When deploying Windows Server workloads on NC2 on AWS without existing licenses, administrators must carefully choose the tenancy and licensing model to remain compliant with Microsoft ' s cloud mobility rules. For a new deployment where " Bring Your Own License " (BYOL) is not an option due to the lack of existing licenses with Software Assurance, the administrator should select Shared Tenancy with License-included instances. This configuration ensures that the cost of the Windows OS is included in the hourly rate of the bare-metal instances provisioned by AWS. Although the question ' s source Answer (A) lists " BYOL, " standard Nutanix/AWS best practices for unlicensed environments dictate using License-included options on Shared Tenancy to provide the most cost-effective and compliant path for Windows-based virtual machines in the cloud.