Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform. In Azure, we can develop the program or product, test and deploy it easily using their wide range of solutions. Azure also provides the services by means of monitoring and managing these developed applications in terms of resources usage, application performances, logging about network traffic etc. These solutions are widely classified into three categories :
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
I have office outlook account which is obviously paid by my organization to access azure services so I will not use that account and the services. I will create new account for development and sharing knowledge purpose.
So what do we get when we sign up Azure Portal? The free subscription of azure portal comes with below benefits:
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| Azure Portal Screenshot, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
Click on the link below and you would see the page as shown below
https://azure.microsoft.com/free
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| Azure Portal Screenshot, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
So lets create a new one, click on Create one as boxed below in green
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| Sign Up Page, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
Now type your new email id
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| Account Creation, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
Enter password and if you don’t like to receive information's, tips, offer. please uncheck. I am going to uncheck it as I read tech updates anyway .
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| Account Creation, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
Please add characters below as displayed, sorry I likes the paint brush so much that I did paint on the captcha too , never mind :-)
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| Account Creation, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
Congratulations, your email id is created.
Now we have to give your details to access azure portal for free.Here looks the page where you need to give details to complete accessing to azure portal.
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| Add Details, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
-Section 1 : Your profile section needs your first name, last name, phone and organization details. PAN number(like SSN number) is optional ,isn't it amazing :-) :-) .
-Section 2 : Needs verification sms or call sent to your phone and once verified, go to section 3.
-Section 3 : Needs credit card details, They will charge minimal amount Rs 2 and give it back to verify the card details are genuine. Microsoft wont charge you automatically unless you would click on upgrade account or select "pay as you go " account.
And After entering credit card details and click on Next would take you to your Credit Card service provider website where you need o confirm deduction of Rs 2.
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| Verification Step, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
And there the last step comes ;-) . I honestly felt these steps are easy. Please read and check the agreement and sign up.
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| Agreement-The final step, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
Azure portal is now up and available up for you.
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| Azure Portal View after Sign-Up, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
As I said in introduction, I have got free subscription of Rs 13,300 for 1 month whichever gets exhausted earlier either the free credits based on the resource I create or the 30 days .
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| Notification, Image credit: Microsoft Azure |
If you want to use the same resources after 1 month or exhaustion of 13,300 credits, then you need to pay and upgrade your account to "pay as you go" .
In the next two months, I would check and explore the resources free for next 11 months as mentioned and would love to check the development options available to explore for free.
I would update post exhaustion of my free credits which resources I can still use it effectively for free and development purpose.