How to create an Azure account

Creating your azure account

You can follow the steps mentioned below to create a free Microsoft Azure account. Let’s create a free Azure account that will be used in this course to deploy some services.

• Visit Azure.
• Select “Start free”.
• Sign in with your Microsoft or GitHub account or create a free Microsoft account.
• On the “About you” page, fill in all the details and select “Next” to continue.
• On the “Identity verification by phone” screen, select your country code, and type in the number to which you have immediate access.
• You have the option of text or callback to obtain a verification code. Select the relevant option, type the code in the Verification code box, and select “Verify code”.
• If the verification code is correct, you’re asked to enter details of a valid credit card. Enter the card information and select “Next”.
• The last step is to review the agreement and privacy statement, and then select “Sign up.”

Congratulations! You have your free Azure account all made and ready to use.