Azure benefits and incentives
Find special offers, benefits, and incentives to help you migrate to Azure, optimize costs, learn new skills, and grow your business.
Get the most value from your cloud investment
No matter what your current or future goals are, or what your level of familiarity is with cloud computing, Azure helps you at every stage of your cloud journey.
Start exploring Azure anytime by signing up for a free account—you’ll get free services and a USD$200 credit.
Lower your migration costs
Save on your Azure migration and get outstanding short-term and long-term cost performance for your resources, including your apps, data, servers, and analytics.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Save big by bringing Windows Server and SQL Server on-premises licenses to Azure. Offer now also applies to Red Hat and SUSE Linux.
Azure Migration and Modernization Program
Qualify for free Azure credit to help offset migration costs and accelerate your cloud journey with the right mix of guidance, resources, and expert help.
Free Windows and SQL Server security updates
Migrate 2008 and 2008 R2 server workloads to Azure and get three more years of security updates following end of support dates.
FastTrack for Azure
Get direct help from Azure engineers to develop and deploy projects with at least USD$5,000 of expected incremental monthly usage.
Grow your business
If you’re already using Microsoft products and technologies—such as Microsoft 365 or Dynamics 365—discover new ways to expand your business capabilities, be more productive, and get the right level of expert help when you need it.
Azure dev/test pricing
Get discounted development and test rates on Azure with a Visual Studio subscription.
Free Azure Sentinel data ingestion
Microsoft Sentinel benefit for Microsoft 365 E5, A5, F5, and G5 customers.
Free SQL Server and Power BI scans in Microsoft Purview
Scan SQL Servers and Power BI tenants for free during the Microsoft Purview product preview.
Free support for commercial contracts
Enterprise Agreement Support Plan Offer.
FastTrack for Azure
Work directly with Azure engineers to develop and deploy projects with least USD$5,000 of expected incremental monthly usage.
Optimize your costs
Reduce your ongoing costs by right-sizing your Azure resources, reserving them in advance, and taking advantage of special subscription offers.
Azure savings plan for compute
Save up to 65 percent on select compute services with an easy, flexible savings plan.1 Choose your plan term and the amount you'll spend each hour. Get savings optimized across your usage.
Reservations
Reduce costs up to 72 percent for select Azure services such as virtual machines by paying for them in advance—and pay monthly at no extra cost.2
Azure Spot Virtual Machines
Ideal for interruptible workloads, get up to 90 percent off pay-as-you-go pricing3 with Spot Virtual Machines and—as an option—only spend up to a maximum amount you set.
Azure dev/test pricing
Get discounted development and test rates on Azure with a Visual Studio subscription.
- [1] Customers may see savings estimated to be between 11 percent and 65 percent. The 65 percent savings is based on one M64dsv2 Azure VM for CentOS or Ubuntu Linux in the East US region running for 36 months at a pay-as-you-go rate of ~USD$4,868.37/month vs. a reduced rate for a 3-year savings plan of ~USD$1,703.44/month. Based on Azure pricing as of October 2022. Prices subject to change. Actual savings may vary based on location, instance type, or usage.
- [2] The 72 percent saving is based on one M32ts Azure VM for Windows OS in US Gov Virginia region running for 36 months at a Pay as You Go rate of ~USD$3,660.81/month vs. a reduced rate for a 3-year Reserved Instance of ~USD$663.45/month. Based on Azure pricing as of 30/10/2018 (prices subject to change). Actual savings may vary based on location, instance type or usage.
- [3] Actual discounts may vary based on region, VM type, and Azure compute capacity available when the workload is deployed.
Azure for students, developers, and nonprofits
Start putting your ideas into action and explore the world of cloud innovation with Azure offers, credit, and free services.
Monthly credit for Visual Studio
Get up to USD$150 monthly to try Azure services with your Visual Studio subscription.
Azure for students
Students age 18 or older attending two- or four-year institutions full time get USD$100 within the first 12 months, plus select free services.
Azure for nonprofits
Eligible nonprofits get grants and discounts on Azure, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365 services, plus USD$2,000 annually.
Azure Dev Tools for Teaching
Teachers and students can qualify for low-cost subscriptions on pro developer tools, software, and services.
Try Azure for free
Experiment and build with free cloud services and USD$200 to explore Azure for 30 days.
Talk to a sales specialist
Get a walkthrough of Azure pricing and understand pricing for your cloud solution.
Explore purchasing options
Purchase through the Azure website, your Microsoft representative, or an Azure partner.