Do you want to create an Azure account without a credit card? This is going to be a step-by-step tutorial that explains the steps to create an Azure free account.
By using the Azure free trial, users will be able to access various Azure services for free for 12 months. You will also get a $200 credit in your Azure account, which you can use within the first 30 days.
How to create Azure free account
To create a free Azure account, you need a Phone number, a credit card, and a GitHub or Microsoft account. Follow the below steps to create an Azure free account:
1. Click on this URL, and here, click on the Start Free button.
2. On the next screen, enter your email (Microsoft account), Phone, or Skype.
Also, you can sign in with your GitHub account.
Note: The best way is you can create a free Hotmail or Outlook.com email id (Free) and then you can use the same email id and password to sign up Azure free.
Even if you remember the Skype ID and Password that is also fine.
Then, you can enter the email ID and password.
3. Then it will ask you to enter personal details like Country/Region, First name, last name, Email Address, Phone, City, etc. Fill in all the details and click Next.
4. This screen is very important to create your Azure free account. Here, choose the country code (Ex. ), then the phone number. Make sure to provide a valid phone number because you need to confirm by a text message or by a call. Once you provide the details, click on “Text me” or the “Call me” button to verify with a code or over the call.
Once verification is done, click on Next,
5. Now, you need to provide the credit card details. Provide everything correctly here because it will deduct a small amount of money from your account.
Note: If you do not have a credit card, check the below section.
Note: It may deduct a very small amount from your account.
6. Then check the Agreement checkbox like below:
It will take some time to set up your Azure free account like the below:
After some time, you can see Our Azure portal is ready, and you can access the Azure portal.
Also, you will receive an email to the email ID you provided while setting up the free Azure account.