A company owns per-core software licenses. Which Amazon EC2 instance purchasing option must the company use for this license type?

The correct answer is B. Dedicated Hosts. Dedicated Hosts provide physical servers with EC2 instance capacity that is fully dedicated to your use. They allow you to use your own per-core software licenses (e.g., Windows Server or SQL Server) while meeting compliance and licensing requirements. With Dedicated Hosts, you…

Submitted by helene.fr· Mar 6, 2026Billing, Pricing, and Support

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AReserved Instances
BDedicated Hosts
CSpot Instances
DDedicated Instances

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3% (1)
B
95% (37)
C
3% (1)

Explanation

Dedicated Hosts provide physical servers with EC2 instance capacity that is fully dedicated to your use. They allow you to use your own per-core software licenses (e.g., Windows Server or SQL Server) while meeting compliance and licensing requirements. With Dedicated Hosts, you have control over the physical host, including visibility into the number of cores and sockets.

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