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Build in the cloud with Azure for Students for free</h1> "> Build in the cloud with Azure for Students for free

Use your school email to sign up and renew yearly while you’re a student.

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OVERVIEW

Discover what you can create with Azure</h2> "> Discover what you can create with Azure

Accelerate learning with Azure tools</h3> ">

Accelerate learning with Azure tools

Gain access to industry-leading technology like Azure OpenAI along with extensive resources curated for student developers to accelerate your learning.

Apply AI and cloud skills in real-world projects</h3> ">

Apply AI and cloud skills in real-world projects

Engage in interactive exploration and immediate, real-world application development, data science, and cloud computing—at any level.

No credit card required</h3> ">

No credit card required

Renew your subscription annually and continue to get free access to Azure as long as you're a student.

ACCOUNT TYPES

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Try Azure for Students or Azure for Students Starter—no credit card required.

Azure for Students

Available only to full-time university students*
No credit card required
Free monthly amounts of 20+ popular services for 12 months (new Azure customers only)
Free monthly amounts of 65+ always-free services
Access to full catalog of services up to free amounts and $100 credit
Gain access to industry-leading technology like Azure OpenAI along with extensive resources curated for student developers to accelerate your learning
Engage in interactive exploration and immediate real-world application in development, data science, and cloud computing – at any level
Renew your subscription annually and continue to get free access to Azure as long as you're a student

$ 100 credit</h3> ">
$ 100 credit

to use on Azure services within 12 months

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Azure for Startups

Available only to new Azure customers
$1,000 in Azure credits instantly—no application required
Unlock up to $5,000 in total credits with business verification
Credits valid for 90 days (initial) and 180 days (post-verification)
Access to full Azure catalog up to credit limits
Spending protection—credit card required only for identity verification and services beyond credit*
No upfront commitment—cancel anytime. Move to pay-as-you-go pricing after credits expire or are fully used

Up to $5,000 in Azure credits</h3> ">
Up to $5,000 in Azure credits

$1,000 available immediately, plus up to $4,000 more after verification

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FREE SERVICES

Create more with access to free products</h2> "> Create more with access to free products

Build and create with a host of free products, up to the specified monthly amounts. Some are always free to all Azure customers, and some are free for 12 months to new customers only.

Popular services AI and machine learning Hybrid and multicloud Compute Containers Databases IoT Management and governance

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Azure DevOps

5 users with unlimited private Git repos

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Azure Speech in Foundry Tools

0.5 million neural characters per month

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12 months

Azure Container Registry

1 Standard tier registry with 100 GB storage and 10 webhooks

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12 months

Azure Virtual Machines for Linux or Windows

750 hours each of B1s, B2pts v2 (Arm-based), and B2ats v2 (AMD-based) burstable VMs

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Azure Data Catalog

Unlimited users

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Azure Data Factory

5 low-frequency activities

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Azure SQL Database

100,000 vCore seconds of SQL database serverless usage per month with 32 GB of storage

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Azure Document Intelligence in Foundry Tools

500 pages S0 tier

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Azure Document Intelligence in Foundry Tools

500 pages S0 tier

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AI Search

50 MB storage for 10,000 hosted documents and 3 indexes per service

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Azure Machine Learning

Free

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12 months

Azure Vision in Foundry Tools

5,000 transactions each for S1, S2, and S3 tiers

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AI Bot Service

10,000 premium channel messages and unlimited standard channel messages

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Azure Translator in Foundry Tools

2 million characters free tier

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Content Safety in Foundry Control Plane

5,000 text records or 5,000 images of the free tier

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Azure Speech in Foundry Tools

0.5 million neural characters per month

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Azure DevOps

5 users with unlimited private Git repos

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Azure SQL Database

100,000 vCore seconds of SQL database serverless usage per month with 32 GB of storage

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Azure Monitor

See Azure Monitor pricing details for free amounts per feature

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Azure Arc

Free control plane functionality for outside resources and search/indexing for Arc-enabled resources

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12 months

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

750 hours of Flexible Server: Burstable B1MS Instance, 32 GB storage, and 32 GB backup storage

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IoT Edge

Free, open-source edge runtime

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12 months

Azure Virtual Machines for Linux or Windows

750 hours each of B1s, B2pts v2 (ARM-based), and B2ats v2 (AMD-based) burstable VMs

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App Service

Up to 10 web or API apps with 1 GB storage and 1 hour per day

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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

AKS cluster management is free. You’ll still incur charges for resources consumed by nodes

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Azure Functions

1 million requests

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Azure Container Apps

180,000 vCPU seconds, 360,000 GiB seconds, and 2 million requests

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Static Web Apps

100 GB bandwidth per subscription, 2 custom domains, and 0.5 GB storage per app

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Batch

Free

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12 months

Azure Container Registry

1 Standard tier registry with 100 GB storage and 10 webhooks

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Azure App Service

Up to 10 web or API apps with 1 GB storage and 1 hour per day

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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

AKS cluster management is free. You’ll incur charges for resources consumed by nodes

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Azure Functions

1 million requests

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Azure Container Apps

180,000 vCPU seconds, 360,000 GiB seconds, and 2 million requests

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Azure Data Factory

5 low-frequency activities

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Azure SQL Database

100,000 vCore seconds of SQL database serverless usage per month with 32 GB of storage

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Azure Cosmos DB

1,000 request units per second provisioned throughput with 25 GB storage

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12 months

Azure SQL Managed Instance

720 vCore hours of 4-vCore or 8-vCore General Purpose instance – includes 64GB data storage and 64GB backup storage

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Azure DocumentDB

A dedicated MongoDB cluster with 32 GB storage

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12 months

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

750 hours of Flexible Server—Burstable B1MS Instance, 32 GB storage, and 32 GB backup storage

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12 months

Azure Database for MySQL

750 hours of Flexible Server: Burstable B1MS Instance, 32 GB storage, and 32GB backup storage

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Database Migration Service

Free Standard Compute

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Azure Machine Learning

Free

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API Management

1 million monthly calls free with Consumption tier

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Azure Functions

1 million requests

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Azure Cosmos DB

1,000 request units per second provisioned throughput with 25 GB storage

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Azure Maps

1,000 to 5,000 transactions for specific mapping and location insights features

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IoT Hub

8,000 messages per day and 0.5 KB message meter size

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Azure Logic Apps

4,000 built-in actions with the Consumption plan

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Notification Hubs

1 million push notifications with free namespace

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Azure Monitor

See Azure Monitor pricing details for free amounts per feature

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Azure Migrate

Free

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Cloud Shell

5 GB free storage in Azure Files for 12 months

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Azure Automation

500 minutes of job runtime

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Microsoft Cost Management

Free

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Azure Advisor

Unlimited

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Azure Lighthouse

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Azure Resource Manager

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AI products

Everything you need to build high-quality generative AI at scale</h2> "> Everything you need to build high-quality generative AI at scale

Use your Azure student account to access powerful AI tools for free and start building today.

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Azure OpenAI

Bring reasoning and multimodal versatility to your generative AI experiences with secure, scalable access to the latest OpenAI models, including the o1 and GPT-4 series.

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Microsoft Foundry

Develop and deploy generative AI apps and APIs responsibly with a comprehensive platform.

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Azure AI Search

Easily find the information you need when you need it with a state-of-the art retrieval system that uncovers hidden patterns with unparalleled precision.

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Content Safety in Foundry Control Plane

Maintain a more secure digital presence with safeguards that automatically help mitigate harmful content, protect users, and enhance trust.

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Phi open models

Get powerful small language models (SLMs) with groundbreaking performance at low cost and low latency.

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Foundry models

Experiment with and deploy more than 1,700 foundation models from creators such as Microsoft, OpenAI, Hugging Face, Meta, and Cohere.

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Resources

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Fundamental AI Concepts

Understand what all the artificial intelligence buzz is about with a module that introduces you to the world of AI.

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Get started with Foundry Tools

Learn how to provision, secure, monitor, and deploy Foundry Tools resources and use them to build intelligent solutions.

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Develop generative AI apps in Microsoft Foundry

Understand how to select, deploy, and test various language models, and to improve performance.

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Host a web app with Azure App Service

Learn how to build and host a web app. Use the programming language of your choice with no need to manage infrastructure.

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Azure Data Fundamentals: Explore relational data

Learn how to manage relational databases, enabling you to build new applications or migrate existing ones to the cloud.

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Deploy cloud-native apps using Azure Container Apps

Develop the skills necessary to configure a secure deployment solution for cloud-native apps. Learn how to build, deploy, scale, and manage containerized cloud-native apps.

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FAQ

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What happens once I use my $100 free credit?

We'll send you an email so you can decide if you want to move to pay as you go. If you do, you'll keep getting free monthly amounts of popular services. If you don't, your subscription and products will be disabled.

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Can I apply my $100 credit toward Azure Marketplace offers?

No, you can't use your credit for Azure Marketplace offers. However, many Azure Marketplace partners offer free trials of their solutions.

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

There is a limit of one account per person.

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How do I get my free developer tools?

After you create your Azure for Students account, download the tools from the Azure Education Hub.

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How do I activate and use my Azure student account?

Through the Azure Dev Tools for Teaching program, students who have a current and active Azure for Students subscription can download certain software developer tools for free. Azure for Students provides access to all Azure products expressly for the support of education or teaching, non-commercial research, or efforts to design, develop, test, and demonstrate software applications for these purposes. Students download the tools from the Azure Education Hub.

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What does Azure for Students include?

These Microsoft products are included: Agents for Visual Studio

Azure DevOps Server

R Client

R Server

Remote Tools for Visual Studio

Skype for Business Server

SQL Server Developer

SQL Server Mobile Report Publisher

SQL Server Standard

System Center

Visio Professional

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Community

Visual Studio for Mac

Windows Server

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How much is Azure for Students?

Free (no credit card required) with a $100 credit, which can be used within 12 months on most Azure products.

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Can I learn Azure on my own?

Take advantage of Microsoft Learn. Microsoft Learn training is a free online learning platform that helps you learn Azure technologies at your own pace. Learning paths contain modules that start with the basics and then move to advanced methods that address real-world challenges.

Other account options

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Not a student? Choose the Azure account that’s right for you

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