Hey students—start building the future with Azure

Get a $100 credit and access to popular products like Visual Studio Code when you create your free Azure account

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Simply verify your student status through your school email address, and you're ready to go with $100 in credit.

No credit card needed

Simply verify your student status through your school email address, and you're ready to go with $100 in credit.

More than 25 free developer products

Build your skills in trending tech including data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other areas—with access to free developer products and resources.

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Drive your career

Access free learning paths and labs to take your skills to the next level.

Drive your career

Access free learning paths and labs to take your skills to the next level.

Just imagine the possibilities

Do all this and more with your student account.

Start building your apps

Develop in Visual Studio Code with your favorite language to create custom apps.

Explore AI

Cognitive Services and smart APIs enable your apps to see, hear, speak, understand, and do more.

Make the most of big data

Build and train machine learning models faster with the latest open source technologies.

Claim your Azure credit now

Explore these popular products for free in addition to your $100 credit

Linux Virtual Machines

COMPUTE

750 Hours

B1S VM

Create Linux virtual machines with on-demand capacity in seconds.

SQL Database

DATABASES

250 GB

Create a SQL Database that delivers intelligence built-in.

App Service

COMPUTE

web, mobile, or API apps

Quickly create powerful apps for any platform or device using your choice of tools including Node.js and PHP.

Functions

COMPUTE

1,000,000

requests per month

Process events with a serverless code architecture.

Microsoft IoT Hub

INTERNET OF THINGS

8,000

messages per day

Connect, monitor, and manage billions of IoT assets.

Machine Learning Studio

ANALYTICS

100

modules per experiment

Build powerful, cloud-based machine learning applications.

Windows Virtual Machines

COMPUTE

750 Hours

B1S VM

Create Windows virtual machines with on-demand capacity in seconds.

Managed Disks

STORAGE

64 GB X 2

2 P6 SDDs

Get premium, secured disk storage for Azure Virtual Machines with simplified management.

Blob Storage

STORAGE

5 GB

LRS hot block

Use massively scalable object storage for any type of unstructured data.

File Storage

STORAGE

5 GB

LRS File Storage

Migrate to simple, distributed, cross-platform file storage without changing code.

Azure Cosmos DB

DATABASES

5 GB

400 requests units

Build and scale your application with a globally distributed, multi-model database service.

Bandwidth (Data Transfer)

NETWORKING

15 GB

outbound

Transfer data inbound and outbound through our robust network of global data centers.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

CONTAINERS

Free

Deploy and manage containers using the tools you choose.

Face API

AI + MACHINE LEARNING

30,000

transactions per month

Enable natural and contextual interaction with tools that augment users' experiences.

DevTest Labs

DEVELOPER TOOLS

Free

Enable fast, easy, and lean dev-test environments.

Active Directory

IDENTITY

500,000

objects

Enable one-click sign-in to any cloud or on-premises web app for secured identity and access management.

Active Directory B2C

IDENTITY

50,000

monthly stored users

Enable customer identity and access management in the cloud.

Service Fabric

CONTAINERS

Free

Build and operate always-on, scalable, distributed apps.

Azure DevOps

DEVELOPER TOOLS

users (with unlimited private Git repos)

Build apps in any language using our DevOps service - git repos, CI/CD, build and release automation.

Security Center

SECURITY

Free

policy assessment and recommendations

Prevent, detect, and respond to threats with increased visibility and control over the security of your Azure resources.

Advisor

MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

Unlimited

Get personalized recommendations to Azure best practices.

Load Balancer

NETWORKING

Free

public load balanced IP (VIP)

Add scale, availability, and network performance to your applications instantly.

Data Factory

DATABASES

activities low frequency

Compose and manage data services at scale.

CONTAINERS

10,000

documents

Include a cloud search service in your web and mobile application.

Notification Hubs

CONTAINERS

1,000,000

push notifications

Send push notifications to any platform from any back end.

Batch

COMPUTE

Free

Scale your application in the cloud with job orchestration and scheduling for HPC applications.

Automation

MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

500 Minutes

of job runtime

Simplify cloud management with process automation.

Data Catalog

ANALYTICS

Unlimited

users

Get more value from your enterprise data assets.

Translator Text API

AI + MACHINE LEARNING

2,000,000

characters included

Easily conduct real-time speech translation with a simple REST API call.

Scheduler

MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

job collection (5 jobs per collection)

Run your jobs on simple or complex recurring schedules.

Virtual Network

NETWORKING

virtual networks

Provision private networks and connect to on-premises datacenters.

Inter-VNET data transfer

NETWORKING

Inbound only

Bandwidth (Data Transfer)

NETWORKING

5 GB

outbound

Transfer data inbound and outbound through our robust network of global data centers.

Machine Learning Service

AI + MACHINE LEARNING

Free

Workspaces

Get started with a free workspace. Only pay for the Azure resources you consume when training your models.

Get more for your career or classroom!

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Explore free online learning resources, from videos to hands-on-labs to develop skills need for your job and career.

Try our open source library of labs in your classroom, workshop, or hackathon with artificial intelligence, data science, and app development.

Explore our most popular Azure services with quickstarts, code samples, and tutorials.

What else do I need to know?

What happens once I use all of my $100 free credit?

We'll notify you via email so you can decide if you want to upgrade to a Pay-As-You-Go Azure subscription. If you do, you'll have access to all the popular products. If you don't, your subscription and products will be disabled.

Can I apply any of my $100 credit towards Azure Marketplace offers?

No, your credit can't be applied to Azure Marketplace offers. However, many Azure Marketplace partners off free trials and/or free tier plans for their solutions.

How many Azure for Students subscriptions am I allowed to sign up for?

There is a limit of one subscription per person.

How do I download my free Developer Tools?

Visit the Education Hub to download your free software once you’ve activated your Azure for Students offer.

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Additional offers for students and educators

Azure for Students Starter

Available to high school or secondary students^*
Limited to web and mobile app development scenarios
Access and download professional developer software
No credit card required

Activate Azure for Students Starter

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^*Age restrictions apply. Read the FAQ for more details.

Azure free account

Available for educators, faculty, and students
Get started with a $200 credit to spend on any Azure products
Keep going with 12 months of free access to popular products
Credit card required, but pay nothing until you choose

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