCI cluster via the Azure portal:

1. Use your Azure credentials to sign in to the Azure portal at this URL: https://portal.azure.cn.

2. Go to your Azure Stack HCI cluster resource page.

3. Under Settings, select Configuration.

4. Under Azure Hybrid Benefit, select the Activate link.

5. In the Activate Azure Hybrid Benefit pane on the right-hand side, confirm the designated cluster and the number of core licenses you wish to allocate, and select Activate again to confirm.

   Note

   You can't deactivate Azure Hybrid Benefit for your cluster after activation. Proceed after you have confirmed the changes.

   

6. When Azure Hybrid Benefit successfully activates for your cluster, the Azure Stack HCI host fee is waived for the cluster.

   Important

   Windows Server subscription is a way to get unlimited virtualization rights on your cluster through Azure. Now that you have Azure Hybrid Benefit enabled, you have the option of turning on Windows Server subscription at no additional cost.

7. To enable Windows Server subscription at no additional cost, under the Windows Server subscription add-on feature in the same Configuration pane, select Activate benefit.

8. In the Activate Azure Hybrid Benefit pane on the right-hand side, check the details and then select Activate to confirm. Upon activation, licenses take a few minutes to apply and set up automatic VM activation (AVMA) on the cluster.

   

1. Set up parameters from your subscription, resource group, and cluster name

   $subscription = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" # Replace with your subscription ID
   $resourceGroup = "hcicluster-rg" # Replace with your resource group name
   $clusterName = "HCICluster" # Replace with your cluster name
   
   Set-AzContext -Subscription "${subscription}"
   

2. To view Azure Hybrid Benefits status on a cluster, run the following command:

   Install-Module -Name Az.ResourceGraph
   Search-AzGraph -Query "resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters'| where name == '${clusterName}' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"
   

3. To enable Azure Hybrid Benefits, run the following command and check if Azure Hybrid Benefits got enabled using above command:

   Invoke-AzStackHciExtendClusterSoftwareAssuranceBenefit -ClusterName "${clusterName}" -ResourceGroupName "${resourceGroup}" -SoftwareAssuranceIntent "Enable"
   

1. Set up parameters from your subscription, resource group, and cluster name

   subscription="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" # Replace with your subscription ID
   resourceGroup="hcicluster-rg" # Replace with your resource group name
   clusterName="HCICluster" # Replace with your cluster name
   
   az account set --subscription "${subscription}"
   

2. To view Azure Hybrid Benefits status on a cluster, run the following command:

   az stack-hci cluster list \
   --resource-group "${resourceGroup}" \
   --query "[?name=='${clusterName}'].{Name:name, SoftwareAssurance:softwareAssuranceProperties.softwareAssuranceStatus}" \
   -o table
   

3. To enable Azure Hybrid Benefits, run the following command:

   az stack-hci cluster extend-software-assurance-benefit \
   --cluster-name "${clusterName}" \
   --resource-group "${resourceGroup}" \
   --software-assurance-intent enable
   

1. In your Azure Stack HCI cluster resource page, under Settings, select Configuration.
2. Under Azure Hybrid Benefit, the status shows as:
   • Activated - indicates Azure Hybrid Benefit is activated
   • Not activated - indicates Azure Hybrid Benefit isn't activated

You can also navigate to Cost Analysis > Cost by Resource > Cost by Resource. Expand your Azure Stack HCI resource to check that the meter is under Software Assurance.

Install-Module -Name Az.ResourceGraph
Search-AzGraph -Query "resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters'| where name == '${clusterName}' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"

az extension add --name resource-graph
az graph query -q "resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters'| where name == '${clusterName}' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"

Use PowerShell or Azure CLI to list all Azure Stack HCI clusters with Azure Hybrid Benefit in a subscription.

Install-Module -Name Az.ResourceGraph
Connect-AzAccount -Environment $EnvironmentName -Subscription $subId
Search-AzGraph -Query "Resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters' | where properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus'] == 'Enabled' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"

az extension add --name resource-graph
az graph query -q "Resources | where type == 'microsoft.azurestackhci/clusters' | where properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus'] == 'Enabled' | project id, properties['softwareAssuranceProperties']['softwareAssuranceStatus']"