Is Azure free first year

Hannah Lee 1 Reputation point
2020-11-04T00:59:50.05+00:00

I have just signed up a free account with Azure and use it for non production development purpose. I started with creating visual studio code which is an always free service. But it seems that I have to pay for the virtual machine sizes, and the service is not covered by credits (showing the fees /hour). May I know that for every service I create (eg. Javascript Development tool) I would also need to pay for additional virtual machine?

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A Microsoft offering that enables tracking of cloud usage and expenditures for Azure and other cloud providers.
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  1. Dave Patrick 426.4K Reputation points MVP
    2020-11-04T01:07:36.657+00:00

    You'll find the limits, etc listed here in detail.
    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits

    --please don't forget to Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--

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  2. Vaibhav Chaudhari 38,676 Reputation points
    2020-11-04T05:01:12.713+00:00

    It's not really free for 1 year. Some resources can't be used after 1 month.

    In first free trial Month also, you won't be able to use all the services as you want because there are some limits and in this case you will have to upgrade account to pay-as-you-go

    Search for "free trial" in document - https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/azure-subscription-service-limits

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    Please don't forget to Accept Answer and Up-vote if the response helped -- Vaibhav

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  3. Mohammed Altamash Khan 2,086 Reputation points
    2020-11-04T05:13:43.27+00:00

    Azure is free for one year with some credit amount (200$)
    For every service you created you will be charged on time based. AND THAT FEE WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM YOUR FREE 200$ AMOUNT.
    i For best practice you can assign service & Resources , run the instance , as soon your execution is complete , turn off the instance.

    These are the services that have a free usage tier:

    App Service
    Azure Functions
    Event Grid
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    DevTest Labs
    Active Directory B2C
    Service Fabric
    Azure DevOps
    Security Center
    Advisor
    Load Balancer
    Data Factory
    Cognitive Search
    Notification Hubs
    Batch
    Automation
    Data Catalog
    Virtual Network
    Inter-VNET data transfer
    Bandwidth (Outbound Data Transfer)

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