Start Cloud Learning Free with Microsoft Azure for Students

Get started on cloud development with $100 in Azure credit—no credit card required—and access to free tier services for 12 months, renewable each academic year.

Offer Highlights

Benefit	Details
$100 Azure Credit	Valid for 12 months; renewable annually while you’re a student.
No Credit Card Required	Sign up using your university or school email only.
Always Free Services	55+ services (e.g., 10 free web apps, 1 M Function executions, 100 K Cosmos DB RU/s).
12-Month Free Services	750 VM hours (Windows/Linux B1s, B2pts v2, B2ats v2), 5 GB Blob Storage, Azure SQL, and more.
Student Tools & Learning Paths	Free Azure Education Hub tools; guided labs for AI, VMs, web hosting, and cloud fundamentals.

Eligibility & Renewal

• Must use a valid university or school email (K–12 may use Starter plan instead).
• One account per person.
• Renew annually by re-verifying your student status.

How to Sign Up

1. Visit the Azure for Students Page
   Navigate to azure.microsoft.com/free/students and click Start free.
2. Sign In with School Email
   Authenticate using your institution-issued email.
3. No Credit Card
   Complete verification; Microsoft provisions $100 credit automatically.
4. Explore Education Hub
   Download developer tools and access free learning paths.

Free Tier Services Overview

12-Month Free (New Students)

• 750 hours/month of burstable VMs (B1s, B2pts v2 ARM, B2ats v2 AMD).
• 5 GB Blob Storage LRS with 20 K read & 10 K write ops.
• Azure SQL Database: up to 10 databases, 100 K vCore secs, 32 GB each.

Always Free

• App Service: 10 web/mobile/API apps with 1 GB storage, 1 hour/day.
• Functions: 1 million executions/month.
• Cosmos DB: 100 K RU/s throughput, 25 GB storage.
• Event Grid: 100 K operations/month.
• Plus 50+ more services free each month.

Getting Started Examples

• Web Apps: Deploy a React or Flask app using App Service and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• AI Services: Integrate Computer Vision and Language Understanding with Azure Cognitive Services.
• Big Data & ML: Train a model on Azure ML Studio; store datasets in Azure Data Lake Storage.
• Virtual Machines: Spin up Linux or Windows VMs for development environments.

FAQs

• What if I exhaust my $100 credit?
  You’ll receive an email; upgrade to Pay-As-You-Go to keep using free monthly allowances or wait until next renewal.
• Can credit be used for Marketplace offers?
  No, Marketplace offers aren’t covered by student credit.
• How many student accounts?
  Restricted to one per person.

Empower your cloud journey—create your Azure for Students account and start building without barriers!

Unlock Your Student Offer: Click Here