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Azure free SQL Database with student subscription

prohi 26 Reputation points
Oct 20, 2022, 12:00 PM

I have an Azure for Students free account.
I have created 1 Azure SQL database (Standard S0: 10 DTUs), which was initially free, with no reduction in the amount allocated to my student account.
Later I created 2 more databases, which I deleted, but since they were created my free credits has been decreasing. Why does it cost money for a database (only the first one exists now) that was previously free?

Thanks in advance!

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  1. Alberto Morillo 34,151 Reputation points MVP
    Oct 20, 2022, 12:27 PM

    Azure for students provides free just one S0 database for 12 months only, once you create more Azure SQL databases you will have to pay.

    You can also use a sandbox to create a free database. Alternatively, you can try the trick provided here.

    You can also use below PowerShell to create a free one.

    New-AzureRmSqlDatabase -DatabaseName $DatabaseName  -ServerName $sqlServer.ServerName   
    -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup.ResourceGroupName -Edition 'Free'   
    -RequestedServiceObjectiveName 'Free'  
    

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