Microsoft for Startups Milestone 3 ($25K Azure Credits) Not Triggered After Meeting 60-Day Workload Requirements

Question

Hello Microsoft for Startups Team,

We are currently participating in Microsoft for Startups and have received the previous Azure credit milestone.

According to the Microsoft for Startups documentation, Milestone 3 provides $25,000 in Azure credits after maintaining 5 or more qualifying Azure workloads, with at least $1 of spend per workload, for approximately 60 days.

We have been actively using more than 5 Azure services/workloads and have maintained usage for over 60 days. However, Milestone 3 has not yet been triggered for our account.

Answer 1

I’m trying to understand exactly how the $1 spend threshold per workload is calculated.

For each of the 5 required workloads, does Microsoft require:

At least $1 of spend per day for each of the 60 days?

At least $1 of spend per month/billing period during the 60-day period?

At least $1 of cumulative spend on the workload, after which it only needs to remain active/qualifying for the remainder of the 60 days?

Or is there a rolling spend threshold calculated over some other measurement period?

I’m asking because we currently have 5 workloads with more than $1 in spend, but Milestone 3 still hasn’t been triggered for us too.

This makes it difficult to understand what exactly qualifies as a workload and what spend threshold Microsoft is actually evaluating.

Could someone please clarify the exact calculation method and measurement period used for the $1 threshold, preferably with a concrete example? This would help us understand what we need to maintain in order to trigger the milestone.