Trying to register for Azure for Students with my school email but receiving a "not eligible" message, previously i sign in as free trial but did not finish it

Question

Hello,

I am trying to register for Azure for Students with my education email, but I am receiving a message that I am not eligible. I previously attempted to sign up for a regular Azure free account but did not complete the registration.

Below are the details from my latest attempt:

SessionID: e96f3dd2-d126-4cab-9845-70b4b34de1be

TimeStampUTC: 10/4/2024 1:57:50 AM

Could you please help resolve this issue so I can access the Azure for Students account?

Answer 1

Hi Pham Luu Minh Hung 20215586,

If you are struggling to validate your Azure for Student subscription using http://aka.ms/azure4student

As a student, you can apply for the GitHub Student Developer Pack,pack which includes offers and benefits from GitHub partners.

You can use the GitHub student developer pack to activate your Microsoft Azure account so that you can access the benefits.

Below are the steps to be followed to get the student pack: https://education.github.com/pack

Go to GitHub Education and, in the top right, click on “Get benefits”. Select the benefits for students. Under “Which best describes your academic status”, you need to select ‘Student’. status

Now you need to add the email address that you use for college. email

Then you need to upload a picture for proof of your academic status (college ID will do just fine). You can do this by two ways: a) Use your camera to take a picture or

b) Upload the photo directly from your device

Next step is to add your college name.

The last step is to describe the purpose on how you plan to use GitHub. You can tell about your willingness to contribute to the open source here. contribute

Verify your application details and click on “Submit your Information”.

Submit

You’ll get the confirmation shortly.

How to activate Azure from your pack

Once you get the confirmation email for your student developer pack you need to go back to the GitHub website using this link Offers and avail the benefits.

There will be many tools available, so you need to scroll down and find Microsoft Azure. Click to generate your unique code.

Now go to the Microsoft website and click on “Activate Now” button where you’ll get a prompt to sign in.

Enter your details

Click on the dropdown icon and select Verification code. Copy your verification code from your Git website and paste it here.

Kudos! You can now access your Azure account.Please Accept the Answer or upvote so that it will be useful for others in the community.