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April 2025

MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS

AZURE LOCAL WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2025 This is a license agreement for Azure Local with Windows Server 2025 Datacenter as a guest operating system (herein referred to collectively as the “software”), between you and the device manufacturer or software installer that distributes the software and this agreement with your device. This agreement describes your rights and the conditions upon which you may use the software. You should review the entire agreement, including any supplemental license terms and any linked terms that apply to the software, because all of the terms are important and together constitute this agreement that applies to you. You can review linked terms by pasting the (aka.ms/) link into a browser window. The terms also apply to any updates, supplements, and Internet-based services. If you obtain updates or supplements directly from Microsoft, then Microsoft, and not the manufacturer or installer, licenses those updates or supplements to you. By accepting this agreement or using the software, you agree to all of these terms. If you do not accept and comply with these terms, you may not use the software.

1. Azure Local.

a. You may use Azure Local only (i) as installed on the device by the device manufacturer or installer; and (ii) as a host operating system to manage and service validly licensed virtual machines running validly licensed applications.

b. You may use Azure Local as long as it is registered with your valid Azure subscription (which will not result in additional charges by Microsoft) and connected to your Azure subscription over the Internet at least once every thirty (30) consecutive calendar days.

c. You may not (i) work around any mandatory registration or sign-up process or (ii) run any applications, operating system roles, and/or other workloads directly on Azure Local except for: (A) utilities and operating system roles and (B) virtualized machines running Azure Local; both (A) and (B) only as necessary to enable Azure Local to host, manage, and service validly licensed virtual machines running validly licensed applications.

d. You will receive product updates for Azure Local per section 7(b) of this agreement.

e. You may only use the Azure Local with Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Upgrade license on a device installed with Azure Stack HCI + AKS Package with Windows Server 2022, as installed on the device by the device manufacturer or installer.

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3. Windows Server 2025 Datacenter as a Guest Operating System.

a. You may use any number of instances of Windows Server 2025 Datacenter or Windows Server Azure Edition only as a guest operating system in virtual machines running on Azure Local as installed on your device.

b. Downgrade Rights. For each permitted instance, you may create, store, and use an earlier version of Windows Server Datacenter for so long as Microsoft provides support for that earlier version as set forth in (aka.ms/windowslifecycle).

i. This agreement applies to your use of the earlier versions. If the earlier version includes different components not covered in this agreement, the terms that are associated with those components in the earlier version apply to your use of them. Neither the manufacturer nor installer, nor Microsoft, is obligated to supply earlier versions to you. At any time, you may replace an earlier version with this version of Windows Server 2025 Datacenter.

ii. You are not licensed for any successor version of Windows Server 2025 Datacenter under this agreement.