How does a customer that has deployed a VM-Series NGFW on Microsoft Azure using a BYOL license change to a PAYG license structure?

Question

Options

• Apurchase a new PAYG license from a reseller
• Bgo to Palo Alto Networks Support website to change the BYOL license to a PAYG license
• Cpurchase a new PAYG license for Microsoft Azure from Palo Alto Networks
• Dlaunch a new VM using the PAYG image

• B
  3% (2)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  95% (57)

Explanation

Option D is correct because BYOL and PAYG are fundamentally different VM images in the Azure Marketplace - PAYG billing is handled through Azure's metered billing engine, which is baked into the image itself, not a license key you can swap. You cannot convert a running BYOL instance in-place; you must deploy a fresh VM from the PAYG marketplace image.

Why the distractors fail:

• A is wrong because there is no standalone "PAYG license" to purchase from a reseller - PAYG pricing is embedded in the Azure Marketplace image and billed through Azure directly.
• B is wrong because Palo Alto Networks Support has no mechanism to flip a deployed BYOL VM to PAYG billing; that relationship is between the image type and Azure's billing system.
• C is wrong for the same reason as A - PAYG isn't a product you purchase from Palo Alto Networks; it's a consumption model tied to the Azure Marketplace listing.

Memory tip: Think of BYOL vs. PAYG as two different vehicles, not two different fuel cards. Switching models means getting a new vehicle (launching a new VM image), not just changing how you pay for the one you're already driving.

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