How does licencing work in Azure and local

Question

Very much a newbie question.

We have a client that would like us to embed our product in a Sitecore website. They have the licence including a number of NonProd instances.

1. Can I use a non-prod licence in an Azure paas instance for staging?
2. If I setup a local instance for development does that use up one of the NonProd licences?
3. As I am not a certified developer is it possible for my client to obtain the "Packages for XP Single" to setup a local environment using SIF?

Thanks Fran

Answer 1

Fran towards your questions:

1. You can use a NonProd Sitecore licence in Azure Paas instance.
2. Your local development environment and all development servers containg Sitecore (for tests purposes or others) that are internal - can use the NonProd license.
3. As answered by Kieranties - Sitecore cant't run without a licence file. You can use NonProd Client's one or if you have a partner licence.

I hope these will help you.