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• Mohsin commented  ·  March 29, 2013 1:58 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Agree. I was looking for the same to try azure.

• Anonymous commented  ·  March 22, 2013 6:28 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Its true. Offer a free plan through Dreamspark for students. We want to try Azure but the pricing makes new startups opt for something like the Google App Engine !!

• Jonathon Simister commented  ·  February 26, 2013 7:41 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Microsoft already does a great job of distributing its software to students through DreamSpark and I feel this could be the missing link to make Azure truly successful with the next generation. There are tons of free hosting services for static web content, but I have yet to see any which offer hosting of server-side applications. Countless students are being drawn over to LAMP servers NOT because of any technical superiority of the platform, but simply because most of the cheap web-hosts offer only LAMP based servers. A few years later when these young people become experienced getting them to migrate over to Microsoft's platform will be much more difficult. An additional benefit to Microsoft comes from the fact that it's often not cost effective to change platforms once a system is in place (i.e. the Facebook/PHP fiasco). If the next Facebook were built on top of Azure it would be a major boost to the platform.

• Anonymous commented  ·  December 4, 2012 3:26 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Best idea ever

• Giorgi commented  ·  September 15, 2012 12:27 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Totally agree !!!

• Hoshi Nite commented  ·  August 31, 2012 8:19 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Even is a strapdown free version, should benefits students and winning future developer is a crucial.

• Marcelo commented  ·  March 28, 2012 10:39 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I totally agree, I was kinda hoping it was already in the dreamspark program and that I could use it to elaborate my course's final project, which could later become a business.

  Hopefully they'll make it a part of dreamspark in time for me and others to use it.

• Simon commented  ·  January 17, 2012 8:44 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Currently I have no possibility to evaluate or test Windows Azure (a 90-day test account is not an option for me and I think a lot of other students,too). So this is a great idea.

• Ajay commented  ·  December 31, 2011 11:29 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  definitely a good idea...

• Ed commented  ·  December 29, 2011 2:08 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Definitely agree, was just hoping this was the case.

• Samuel Zackrisson commented  ·  December 20, 2011 5:05 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Sounds great - especially since it's otherwise hard to get to know this sort of this - and who would be better to learn this stuff than the coders of the future? :)

• Fabian Miiro commented  ·  December 20, 2011 5:00 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  That would be awesome!
  All my votes for that! :D

• Johnny commented  ·  November 20, 2011 6:32 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I agree.

• Tony commented  ·  August 15, 2011 11:56 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I agree, If microsoft are trying to push this stuff they should let us students use it.