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Offline iruu

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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2013, 06:10:51 am »
How many pts/hour does this make? For how many hours?

A $200 free credit isn't free. It's going to be worth $200 if it turns out you need a cloud computing for a server or something. So as not to lose money, evaluating your probability of needing cloud and expected time of that event is needed.
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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2013, 04:33:52 am »
You are charged the same fee as if you were renting by the hour, it is just deducted out of your $200 credit. Once you reach zero they just shut it off so you don't incur extra charges.

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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2013, 03:08:09 am »
It automatically cancels, I ran out of my free trial after about 1.5 weeks.

Thanks for the confirmation.

I think the time period depends on what VM you are using. Windows is more expensive then Linux so obviously less time.

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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2013, 02:40:37 am »
It automatically cancels, I ran out of my free trial after about 1.5 weeks.

Thanks for the confirmation.

I think the time period depends on what VM you are using. Windows is more expensive then Linux so obviously less time.
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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2013, 02:31:18 am »
It automatically cancels, I ran out of my free trial after about 1.5 weeks.

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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2013, 02:20:02 am »
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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2013, 02:19:08 am »
I can only see 8 cores option. But the dashboard says I am using 8 of 20 cores. Will it auto boost to 20 cores? Or I chose the wrong one?


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You need to set up more than 1 virtual machine either 5 x 4 core or 2 x 8 and 1 x 4

click the virtual machine option and then press the + at the bottom of the dashboard, it takes a few minutes to get running.
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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2013, 02:17:28 am »
Can't see any options to cancel, it just says 28 days/$200 left on the free subscription and then an option to upgrade to a full subscription.

It does say on the main page no strings, just a free trial.
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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2013, 02:16:17 am »
I can only see 8 cores option. But the dashboard says I am using 8 of 20 cores. Will it auto boost to 20 cores? Or I chose the wrong one?


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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2013, 02:09:04 am »
lol yeah I hear ya.  any details on where it says "how to cancel"
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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2013, 02:04:44 am »
I'm not 100% sure, but people on the ypool chatbox seemed to think they would just cancel your subscription once the $200 ran out and wait for you to upgrade

I will be keeping an eye on it anyway just to make sure it does cancel as they have my CC details.
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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2013, 02:01:30 am »
once you burn through the $200 does it just cancel? or do you havta cancel?

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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2013, 01:18:31 am »
If you have an MSDN subscription you get a $200 per month allowance included. Just found that out :)

Cool will have to check that out. I wonder if it stacks on top of the free trial? so $400 for first month
It made me pick one of the two options. The MSDN option doesn't require a credit a card.

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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2013, 01:13:03 am »
If you have an MSDN subscription you get a $200 per month allowance included. Just found that out :)

Cool will have to check that out. I wonder if it stacks on top of the free trial? so $400 for first month
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Re: Windows Azure Free Trial
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2013, 01:09:19 am »
If you have an MSDN subscription you get a $200 per month allowance included. Just found that out :)