Pay-as-you-go

Pay-as-you-go

This offer is billed at the standard pay-as-you-go rates, except as otherwise specified herein.

You will be notified through email at least 30 days in advance of any changes to the pay-as-you-go rates. New services may be periodically added to the Azure platform. We will notify you in advance of these new services and any fees that might be charged for using them. You will only be charged if you elect to use the new services.

Any taxes which may result from receiving services at no charge are the sole responsibility of the recipient.

Free services

Whether you upgraded from an Azure free account offer or you signed up for pay as you go directly, you'll have access to monthly free amounts of popular services for 12 months from the date you created your Azure account. At the end of the 12-month period, your account will be billed at the standard pay-as-you-go rates. You'll also have access to monthly free amounts of services that remain free for as long as you have an Azure account. Microsoft reserves the right to change or discontinue any of the select free services at any time with or without notice.

The 12 months free services is available only to new customers who have not previously had an Azure account or received 12 months of free services. It is not currently available to customers who sign up directly for pay as you go in China and India.

Upgrading from Azure free account

If you upgraded from an Azure free account offer, any remaining credits will be automatically carried over, but will expire 30 days from the date you created your Azure free account.

Communication policy for Azure free account

Throughout the 12-month duration of your Azure free account, you may receive periodic email communications with best practices, training, tips and tricks and offers related to Azure. You can stop receiving communications via the unsubscribe link in the emails. Read the Privacy Statement.

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 SAR and Brazil.

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

Temporary authorisations

We may place a temporary authorisation on your credit or debit card before the billing date to secure a subsequent charge. This charge will be reversed after you're billed or the temporary authorisation is no longer needed. Check with your financial institution if you have questions about the processing of the reversal authorisation.

Cancellation policy

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

Limits, quotas and constraints

See the Azure limits, quotas, and constraints document. If you need to exceed these limits, contact customer service at any time so that we can adjust your limits appropriately.

Service-level agreements

Each Azure service has a set of robust service-level agreements (SLAs). See the SLAs for individual Azure services. SLAs are not provided for services during preview or for services that are offered free of charge.

Resource commitment

All increases in service usage are subject to the availability of these service resources. Examples of such increases include adding to the number of running compute instances or increasing the amount of storage in use. 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.

If an Azure free account is not incurring charges or is inactive for more than 90 days, we reserve the right to remove any compute resources including hosted service(s), virtual machines, and websites. We will provide notice prior to removing any compute resources. You can avoid becoming inactive by doing either of the following every 90 days:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.
2. Access your resources via our Azure APIs.

Microsoft reserves the right to modify or discontinue any free services or Azure free account at any time with or without notice.

Offer availability

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