Licensing

When migrating server instances to Google Cloud it can be required to change licensing for the sofware that is running within the instance. This can be to use pay-as-you-go (PAYG) licensing for products such as SQL Server or adding additional support packages for Linux derivatives.

When deploying a VM running certain operating systems such as Windows Server, a license is added to the boot disk of that instance. This license is used for billing PAYG licensing.