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This restricted offer provides entitled customers with monetary credits to access Microsoft Azure at no charge.
Flexibility with Azure Credits
You receive Microsoft Azure monetary credits as entitled customers. The amount of monetary credits provided to you monthly and the duration of the offer is identified at time of offer activation. The choice is yours on how you use your Microsoft Azure credits. Use them on any Microsoft Azure service based on your needs including, Virtual Machines, Websites, Cloud Services, Mobile Services, Storage, SQL Database, HDInsight, Media Services, and many more.
Use up to your monthly Microsoft Azure credits at no charge. If you exceed your monthly credits, your service will be disabled for that month. You can choose to turn off your Spending Limit, and any usage each month in excess of the monthly credits will be charged at the Pay-As-You-Go rates. Read more about the Spending Limit feature. Accounts that did not have an Azure subscription, including free trial, prior to July 14, 2014 will convert the Azure Pass subscription to a Pay-As-You-Go subscription at the end of the offer period if the spending limit is removed indefinitely at least 5 days prior to expiration.
Any unused monthly credits cannot be carried over to subsequent months and cannot be transferred to other Azure subscriptions. Any taxes which may result from receiving services at no charge are the sole responsibility of the recipient. You will be notified at least 30 days in advance of any changes to the rates.
Exclusions
Azure Credits may not be used to purchase Azure support plans, third-party branded products, or products otherwise sold separately from Azure (for example, Microsoft Entra ID Premium).
AzureU Program
Microsoft Azure credits provided to an accredited university, college, community college, etc. (“accredited educational institutions”) in connection with the AzureU program are provided solely to support student coursework, academic research or student projects associated with such coursework or research, and not for the personal use or benefit of any individual educator. Credits must be used in accordance with applicable laws and regulations regarding gratuitous services to accredited educational institutions, including the gifting policies of the institution. Use must be discontinued if there is a conflict or inconsistency with those laws, regulations or policies. Recipients should discuss the Azure credits with their institution’s ethics officer in advance to ensure compliance with the institutions gifting policies. Microsoft waives any and all entitlement to compensation from the accredited educational institution for the Azure credits provided in connection with the AzureU program.
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:
Country/Region | Billing currency |
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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 |
China | China – Yuan (CN¥) CNY |
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 ($) USD |
Country/Region | Billing currency |
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Latvia | Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR |
Lebanon | United States – Dollar ($) USD |
Libya | United States – Dollar ($) USD |
Liechtenstein | Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR |
Lithuania | Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR |
Luxembourg | Euro Zone – Euro (€) EUR |
Macao | United States – Dollar ($) 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
Offer limited to one free trial per new Azure customer.
This restricted offer provides entitled customers with monetary credits to access Microsoft Azure at no charge. Azure Credits may not be used to purchase Azure support plans, Visual Studio Team services, third-party branded products, products sold through Marketplace, or products otherwise sold separately from Azure. Not for resale. 1 code per person/account.
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:
- Log into the Azure portal.
- Access your resources via our Azure APIs.
Frequently asked questions
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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.
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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 Azure portal to re-enable that subscription and the services will still be available.
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No, Azure Pass credits do not support account ownership transfer.
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You will receive USD25 credit every month until the pass expires. Azure will use the USD25 credit amount first, any usage over USD25 will be charged to the credit card on file. In case you did not remove the spending cap, you will have to manually authorize payment to charge for usage above the USD25 limit.
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You can enter a credit card and convert to a Pay-As-You-Go account.
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You will not be able to make any changes to your services for the rest of the billing period. Any services you created will still be present, but they will not be active. If this is the last month of your Azure Pass, then at the end of the month, the account will be deactivated unless you convert to a paid account.
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If you provide a credit card and grant permission to charge, then you will be able to utilize your services seamlessly, any usage over USD25/monthly credit will be charged to the credit card.
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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.
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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.