Create your Azure Free Account.

To learn Azure, I would recommend you create an Azure Account which gives you access to the Azure Portal and Office 365 Portal.

To do this, please follow the steps below. As a piece of advice to avoid issues, do not create an Azure account with your company email address (such as [email protected]) as this will create a personal account for you or a dual account when your company finally decides to move to Azure or make use of Office 365 services. Rather, use a Gmail or Yahoo account that hasn’t been associated with a Microsoft Service.

Step 1

To start your journey into Azure, you can go to?https://azure.microsoft.com/free/. This takes you to the landing page of the free account offer, which looks like this:

Step 2

Click on “Start for free”.

Step 3

Enter a new email address that is not already associated with a Microsoft account and a password to secure the account.

Step 4

Select the country you are based in and enter your date of birth.

Step 5

Enter more detailed information about yourself. Confirm your identity via phone call or text.

Step 6

Enter your card details. Please note that this is for verification. You won’t be charged except you upgrade.

Step 7

Finally, agree to the Microsoft Azure terms and conditions to complete the setup process.

Step?8

Click on the Azure Portal link to access the Azure portal.

Step 9

I recommend you choose to “Take the tour” to get more insight.