Azure for Student - Access to GPU resources

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Microsoft Azure Dev tools for teaching offers a unified learning tools for skilling students in the cloud, it provides students with a vast set of resources.

Azure for Education offers comprehensive developer tools and training ranging from beginner to professional to support students and educators becoming skilled in Azure technologies, in addition to providing resources to get students career-ready such as LinkedIn University, Azure certification training through Microsoft Learn, and training in trending technologies such as AI and Data Science.

The Azure for Education portfolio focuses on three core offers:

  • Azure for Students Starter - Provides students 13+ with free cloud and resources to get started building a web page or web app – ideal for K12 students.
  • Azure for Students - Provides students 18+ with free cloud access and resources to build in-demand skills – ideal for university/college students.
  • Azure Dev Tools for Teaching - Institutional access to enterprise grade developer tools and self-paced learning with path for students to add cloud access and resources.

Azure for Student now includes access to GPU resources, We suggest you choose the NC6 series based on the available credit allowance Azure for Student provides.

NC6 Virtual Machine
6 Cores
56.00 GiB RAM
1X K80 GPU

In the VM create flow, choose VM size NC6. If you don't see the opion of NC6? Check your filters.

If the option is greyed out? Try a different region,  West US 2 has a large capacity of GPUs