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Using Microsoft Azure for students

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With our new free Azure offer, student developers can publish their own web apps to Azure and host them in the cloud, at no cost and with no credit card required. Students can take advantage of these great Azure services:

  • Web Apps
  • MySQL DB
  • VSO
  • Application Insights

Please note that Visual Studio 2013 is not compatible with our Azure offer. You should upgrade to Visual Studio Community 2015, which is free for everyone! You will also need to install the Azure SDK 2.7 for .NET.

Visual Studio Online Continuous Integration is not currently compatible with our Azure offer. If you want to use CI with your web app, please see our blog post on Azure CI with GitHub.

Once you’re set up with Azure, check out our Imagine Cup Hello Cloud Challenge. Every month, one student using Azure will win $1,000! You’ll find all the details at the Imagine Cup site.

Finally, please note that some students who previously signed up for an Azure subscription, such as the Azure Free Trial, may have technical problems with activating this new Azure student offer. These students must contact Azure support to unblock their sign-up for the offer.

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  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2015
    Impossible to get the offer if you are a Windows Phone developer. It asks you you remove you WP subscription (at least for now).

  • Anonymous
    May 05, 2015
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    May 17, 2015
    It seems this offer doesn't include Database. cannot option to create DB

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2015
    That's correct, Olelewe, but it does now include MySQL which may be helpful for you.

  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2015
    @grldsndrs and for the benefit of others who may want to use the Azure Dream Spark subscription to host a website with a database.   MySQL is indeed the only available Db with a DS subscription.  You can find it by searching the Market Place.   I found several tutorials/examples of Websites using Asp.Net Identity with a MySQL Db.  I was able to piece together a solution using Asp.Net 4, MVC5 and EF6 with a Db hosted on Azure.  I found the following sites most helpful; even though they are somewhat outdated. www.asp.net/.../aspnet-identity-using-mysql-storage-with-an-entityframework-mysql-provider www.codeproject.com/.../How-to-set-up-application-using-ASP-NET-Identity-w

  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2015
    Please add SQL Server Localdb to Microsoft Azure for students. It's really needed for learning producing web apps with MS SQL Server.

  • Anonymous
    June 08, 2015
    Why would you be denied MSSQL DB creation or Local DB. Microsoft allows MYSQL ,but not it's own????  O.o .... -.-  Thanks Microsoft what a way to show students you truely care. Give us hope ,but then you yank it away by limiting us tremendously. Do fix this please.

  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2015
    What kind of service is available for students?  What's the max. compute option, RAM, storage? It might be good for students to get started, but I wonder if it's not good enough for more advanced and ambitious students. Can students point their own domain to a free DreamSpark Azure account? Can students who have signed up with an Azure trial still take advantage of the free Dreamspark account when they are validated with a student email or some other method? Thanks...  so far it looks good.  Azure is awesome, I'd like to use it all or most of the time for web apps.  Better than AWS and other offerings if you ask me, even though it's kind of complicated to setup and use sometimes.

  • Anonymous
    June 16, 2015
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  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2015
    Hi everyone, I have a series of blogs that start at: blogs.msdn.com/.../azure-using-c-to-connect-to-a-locally-hosted-mysql-database.aspx These go through the process of building a MySQL and Web App.  You do get 1 gigabyte of storage on the Web App, and 0.02 Gigabytes for a MySQL database (that is 20 megabytes). In a few days the series should be completed.

  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2015
    You guys haven't resolved this issue yet...still doesn't work with VS2015-RC

  • Anonymous
    July 06, 2015
    Are you able to create azure mobile apps with dreamspark to support unity games?

  • Anonymous
    July 13, 2015
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  • Anonymous
    July 17, 2015
    Visual Studio is not finding my Dreamspark subscription.

  • Anonymous
    August 02, 2015
    How about give me some credits just like BizSpark so I can use it everywhere.

  • Anonymous
    August 18, 2015
    What are the limitations of Azure for DreamSpark subscription?

  • Time restriction? Upto what time can we use this service? Does it stop after 1, 2 or 3 years?
  • Database? Can we buy more than 1 GB of database if we want?
  • WebApp instance size? Can we use Small/Medium/Large instance size on compute engine?
  • Storage? Do we get Azure Blob storage features? If yes, how much space is included in it?

  • Anonymous
    August 18, 2015
    why in the world did you not include a minimum SQL server?  This seems counter productive to future sales by Microsoft by teaching students MySQL!  Please include SQL.  I would like to use it in my class!

  • Anonymous
    August 25, 2015
    Same here - azure SQL is a key topic and building block.  Can an institutional-level azure subscription be created: something to match bizspark?

  • Anonymous
    August 31, 2015
    Wow... you guys are at least able to register. I am logged on my DreamSpark and I am unable to do any of the above because Azure won't accept either my email registered for DreamSpark or to register for the free evaluation. Tried to obtain support but so far, no word. Let us wait and see ;)

  • Anonymous
    August 31, 2015
    HOLA TOD@S!!! como puedo conseguir un correo de estudiante ... intente con mi correo hotmail pero no se acepta ... gracias

  • Anonymous
    September 08, 2015
    I am getting following error while creating Microsoft Azure for Dreamspark account Oops! This account type does not allow creation of a DreamSpark offer. Please  contact support. We could not find offer ‘ms-azr-0144P’. WHAT CAN I DO? Sign up for a different offer (Free Trial) Please help me out

  • Anonymous
    September 08, 2015
    Hi Mitesh If your getting error 'MS-AZR-0144P' you need to do the following If you get the following error when signing up for the Microsoft DreamSpark Azure Student offer www.dreamspark.com/.../Product.aspx we could not find offer ‘ms-azr-0144P’ azuresignuperror The first question.. is did who have previously have an Azure subscription? This includes the standard free trial, from more than nine months ago, this may be the problem. If you do get this error message above you cannot activate the student offer so if you do get this error message the Azure Support can fix your account to enable you to activate DreamSpark Azure offer: To open a support request

  1. Go to azure.microsoft.com/.../options
  2. Select “Having issues with sign in or signing up for an account?” option
  3. For Problem Type, select “I cannot sign up for a new account” option
  4. Click Start request button to provide further detail of your State your a DreamSpark user and they you tried to apply via www.dreamspark.com/.../Product.aspx

  • Anonymous
    September 16, 2015
    I reallllly don't like MySQL, and we need MS-SQL for school work,please add MS-SQL to dreamspark!

  • Anonymous
    September 26, 2015
    Yes, MSSQL please. And why giving MySQL in the first place?

  • Anonymous
    October 20, 2015
    (question of: Vaibhav Vadgama) What are the limitations of Azure for DreamSpark subscription?

  • Time restriction? Upto what time can we use this service? Does it stop after 1, 2 or 3 years?
  • Database? It is limited to 1 GB of database?
  • WebApp instance size? Can we use Small/Medium/Large instance size on compute engine?
  • Storage? Do we get Azure Blob storage features? If yes, how much space is included in it? Because I try a create a storare and Azure says that I should a update suscription.

  • Anonymous
    November 07, 2015
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    November 19, 2015
    It says this offer is only for dreamspark members. What should I do?

  • Anonymous
    November 19, 2015
    How long does the Microsoft Azure offer available for student?

  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2015
    Is there any likelihood of getting options that are useful to students in System Administration paths?  Tying an Azure Domain Controller to a lab Domain for example would be a fantastic opportunity to learn.  This offering is unfortunately quite useless for me.

  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2015
    I'm really disapointed for lack of database support. I wanted to use Azure Clound for my student's project but now i have to look for other solutiuns.

  • Anonymous
    December 02, 2015
    Please add MS SQL Server support for this subscription. We are students, and we really need this to practice, please help us!!!

  • Anonymous
    December 02, 2015
    Does anyone from Microsoft read these posts?  This question was last a LONG time ago! Vaibhav Vadgama 18 Aug 2015 11:51 AM # What are the limitations of Azure for DreamSpark subscription?

  • Time restriction? Upto what time can we use this service? Does it stop after 1, 2 or 3 years?
  • Database? Can we buy more than 1 GB of database if we want?
  • WebApp instance size? Can we use Small/Medium/Large instance size on compute engine?
  • Storage? Do we get Azure Blob storage features? If yes, how much space is included in it?