This guide provides some information about Windows licenses for Infomaniak Public Cloud.

Windows License Information

As a Microsoft Partner, Infomaniak provides and automatically bills for Microsoft licenses for the following operating systems:

• Windows Server 2019 standard and datacenter
• Windows Server 2022 Standard and Datacenter
• Windows Server 2025 Standard and Datacenter

Billing is based on the number of vCPUs of the instance.

The license belongs to Infomaniak and is not the property of the customer. It becomes active when the customer uses one of these versions of Windows Server and expires when the instance is deleted.

No license fees are charged when the instance is paused or stopped.

Microsoft Partner

• As a Microsoft partner, Infomaniak provides pre-activated images on the Public Cloud, via Horizon or the Openstack CLI.
  • If activation fails, please refer to this other guide for more information.
• As a Microsoft partner, Infomaniak does not allow the use of a customer's personal license (Bring Your Own Licence); in the event of using their own license, Infomaniak provides and automatically bills for the licenses provided by Infomaniak.
  • The customer can then activate their OS via the activation procedure.
• As a Microsoft partner, the non-use of licenses (i.e., using an 180-day Evaluation version) is also not permitted.
  • These versions are intended for testing in an internal environment.
  • In the case of using an evaluation version, Infomaniak provides and automatically bills for the licenses provided by Infomaniak.
  • The customer can then activate their OS via the procedure for converting an evaluation version into a normal, activated version.
• If you are using Microsoft software within Windows Server that requires a License Mobility, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Sharepoint Server, or Microsoft Exchange Server, you must provide the Software Assurance document via the Infomaniak contact form.