Monthly Azure credit for Visual Studio Professional subscribers
- Try out different Azure services, experiment, and learn.
Create development environments whenever you need.
Great for individual dev/test workloads.
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As a Visual Studio Professional, you’ve got the power of the cloud at your command. Azure’s integrated tools, pre-built templates, and managed services make it easier to build and manage enterprise, mobile, web, and Internet of Things (IoT) apps faster, using skills you already have and technologies you already know.
Activate your $50 monthly credit today!
No credit card required
When you first set up your monthly Azure credit, you are not required to provide a credit card. Even if you choose to store a credit card in your account, you automatically start with a $0 spending limit—so there is no risk of any charges, until you’re ready.
Low dev/test rates help you stretch your credit farther
Use the Microsoft software included with your Visual Studio subscription on Azure Virtual Machines for dev/test at no extra charge—you’ll just pay the Linux rate for VMs you run, even VMs with SQL Server, SharePoint Server, or other software that is normally billed at a higher rate. Upload custom virtual machine images yourself or use one of our pre-configured images from the Azure Gallery.
In addition to the low dev/test rates on VMs, you also get low rates on Cloud Services, HDInsight, and Web Apps.
Access to Windows 10
When you set up your monthly Azure credit, you can run Windows 10 images on Azure for dev/test.
What to buy with your monthly credit
Use your monthly credit toward Azure services, including:
Cloud Services
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Content Delivery Network
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HDInsight
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Media Services
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Mobile Services
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SQL Databases
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Storage
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Virtual Machines
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Web Apps feature of Azure App Service
The following products and services are billed and don’t qualify for the monthly credit:
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Application Insights
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Support plans
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Visual Studio subscriptions
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Visual Studio Team Services
Products that are sold separately from Azure (such as Microsoft Azure Active Directory Premium) or through Azure Marketplace, and third-party branded products, are also billed and don’t qualify for the monthly credit.
Azure for your dev team
While the monthly Azure credit for Visual Studio Professional is great for your personal dev/test workloads, it isn’t optimal for work you’re doing as a team. Thankfully, we’ve created a couple options for you to get lower dev/test rates, access to Windows 10 for dev/test, along with other advantages:
Enterprise Dev/Test: if your organization has an Enterprise Agreement (EA) purchasing contract with Microsoft.
Pay-As-You-Go Dev/Test: if you don’t have an EA.
Offer Details
Dev/Test Rates on select services
All Windows and Windows Server Virtual Machines, Cloud Services, Web Apps, and HDInsight are discounted relative to the published Pay-as-you-go rates. The rate on these services is equal to the rate for a Linux virtual machine of the same size and type. For example:
- A Windows Server/Medium (A2)/Basic Instance virtual machine is billed at the Linux/Medium (A2)/Basic Instance virtual machine rate.
- A Websites/Large (L)/Standard is billed at the Linux/Large (A3)/Standard Instance virtual machine rate.
- A HDInsight Head Node (on an Extra Large A4 instance) is billed at the Linux/Extra Large (A4)/Standard Instance virtual machine rate.
Additional Terms
If you remove the Spending Limit, charges will be incurred at the Pay-As-You-Go pricing. If you maintain the Spending Limit and you use your monthly credit in full or you use any service that is excluded from payment by monthly credit, your subscription will be suspended for the remainder of the billing period.