How to prevent accidental costs using the Azure free account

Question

I am using the Azure free account and my 30 days has expired requiring me to upgrade to Pay as you Go. However I do not want to incur any costs, is there a way to limit my use to only the free resources while I learn Azure?

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Bones ,

the only option I know so far is to implement a an Azure Policy that only allows to deploy free services.

For instance allow to deploy a B1s VMs, deny all other VM SKUs.

The main issue I can see with this solution: You might not be able to prevent the deployment of multiple B1s VMs, but only 750 hours of B1s VM is free (as far as I am aware of).

The code might look like this (not tested):

{
    "if": {
        "allOf": [
            {
                "field": "type",
                "in": [
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines"
                ]
            },
            {
                "field": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/sku.name",
                "in": ["Standard_B1s"],
				"in": ["Standard_B2pts_v2"],
				"in": ["Standard_B2ats_v2"]
            },
			]
    },
    "then": {
        "effect": "deny"
    }
}

You can add Policy rule sets for storage accounts and other services the same way.

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Regards

Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hi Bones,

For focused and dedicated assistance with this issue, please file a subscription ticket with our support team. You can submit a (free) support ticket with our Azure subscription support team by creating an Azure support request and selecting Subscription Management as the issue type.

Refer to this FAQ: How do I submit a support request if I can't sign in to the Azure portal?

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