Free Visual Studio Dev Essentials Software and Learning Resources @ Microsoft

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Jef Tino on 07/05/2020 - 00:15 visualstudio.microsoft.com (2124 clicks)

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Visual Studio Dev Essentials is free subscription for Microsoft software development tools and resources. Microsoft is offering this for some time, but I never seen it being posted on ozb? You get free developer tools like Visual Studio Community Edition (for Windows and Mac) and SQL Server Developer Edition (which you can also get some other way), Office Online, cloud services and free Azure credit, as well as a few online learning resources. This is extract from the current set of benefits:

Azure: Free account + $200 credit
Pluralsight: Free for 1 month
DataCamp: 2 month subscription
LinkedIn Learning: 1 month Premium subscription
CODE Magazine: 1 year digital subscription

Some benefits used to be better before (e.g. a few months longer subscriptions, more Azure credit) but current offer is still good. Note that you don’t need to activate all benefits at once – e.g. you can start with Pluralsight for a month, then learn something with DataCamp and then activate your Azure credit.

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  MagicOZ on 07/05/2020 - 02:58

  +2

  Still waiting my Az 900 exam voucher from them.

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    bazingaa on 07/05/2020 - 13:26

    Did you get a mail as "Thank you for attending" ?

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      MagicOZ on 07/05/2020 - 18:44

      +1

      Yes I did.

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        bazingaa on 07/05/2020 - 19:26

        me too, still waiting for the voucher though

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  [Deactivated] on 07/05/2020 - 07:00

  wasn't it always free?

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    Jef Tino on 07/05/2020 - 08:59

    +5

    Yes, since Microsoft introduced the Dev Essentials, though some benefits changed in time.

    But it was never posted on ozb, and I reckon non-developers were missing out.

    Various free training benefits are now quite handy to learn something during stay-home days.

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  WhySoSerious on 07/05/2020 - 08:08

  Do we need to provide credit card details in order to start azure free subscription?

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    ACTGBilly on 07/05/2020 - 08:29

    With my work email (ends in .edu.au) I didn't have to but with my personal one (gmail.com) I did. It says it's for "identification purposes" and that ":you will only be charged if you upgrade" for what it's worth…

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      WhySoSerious on 07/05/2020 - 10:18

      Ah.. thats a bummer. Wondering what happens if I accidentally overuse some services in azure. Will i be billed?

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        ColstonAUS on 07/05/2020 - 11:03

        +1

        If you have a student email you can sign up through Azure Dev for Students and get $280 aud free without entering a card, otherwise you have to put in a card to get the trial

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  megaalc on 07/05/2020 - 09:20

  +1

  $200 credit for the 1st month