As a student you get free $100 Azure credits and over 25 Azure services for free. How do you redeem this benefit using an Azure verification code?

Creating an Azure subscription is a three-step process.

1. Create a new outlook.com email account (skip this step if you already have an outlook account)
2. Redeem your Verification Code
3. Activate your subscription

Step 1: Create a new Outlook.com email account:

• Open a new In-Private Browser session and navigate to https://signup.live.com and create a new Outlook.com email account
• Add in the email address you would like to use - if the username is not available Microsoft will offer several suggestions
• Create a new password for the account
• Add in your full name.
• Add in your country/region and date of birth and validate using Captcha
• The account will be created
• Scroll down and select “open outlook.com”

Step 2: Redeeming a Microsoft Azure Verification Code:

• Open a new In-Private Browser session and navigate to: http://aka.ms/azure4students

It is recommended you close all browsers and open a new In-Private Browser

session. Other logins can persist and cause errors during the activation step.

• Click the Start Free button to get started.
• Enter your account login information and select “Next”.

• Verify your identity with a phone number

• Select verification method by Verification Code. Enter your 25-character verification code and click “Verify Academic Status”.

• It may take up to 5 minutes to process the redemption.

Step 3: Activate your subscription:

• When the redemption process is completed, it will redirect to the sign-up page.
• Enter your account information and click the agreement check box and click the Sign-up button.

• It may take a few minutes to process the request. Once done, take a minute to give feedback on the process.
• Your Azure subscription is ready

• You can check the balance of your Azure Pass Credits

on https://www.microsoftazuresponsorships.com/balance