I recently set out to create an Azure tenant using their 30-day free trial. Everything was going smoothly until I tried to create a virtual machine, and then I got hit with a message saying it would be $150 a month, even though I'm on the 'Free Trial'. From what I've gathered, the tenant itself might be free, but it seems like as soon as I start adding any pay-as-you-go resources, I'm looking at immediate charges. Is that really how it works? Am I overlooking something that would allow me to use resources without incurring costs right away?
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Not all Azure resources are covered by the credits available in the free trial. Are you trying to create a standard VM, or is it a third-party image that might require extra payments?
I was creating a standard VM using Windows Server 2022 Datacenter with a hotfix. It displayed $150 per month without any indication that it was part of the free trial or that I had a $200 credit. Are you saying I can still create the VM, and even though it asks for my credit card and seems like I need to pay, I won't actually be charged?