How to find and use your Windows Azure cloud trial pass code?
Microsoft has been giving away trial passes to developers & students. I have been receiving queries from lot of people on how to find and consume the trial pass code.
For those who attended the largest Azure cloud conference in India last week 20th-21st March in Bangalore, the below screenshot shows how to find the pass code from the USB drive they received at the conference.
Once you open the file, you get the pass code like in the below screenshot.
With the pass code go to http://www.windowsazurepass.com/ website. Give your country code and pass code. Once the pass code is validated, then it will ask you to login using the Microsoft account.
If the user doesn't have a Microsoft Account, sign-up for a new Microsoft Account ( aka. Windows Live ID ) https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?lic=1
Once you are logged in, then it will ask you to provide your First Name, Last Name and the user will have to agree to the Azure terms and conditions.
If this step is successful, then it will show a welcome note with Congrats!. Below screenshot for reference.
Once the above step is completed, then the user will need to login to the Azure Management portal with the same user credentials given.
https://manage.windowsazure.com/
Now you can enjoy the power of cloud by creating your VM's and scale them.
