You are currently managing workloads running on Windows Server for which your company owns the licenses. Your workloads are only needed during working hours, which allows you to shut down the instance

Question

Options

• ARenew your licenses for an additional period of 3 years. Renew your licenses for an additional
• BRenew your licenses for an additional period of 2 years. Negotiate a cost reduction by committing
• CMigrate the workloads to Compute Engine with a bring-your-own-license (BYOL) model
• DMigrate the workloads to Compute Engine with a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) model

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  11% (5)
• D
  83% (38)

Explanation

Since the workloads are only needed during working hours and are shut down on weekends, the organization only pays for actual compute usage. With the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) model on Compute Engine, Windows Server licensing is included in the per-second billing, meaning no cost is incurred when instances are stopped. Renewing existing licenses (Options A and B) locks the organization into fixed costs regardless of usage, and they still pay for idle time. Option C (BYOL) requires purchasing and managing separate licenses upfront-fine if usage is constant, but not optimal when instances run only part-time. PAYG aligns cost directly to actual runtime, making it the most economical choice.

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