stevencasey
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2,422 votesplanned ·
AdminHaris Majeed
(Admin, Microsoft Windows Azure)
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We’re working on ways to provide free and low cost onramps for developers, and expect to make more announcements in 2011. Today, there are already multiple ways for developers to get onto Azure cost effectively:
Free Introductory Offer – provides a limited monthly quota of Azure resources at no cost, with standard rates applying above those thresholds: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/offers/
MSDN Premium, Ultimate, and BizSpark Subscription Benefit – provides significantly higher free quotas of Azure resources to MSDN subscribers for several months: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ee461076.aspx
Cloud Essentials for Partners – provides free/low cost access to Azure resources to members of the Microsoft Partner Network. http://www.microsoftcloudpartner.com/
Hi Harris,
Another +1 for comments from Steven Nagy, please remove the planned status on this idea.
This idea is a request for people who are NOT a MS partner. I'm looking at this from a developer/hobbyist learning perspective. I am a professional software engineer who is not using azure currently as part of my work. I may be interested working with this technology in the future and look to experimenting and learning with it now.