#Azor free trial upgrade#
#Azor free trial verification#
#Azor free trial trial#
#Azor free trial windows#

Click here to automatically convert to Pay-As-You-Go and avoid service disruption or in the tasks area the button Upgrade now.

#Azor free trial trial#

You can see in the notification area the notification Your Free Trial expires in 29 days.

#Azor free trial windows#

Bookmark the windows that is open right now (the subscription name will change from “Free Trial” to “Pay-As-You-Go” but the URL won’t change) Have a regular look on your subscription credit.So don’t consume your $200 credit completely With the upgrade you removed your spending limit.With the upgrade you will keep your credit of $200, but it will also expire after a month.Now, after the trial month went over and the regular bills came I am able to sum up my experience: shut down the machines properly and the monthly costs are below 5,00$ This was what I did because I wasn’t experienced with Azure trials.Don’t load it with any amount so Microsoft can’t charge it! 🙂 (I hope the Microsoft marketing guys won’t read this) 😀

To be sure one could use a prepaid credit card.Shut them down via Dashboard, not instance. Shut down your virtual machines, otherwise the costs will explode.To avoid costs you have to take care of following points: Microsoft had some billing issues back in 2013, and one can’t be sure how proper they work now – for me it all worked fine until now.

With the following step it looks like as if some costs may appear. On the subscription page from step 6 click on your newly created subscription Free Trial. Upgrade your Free Trial subscription to Pay-As-You-Goħ. Let this windows open and then the page headline changes from Just a moment while we get things ready to Your subscription is ready for you! Click on Start managing my service.Ħ. A page Welcome to Microsoft Azure! appears while the subscription is prepared. Set the check box of I agree to the… box and click Sign up.Ĥ. If you’re feeling uncomfortable or unsure with this step you can find here a detailed explanation (refers to the old 90 days offer but the dialog hasn’t changed much)

Enter your credit card number, type, etc.

Info!To avoid costs a few points are to be considered, see step 8

#Azor free trial verification#

When you became the verification number enter it in the field below (will appear after it has been sent). (I didn’t have to enter anything)Įnter your mobile phone number and click on Send text message. A Sign up page with four steps opens up.Īlready filled with the data of your Windows Live ID. You can choose your existing Windows Live ID or create a new one. Keep in mind that Microsoft has made it easy to turn your Windows Azure free trial into a standard month-to-month subscription at the end of the trial period.ģ. Otherwise sign in with the Windows Live ID you want to use for Azure. If you are already signed in: go to step 3. (If you want you can learn more about this offer on the page here.)Ģ. Create your Azure free trial account by clicking on the link here and then Start now. Step-by-Step: Microsoft Azure Free Trial – Create a Farm with the Azure template “SharePoint server farm” Create Azure free trial accountġ. Microsoft states, that you can’t use SharePoint server farm templatess with a trial account, see following screenshot of the Microsoft page Create SharePoint server farms. You can find a lot of guides for the classic deployment (see link list at the end of this post), but nearly no information about the second one. After the preparation was done it took about 30 Minutes to deploy a complete SharePoint three tier small farm! Of course the second model is considerably more faster and would be the favorite one. Only with ARM it is possible to use a Azure template (ARM template). Azure Resource Manager (ARM): group resources and automate with quickstart templates.Classic: create and configure every single resource (virtual networks, virtual machines, etc.) by yourself.To set up a development environment for Microsoft Azure you can choose between two different deployment models: Well you can use it – I found a way that I want to share with you. But it seems like you can’t use the Azure template SharePoint server farm when you have a trial account. Microsoft offers a free trial account with $200 credit that lets you evaluate Azure for a month. Following step-by-step guide helps you to use the Azure template “SharePoint server farm” though you have a Azure free trial account.