Is there free subscription for opensource developers who develop Azure SQL server client libraries

Question

Hi, I'm maintaining SQL Server client library in Elixir language for couple of years. It fully implements TDS protocol and connects to database server over TCP. Recently I noticed that some library users are asking if there is any plan to support TLS and Azure SQL Server connectivity. I checked docs on MSDN and see there that there are some differences that need to be covered, but this is hard to do without having access to Azure SQL DB.

So far, I didn't have access to Azure, neither for work or personal, so I signed up for free trial. Since it is time limited (and free credit limited) would Microsoft be generous and support this project with free credits or custom subscription so I could tun integration test with Azure SQL Server?

Library source code is here http://github.com/livehelpnow/tds

I plan to support NTLM nad Federation longins, and TLS connectivity

Thank you

Answer 1

I don't think MS will provide any free subscription.

You may consider upgrading free subscription to pay-as-you-go type subscription and use Azure sql db with minimum configuration. This should cost you very few $$ per Month

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Answer 2

Hi Milan, also please check out the suggestion by Alberto given in below post where he mentions that free version of Azure SQL DB can be created using PowerShell.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/210891/free-version-of-azure-for-training.html

Below PowerShell command also does show that there is a free version of SQL DB

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.sql/new-azsqldatabase?view=azps-5.5.0