FAQs On Azure Free Account

1. Do I Need A Credit Card To Create An Azure Free Account?

Yes, even for a free account the Azure needs your credit card details. But, if you are creating a student account, the details won’t be necessary.

2. Do I Need To Pay To Use The Services?

No, starting is free and you won’t be charged. You also a get a USD 200 credit when you create account, with which you may try services which aren’t in the free list. After exhausting the free limit, you may move to ‘pay-as-you-go’ pricing.

3. How Long Does The Azure Free Account Last?

The duration of an Azure Free Account typically lasts for 12 months, offering you free Azure services during this period.

4. How Do I Get Services For Free?

As long as you are using the resources under the monthly limit of free resources, you won’t be charged.

5. What Services Are Available For Free?

There are around 55 services which are always free. Few services are free for only specified months (12 months for new customers), after which we need to pay to use them.

6. How Do I Cancel My Azure Free Account?

To cancel your Azure Free Account, you can log in to the Azure portal, go to your account settings, and follow the cancellation instructions provided there.

Microsoft Azure (commonly known as Azure) is a robust cloud platform by Microsoft, which is similar to Google Cloud by Google and Amazon web services(AWS) by Amazon. This platform relieves us from concerns about hardware requirements or server maintenance, as everything can be managed in the cloud. We would just need to focus on building solutions, deploying applications, etc., on Azure.

This platform gives us access to the various Microsoft tools and services with which we can host simple websites to even run complex applications. It offers more than 200 cloud services and counting which are used by developers and businesses across the world.