How to get an azure account without credit card ?

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How to get an azure account without credit card ?

techx 86

I am student (16 years old) I really love all Microsoft products
I always wanted to use azure free trial but I don`t have a credit or a debit card (my parents will kill me if I ask) ,
I am aware of this https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/ but it asks for some student email which my collage does not provide so I found this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/create-windows-virtual-machine-in-azure/3-exercise-create-a-vm I can use azure for limited time but after an hour everything is gone I need to create a new virtual machine every hour so I cant even use this . Then I found this https://www.microsoftazurepass.com/SubmitPromoCode but I do not have any code once again .
Azure is really like a dream for me
Please Microsoft can u help me ( sorry but I did not find any close tag related to my topic )

Anonymous

2021-06-14T01:23:11.753+00:00

Your question is not related with network, I will remove network tag. Thank you!
Rajesh Kumar 11 Reputation points

2021-08-07T04:40:12.267+00:00

It doesn't accepting debit card. It asking only credit card.
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-08-09T08:39:18.767+00:00

@Rajesh Kumar You can reach out to Azure subscription management support team by raising a support request using this link - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/getsupport?wf=0&tenant=ClassicCommercial&oaspworkflow=start_1.0.0.0&locale=en-us&supportregion=en-us&pesid=15470&ccsid=636233463407635340
Tan Ke Wei 6 Reputation points

2021-09-22T01:52:18.34+00:00

Nope, it doesn't work with debit card. I tested it last night.
User Full Control 11 Reputation points

2022-02-23T09:15:28.843+00:00

you'll use your student email to verify at https://signup.azure.com/studentverification?offerType=1&correlationId=2f59edbcee9f4638acc5e641043c2596
PRATHINAV 0 Reputation points

2023-03-23T08:30:38.61+00:00

Someone in these comments seemed to have provided a link where you can enter your college email and you'll get access to Azure with $100 worth of Azure credits (which expire in 366 days)... you can also use B1 level virtual machines for up to 750 hours.
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Nolan Lemuel Augustine 255 Reputation points

2023-11-16T18:37:32.0966667+00:00

@ All MS Support Staff, why this issue not being given more thought, many people want to train and certify but are hesitant to incur charges or do not have access to credit cards, we need a solution!
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-11-18T10:54:37.6366667+00:00

@Nolan Lemuel Augustine Microsoft doesn't charge its customers if using Azure free trial or any other Azure benefit subscriptions like (Azure for student) Azure sponsorship and so on.

Credit card and debit cards are required only for verification purpose.

FAQ link - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/free/free-account-faq
Nolan Lemuel Augustine 255 Reputation points

2023-11-18T11:17:10.8433333+00:00

I get that, but I am dealing with a situation where due to inexperience was not de-allocated properly and now I have charges to my subscription. My solution proposes to avoid this.

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Anonymous

2021-06-14T01:23:11.753+00:00

Your question is not related with network, I will remove network tag. Thank you!
Rajesh Kumar 11 Reputation points

2021-08-07T04:40:12.267+00:00

It doesn't accepting debit card. It asking only credit card.
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-08-09T08:39:18.767+00:00

@Rajesh Kumar You can reach out to Azure subscription management support team by raising a support request using this link - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/getsupport?wf=0&tenant=ClassicCommercial&oaspworkflow=start_1.0.0.0&locale=en-us&supportregion=en-us&pesid=15470&ccsid=636233463407635340
Tan Ke Wei 6 Reputation points

2021-09-22T01:52:18.34+00:00

Nope, it doesn't work with debit card. I tested it last night.
User Full Control 11 Reputation points

2022-02-23T09:15:28.843+00:00

you'll use your student email to verify at https://signup.azure.com/studentverification?offerType=1&correlationId=2f59edbcee9f4638acc5e641043c2596
PRATHINAV 0 Reputation points

2023-03-23T08:30:38.61+00:00

Someone in these comments seemed to have provided a link where you can enter your college email and you'll get access to Azure with $100 worth of Azure credits (which expire in 366 days)... you can also use B1 level virtual machines for up to 750 hours.
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Nolan Lemuel Augustine 255 Reputation points

2023-11-16T18:37:32.0966667+00:00

@ All MS Support Staff, why this issue not being given more thought, many people want to train and certify but are hesitant to incur charges or do not have access to credit cards, we need a solution!
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-11-18T10:54:37.6366667+00:00

@Nolan Lemuel Augustine Microsoft doesn't charge its customers if using Azure free trial or any other Azure benefit subscriptions like (Azure for student) Azure sponsorship and so on.

Credit card and debit cards are required only for verification purpose.

FAQ link - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/free/free-account-faq
Nolan Lemuel Augustine 255 Reputation points

2023-11-18T11:17:10.8433333+00:00

I get that, but I am dealing with a situation where due to inexperience was not de-allocated properly and now I have charges to my subscription. My solution proposes to avoid this.

Answer 1

Andreas Baumgarten 123.7K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Hi @techx ,

I only know one more option:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/

But a credit card or debit card is required for authentication.

Payment options
We require a credit card or debit card to authenticate you when you sign up, unless previously approved for invoice. Please note that we do not accept >prepaid and virtual credit cards.

Your credit card will initially NOT be charged, except for a temporary authorization hold. Any taxes which may result from receiving services at no charge >are the sole responsibility of the recipient. More details on pricing and billing can be found on our pricing page.

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Intelli 11 Reputation points

2021-09-02T16:01:34.313+00:00

But it does not allow me to use a debit card though here it is mentioned that I can use.
Leon Laude 86,026 Reputation points

2021-09-02T16:05:47.397+00:00

What kind of debit card is it?
Mohammed Eshan 1 Reputation point

2021-09-20T10:11:11.717+00:00

Hi, regarding this "temporary authorization hold" could you elaborate further on what this means, does it work like AWS or digital ocean where they take a dollar as a temp charge or is it something different, thank you
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-09-20T19:02:02.113+00:00

MohammedEshan-1103 Microsoft will charge you a dollar as temp charge and it will be refunded within 5 business days.
Alex Z 1 Reputation point

2021-10-07T07:17:24.977+00:00

Hi
I had try it with a debit Card from Deutsche-Bank. And it's dosen't work with then. The mask is for credit-cards!
abd 1 Reputation point

2022-07-24T08:36:22.62+00:00

I am new to azure, am plannig to azure certification , so I am studying azure course , it shows to create a account , but it wants credit card , while am triying with AWS they are not asking for credit card ,
Rawlings Litondo 0 Reputation points

2023-04-18T10:59:22.2+00:00

why not mobile banking?

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Gayatri 45

If AWS can be free why not Azure? Atleast the sandbox (4 hours only) without credit card.

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Danie van Zyl 5

2024 & this is still an issue.
I am working & want to study in my free time. I am not a student & do not have any credit card.
I cannot create a free Azure account that is REQUIRED for some modules.
The only reason Microsoft wants you to link a card, is that they hope you forget about it & then it becomes a full subscription. Boom they make money because you didn't cancel you free subscription.
Greed is an ugly face indeed.

Answer 5

Leon Laude 86,026

Hi @techx ,

You can also use a debit card if you don't own a credit card for the Azure free trial account.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/free-account-faq/

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Best regards,
Leon

Vivek Barnwal 26 Reputation points

2022-04-27T18:04:27.08+00:00

Hi @Leon Laude ,

I tried multiple times to use my debit cards, but unfortunately the card is not accepted.

Can you please help me on this ?

Thanks,
Vivek
Jason Graves 0 Reputation points

2023-11-23T01:36:03.7033333+00:00

Won't take prepaid debit cards either. It's Micro$oft. Nothing is free.

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