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Back up and protect data in the cloud with an Azure free account

Get started with Azure Backup and 12 months of free cloud services

Popular services free for 12 months

55+ other services free always

Here's just some of what you can do with Azure

Eliminate unnecessary costs

Back up Azure Virtual Machines, SQL workloads, and on-premises VMware machines without additional infrastructure costs.

Simplify data recovery

Restore data with application consistency using Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot for Windows and fsfreeze for Linux.

Protect against ransomware and human error

Encrypt data and keep it for extended periods, even after legitimate deletion, through multifactor authentication.

Take advantage of free products

These products are free up to the specified monthly amounts. Some are always free to all Azure customers, and some are free for 12 months to new customers only.

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Try Azure free—then only pay for what you use

After your USD200 credit, only pay for what you use beyond the free amounts of services. With pay as you go, there’s no fee to maintain your Azure free account, and no upfront commitment. Cancel anytime.

Join the Azure community and get your questions answered live

Get started with confidence by joining the weekly Azure Live Q&A session led by Azure experts. Learn how to get free services, architect solutions, manage resources, deploy apps and databases, and save money.

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Ready? Here’s a review of how it works

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Start free. Get USD200 credit to use in 30 days. While you have your credit, get free amounts of popular services and 55+ other services.
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After your credit, move to pay as you go to keep getting popular services and 55+ other services. Only pay if you use more than the free monthly amounts.

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After 12 months, you'll continue getting 55+ services free always—and still only pay for what you use beyond the free monthly amounts.