Why is my azure student subscription of $100 reducing by about $0.9 per day?

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Why is my azure student subscription of $100 reducing by about $0.9 per day?

Answer 1

Hello @Agnij Biswas Thank you for contacting us on Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to answer any question you may have! The Azure for Students subscription provides a credit of $100 to use on Azure services for 12 months. The credit is not provided as a lump sum, but rather as a daily allocation of $3.33 per day for 30 days each month.

If you are seeing a reduction of $0.9 per day, it is likely that you are using some Azure services that are incurring charges. The charges are deducted from your daily allocation of $3.33 until it is exhausted. Once the daily allocation is exhausted, any additional usage will be charged to the payment method associated with your account.

To avoid unexpected charges, you can monitor your usage and spending in the Azure portal. To monitor your usage and spending in the Azure portal, you can follow these steps:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com).
2. In the left-hand menu, click on "Cost Management + Billing".
3. Under "Cost Management", click on "Cost analysis".
4. Select the scope of your analysis (e.g. subscription, resource group, or resource).
5. Choose the time range for your analysis.
6. Review the cost breakdown by service, resource, or tag.
7. Use the filters and groupings to further refine your analysis.
8. You can also create budgets, alerts, and reports to help you monitor your spending and usage.

By monitoring your usage and spending in the Azure portal, you can identify areas where you can optimize your costs and avoid unexpected charges.

You can also set up spending limits and alerts to help you stay within your budget. To set up spending limits and alerts in the Azure portal, you can follow these steps:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com).
2. In the left-hand menu, click on "Cost Management + Billing".
3. Under "Cost Management", click on "Cost Management".
4. Click on "Budgets" in the left-hand menu.
5. Click on "Add" to create a new budget.
6. Enter a name for your budget and select the scope (e.g. subscription, resource group, or resource).
7. Choose the time range for your budget and set the amount you want to spend.
8. You can also set up alerts to notify you when you reach a certain percentage of your budget.
9. Click on "Create" to save your budget.

By setting up spending limits and alerts, you can stay within your budget and avoid unexpected charges. You can also receive notifications when you are approaching your budget limit, so you can take action to optimize your costs. Hope this helps!

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