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Azure Pass Sponsorship

This restricted offer provides entitled customers with monetary credits to access Microsoft Azure at no charge.

Special Pricing

The pricing for your Microsoft Azure usage under this offer will be 100% off standard published Pay-As-You-Go rates for the term specified below.

Term & Conversion to Paid Account

Unless prohibited by applicable law or otherwise specified in writing, the special pricing will terminate and your subscription(s) under the Microsoft Azure Pass Sponsorship offer will not be converted automatically to the Pay-As-You-Go offer if you have a payment instrument associated with the subscription and upon the earlier occurrence of (1) when your total cumulative usage reaches your Usage Cap (as specified in your invitation e-mail) at standard Pay-As-You-Go rates prior to application of any discount or (2) when you reach your End Date (as specified in your invitation e-mail). Your special pricing will also terminate if your Account ID (as specified in your invitation e-mail) is associated with an applicable Enterprise Agreement enrollment, in which case you will be subject to the pricing and terms of your Enterprise Agreement. You will be responsible for all usage charges after the special pricing expires.

To add a payment instrument you can follow the steps here.

Exclusions

Special pricing does not apply to Microsoft Azure support plans, third-party branded products, products sold through Microsoft Azure Marketplace, or products otherwise sold separately from Microsoft Azure (for example, Active Directory Premium). You will be responsible for all charges incurred for these services and products.

The Azure Pass Sponsorship offer can't be combined with other licensing, prepaid, or credit offers (i.e Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, Cloud Solution Partner, Azure in Open, Azure Pass, Action Pack, etc.).

Additional Terms

You will not facilitate, engage in, or participate in any use of Azure services, for crypto currency mining, denial of service attacks, spamming, or illegal activity, and/or any use that could cause harm to Microsoft or others, and Microsoft will enforce strong internal controls to prevent the same. Microsoft may from time to time contact you regarding your use of your Azure services and you will upon such request provide reasonable documentation regarding your use. If Microsoft believes for any reason that such Azure services are being used for any prohibited purpose, Microsoft may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate your access to the Azure services with no notice.

Payment Options

All you need is a phone number, a credit card or a debit card (non-prepaid), and a Microsoft account or a GitHub account. Only credit cards are accepted in Hong Kong and Brazil.

More details on pricing and billing can be found on the Azure pricing page.

Cancellation policy

You may cancel at any time. Payment is required for any outstanding fees incurred.

Offer availability

This offer is available to customers located in the following countries/regions and will be billed in the currency noted:

organization-wide support plan
Country/Region Billing currency

Afghanistan

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Albania

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Algeria

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Angola

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Argentina

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Armenia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Australia

Australia – Dollar ($) AUD

Austria

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Azerbaijan

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Bahamas

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Bahrain

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Bangladesh

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Barbados

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Belgium

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Belize

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Bermuda

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Bolivia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Bosnia and Herzegovina

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Botswana

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Brazil

Brazil – Real (R$) BRL

Brunei Darussalam

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Bulgaria

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Republic of Cabo Verde

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Cameroon

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Canada

Canada – Dollar ($) CAD

Cayman Islands

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Chile

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Colombia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Republic of the Congo

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Costa Rica

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Côte d'Ivoire

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Croatia

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Curaçao

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Cyprus

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Czech Republic

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Denmark

Denmark – Krone (kr) DKK

Dominican Republic

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Ecuador

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Egypt

United States – Dollar ($) USD

El Salvador

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Estonia

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Ethiopia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Faroe Islands

Denmark – Krone (kr) DKK

Fiji

Australia – Dollar ($) AUD

Finland

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

France

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Georgia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Germany

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Ghana

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Greece

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Guatemala

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Honduras

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Hong Kong

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Hungary

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Iceland

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

India

India – Rupee (₹) INR

Indonesia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Iraq

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Ireland

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Israel

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Italy

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Jamaica

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Japan

Japan – Yen (¥) JPY

Jordan

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Kazakhstan

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Kenya

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Korea

Korea – Won (₩) KRW

Kuwait

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Kyrgyzstan

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Latvia

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

organization-wide support plan
Country/Region Billing currency

Lebanon

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Libya

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Liechtenstein

Switzerland – Franc (chf) CHF

Lithuania

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Luxembourg

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Macao

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Macedonia (FYRO)

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Malaysia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Malta

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Mauritius

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Mexico

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Moldova

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Monaco

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Mongolia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Montenegro

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Morocco

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Namibia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Nepal

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Netherlands

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

New Zealand

New Zealand – Dollar ($) NZD

Nicaragua

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Nigeria

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Norway

Norway – Krone (kr) NOK

Oman

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Pakistan

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Palestinian Authority

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Panama

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Paraguay

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Peru

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Philippines

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Poland

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Portugal

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Puerto Rico

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Qatar

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Romania

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Rwanda

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Saint Kitts and Nevis

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Saudi Arabia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Senegal

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Serbia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Singapore

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Slovakia

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Slovenia

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

South Africa

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Spain

Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR

Sri Lanka

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Sweden

Sweden – Krona (kr) SEK

Switzerland

Switzerland – Franc (chf) CHF

Taiwan

Taiwan – Dollar (NT$) TWD

Tajikistan

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Tanzania

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Thailand

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Trinidad and Tobago

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Tunisia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Turkey

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Turkmenistan

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Uganda

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Ukraine

United States – Dollar ($) USD

United Arab Emirates

United States – Dollar ($) USD

United Kingdom

United Kingdom – Pound (£) GBP

United States

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Uruguay

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Uzbekistan

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Venezuela

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Vietnam

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Virgin Islands of the United States

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Yemen

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Zambia

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Zimbabwe

United States – Dollar ($) USD

Limits, Quotas and Constraints

Please refer to this document for a list of common Microsoft Azure limits, quotas and constraints.

The following monthly usage quotas are applied. If you need more than these limits, please contact customer service at any time so that we can understand your needs and adjust these limits appropriately.

Service-level agreements

We offer a set of robust service level agreements for each of the Azure platform services. More details on each of our SLAs can be found on our SLA page. Service level agreements are not provided for services during preview.

Resource Commitment

All increases in usage levels of service resources (e.g. adding to the number of compute instances running, or increasing the amount of storage in use) are subject to the availability of these service resources. Any quota described in the Limits, Quotas and Constraints section is not a commitment that there will be sufficient resources available for you to reach the quota.

For any subscriptions of this offer that are not incurring charges and are inactive for more than 90 days, we reserve the right to remove any compute resources including hosted service(s), virtual machines and websites. Please note that no data would be deleted and customers can redeploy at any time. We will also provide advance notice prior to removing any compute resources.

You can also avoid having your compute resources removed by doing either of the following every 90 days:

  1. Log into either the Azure portal or the new Microsoft Azure portal
  2. Access your resources via our Azure APIs

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • The steps to redeem the Azure Pass promo code can be found at https://www.microsoftazurepass.com/Home/HowTo

  • No worries, Azure Pass account can only be used as “Microsoft Accounts.” During login you might have been asked to select “Microsoft Account” or “Organizational Account” make sure to select the appropriate account otherwise it will appear as the subscription will not be available. In case you didn’t select any option log-out and log-in under the appropriate account. The browser will often default to “Organizational Account” once it is selected, so you may need to reset your browser cache.

  • Azure Pass program have included Azure service plan for the duration of the pass. You can open support ticket to Azure support to get help on technical issues or questions.

  • Extensions are at the discretion of your Microsoft Sponsor. Please reach out to your Microsoft contact for these types of requests.

  • Once an Azure subscription has become disabled, Microsoft will retain the data on that subscription for 90 days. At any point you can create a support case through the https://portal.azure.com to re-enable that subscription and the services will still be available.

  • No, Azure Pass subscriptions do not support account ownership transfer.

  • Free Trial subscription cannot be converted to Azure Pass, instead the Free Trial subscription should either be converted/upgraded to Pay-As-You-Go or the Free Trial subscription should be cancelled before activating the Azure Pass subscription.

  • Each account is limited to one concurrent Azure Pass. If you obtain a 2nd Azure Pass promo code, you will need to redeem that promo code after the current offer has ended or with a new account.

  • The EA admin will need to add the account owner email address of the Pass subscription to the EA. Once this is done an invitation must be accepted and then the subscription will be converted to EA.

    Note: Pass credits, if any, remaining before transfer will be lost, make sure you either consume the credits or use another account.

  • No, but you may enter a credit card to keep using your Azure services on a pay-as-you-go basis.

  • No, you don’t need to use a credit card to redeem your pass and activate your Microsoft Azure account. We only require the promotion code that is associated with your Microsoft Azure Academic Pass to redeem your pass, and your Microsoft account to log in. You can provide a credit card to pay for usage above the USD$100/month limit or pay for third-party add-ins in the Azure Store.

  • If you add a credit card, and your subscription is active at the end of the Azure Pass offer it will convert to a Pay-As-You-Go subscription. You will only be charged for usage on the subscription once it's been converted to Pay-As-You-Go.

  • Your data and services are stored for 90 days. After 90 days your information will be removed.

  • You can enter a credit card. If you have a credit card on file and your subscription is active it will be converted to Pay-As-You-Go at the end of the Azure Pass offer.

  • No, a Microsoft Account (LiveID) or Organizational Account (Org ID) can only redeem 1 Azure Pass code.

  • Prior to the expiration date you will have the opportunity to migrate your data to a paid Microsoft Azure subscription. You have 90 days after expiration before your data is removed. If you are planning to convert to a paid subscription it is recommend you do this prior to expiration, reactivating accounts will require opening a support ticket. If you choose to not migrate your Microsoft Azure account to a paid account, please be sure to copy your data.

  • Since the Microsoft Azure Passes are free and we do not collect any payment for the usage, our standard SLA terms do not apply.

  • You need to contact support and while activating/migrating your subscription to PAYG support might need your non-expiry credit card details please have them handy for faster turnaround.

  • Yes, Azure Pass provides access to the global instance of Azure and its data centers except in regions where you need local presence e.g., India or Australia.