Choosing a subscription
The subscription you choose will depend on the type of project you are doing and its scale. If you are doing some experimentation or prototyping a system, which may never go into production, you may just want to use a free trial, which is time- and usage-limited, or go for a Pay-as-you-go option, where you pay for what you use rather than committing to a fixed payment. If you're a university student, your university may apply for a 5-month Educator Grant at http://www.microsoftazurepass.com/azureu.
To get started, you may need to do some design work to get some idea of the services you may require, what service tier you want, and how many instances of each service you may use, then go to the pricing calculator and start ...
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