Collecting platform and billing details for Microsoft licensing on AWS
Microsoft Workloads on AWS Blog
This article provides guidance on how to retrieve billing details for Microsoft workloads running on AWS, including Windows Server and SQL Server instances. It covers both manual and automated methods for collecting this information.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Prerequisites and IAM permissions needed to collect billing details
- Using AWS CLI commands to manually retrieve instance IDs, platform details (Windows/SQL Server), and billing codes (BYOL or License Included)
- Exporting the CLI output to a file for reporting purposes
- An automated solution using AWS Systems Manager to collect billing data across multiple accounts and regions
- Using AWS Systems Manager Inventory to track other installed Microsoft software licenses
- Recommendations for cleanup and further assistance on Microsoft licensing on AWS
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