Azure student plan issue

Question

Hi, I applied for azure for students with my university mailbox, and successfully got the verification email.

Then I tried to login with my university microsoft account, I did not expect any problem because I have already logged in with this account to azure platform, but the account is not recognized by the verification site.

Then I tried to verify with my old microsoft account and succeed.

But I cannot confirm that student plan is available for this account because I have started a free trial(and spend a day to build up environments) so I cannot start a new plan, and I am not sure whether I will lose my progress and the right to keep using the free trial if I revoke the free plan and try to start with my students plan.

I also tried apply for the student plan with this account I am using azure, but it says that this account is not available. So I am not sure that "success" in academic verification is solid.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello zenqi_ku

Based on what you've shared, it looks like your academic status was successfully verified using your university email, but the Azure for Students subscription couldn’t be activated on that account because it had already initiated a standard free trial. Unfortunately, Azure only allows one promotional offer per account, so once a free trial is started, the student offer becomes unavailable for that same account.

To access the Azure for Students benefits, you’ll need to use a different Microsoft account that hasn’t redeemed any free offers yet. I recommend creating a new Microsoft account and verifying it again using your university email -> this should allow you to activate the student plan without affecting your current environment. If preserving your existing setup is critical, you can continue using the free trial and explore student benefits separately.

If this helps clarify things, feel free to hit “Accept Answer” so others can benefit too 😊

Harry.

Answer 2

根据您提供的信息，您的学术身份已经通过大学邮箱成功验证，但由于该账户已经开启过标准免费试用，因此无法激活 Azure for Students 订阅。不幸的是，Azure 每个账户只能享受一次促销优惠，一旦开始了免费试用，学生优惠就无法在同一账户上使用。

若要享受 Azure for Students 的权益，您需要使用一个尚未领取过任何免费优惠的 Microsoft 帐户。我建议您创建一个新的 Microsoft 帐户，并再次使用大学邮箱进行验证——这样您就可以激活学生计划，而不会影响您当前的环境。如果保持现有设置对您来说非常重要，您也可以继续使用免费试用，并在另外的环境中探索学生优惠。

如果这些说明对您有所帮助，请点击“接受答案”，让其他人也能从中受益哦 😊