# Azure Paid Not Licensed **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Tags:** transcoder\ **Created:** [August 23, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/azure-paid-not-licensed/49512 "2017-08-23T05:48:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Tollison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Kevin\_Tollison](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kevin_Tollison)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/azure-paid-not-licensed/49512/1 "2017-08-23T05:48:52Z")
After shutting down the cloud VM and restarting on Azure. Wowza is showing the transcoder and DVR as not licensed. I’m wondering does the license key become invalid after its shut down or is something going wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Tollison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Kevin\_Tollison](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kevin_Tollison)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/azure-paid-not-licensed/49512/2 "2017-08-23T06:48:59Z")
Forgot to add that I’m using Windows Paid. ---
**Author:** ![Jamie\_Sherry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jamie_sherry/32/403_2.png) [@Jamie\_Sherry](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jamie_Sherry)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/azure-paid-not-licensed/49512/3 "2017-09-26T22:40:28Z")
Hi Kevin, We have confirmed the issue and created a fix that will be available in the next release, targeted for sometime in 4Q 2017. -Jamie ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Tollison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Kevin\_Tollison](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kevin_Tollison)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/azure-paid-not-licensed/49512/4 "2017-09-27T05:47:18Z")
Awesome thanks.