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Create a Free Azure Account Today, Get a US$200 Credit

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zan5hin on 11/10/2016 - 15:53 azure.microsoft.com (450 clicks)
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Use your $200 credit and…
Provision up to 14 virtual machines, 40 SQL databases, or 8 TBs of storage for a month
Build web, mobile, and API apps that use Redis Cache, Search, or Content Delivery Network
Harness big data with Machine Learning, Streaming Analytics, and Hadoop
Create real-time Internet of Things (IoT) apps with monitoring and anomaly-detection

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  • Dreamonix on 11/10/2016 - 15:57
    +4

    Fairly sure google has one where on sign up you get $400 credit to use within 60 days?

  • spackbace on 11/10/2016 - 16:03
    +1

    Ah Microsoft Azure… thanks for the bluetooth headphones :)

  • fomal on 11/10/2016 - 16:03
    +2

    Or apply for bizspark sponsorship and get $750 for 36 months :D

    • maybe a bot on 11/10/2016 - 16:43

      Had it for 2 years lmao, best shit ever

  • bargaino on 11/10/2016 - 16:05

    bitcoin mining?

    • Diji1 on 11/10/2016 - 17:50
      +1

      buttcoin mining?

  • avgbowlofpho on 11/10/2016 - 16:07

    So is this to spend in the Microsoft Store?

    • bargain_finder on 11/10/2016 - 16:10
      +1

      No, on the Azure platform
      https://manage.windowsazure.com

    • McFly on 11/10/2016 - 16:11
      +4

      lol No, if you have to ask this is not for you.

      • shanty on 11/10/2016 - 16:35
        +1

        True that. But there is almost always never stupid questions. People can learn.

        • McFly on 11/10/2016 - 16:41
          +1

          I agree, I didn't say it was stupid.

  • klownz on 11/10/2016 - 16:17

    Is there any expiry on the free credit?

  • iceborg on 11/10/2016 - 16:24
    +5

    This has always been the case for Azure - not a "bargain" as such.

    You still need to provide credit card details when signing up. After 30 days, or you use up your credit, your services turn themselves off, or until you remove the spend lock on your account.

    • McFly on 11/10/2016 - 16:41

      This has always been the case for Azure

      I thought that was the case - was looking for an expiry date…

    • maybe a bot on 11/10/2016 - 16:42
      +2

      This. The $200 free deal has been out for a couple years now. Never really needed it since I have BizSpark but eh

  • kogi on 11/10/2016 - 16:54

    Is it hard to get bizspark?

    • fomal on 11/10/2016 - 17:11

      nope. just need a little bit of writing skills to show what are you going to build in azure

  • maybe a bot on 11/10/2016 - 17:17
    +1

    Not an actual deal as this trial has been around for ages now.

    https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/

  • Iwantthatbargain on 11/10/2016 - 18:39
    +1

    Can someone explain in simple language what is this for? And what all a common man like me can do with this ? Forgive my ignorance :p

    • tm001 on 11/10/2016 - 20:35
      +3

      This is a cloud environment, similar to AWS. You can build virtual machines with various roles (generic, specific servers, specific applications) or even just services (storage, SQL, etc) and you pay per use. I.e. 1 proc, 512MB RAM, 50GB HDD will cost you 3 cents per hour, while 16proc, 16GB RAM and 500GB HDD will cost you I don't know … 70 cents per hour.
      You can create as many as you want and have them running or stopped as you please. When stopped they cost nothing (you only pay for the storage).
      So $200 is enough to play and create yourselves a nice lab to test whatever you want (as part of the machine could be a Windows Server licence, or some other higher applications, unlikely to be in your garage)
      So yes, you can build a website there, but you can also run some specific applications. The advantage is that if you need a lot of power for a short time you just spin as many of the beefiest machines as you can for just an hour and it will cost you just few $$ and then you can just stop them (or destroy them) without incurring any additional cost (i.e. it is almost like renting them for a few hours only). All the machines will have 2 NICs - one for internal communication - they will be in 1 (or many) network segments - and second in the Internet.
      Obviously you can do much more - I am not a developer so be nice if I have missed something - I answered just after seeing no one else did for over an hour :-)

      • LightSaber on 12/10/2016 - 10:36

        Can one run games on it?

        • Dreamonix on 13/10/2016 - 16:06
          +1

          Why would you want to run a vm to play games via remote access?
          That would lag like shit

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