Microsoft is planning to make two new Azure licensing options available.

A new Azure licensing benefit will allow customers to deploy Windows Server licenses with Software Assurance on Azure.

Second, the software giant will also enable customers with Windows Enterprise per user to run Windows 10 Current branch for Business on Azure.

Wes Miller from Directions on Microsoft shared these updates on Twitter saying, "Interesting licensing benefit changes ahead for Azure."

Microsoft offers various Software Assurance benefits to help you get value from licenses on-premises and in the cloud. License Mobility through Software Assurance provides you the ability to move popular Microsoft products such as SQL Server and SharePoint to Microsoft Azure, Microsoft mentioned in an FAQ page of 'Azure for Microsoft Software'.

"To take advantage of this benefit, you can procure an Azure virtual machine without Windows Server and upload your own customized virtual machine image, including your own installed Windows Server license, to run on Azure," Microsoft explained.

Microsoft also plans to introduce a programme to allow other cloud vendors to participate in this benefit. "We will have more details shortly."