Azure free account and credits - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Azure Free Account and Credits Setup

📖 Scenario: You want to start learning cloud computing with Microsoft Azure without paying anything initially. Azure offers a free account with credits to explore its services.In this project, you will simulate the process of setting up an Azure free account and managing your free credits.

🎯 Goal: Create a simple data structure to represent your Azure free account details and credits. Then, configure your monthly credit limit, calculate remaining credits after usage, and finalize your account setup.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a dictionary to store Azure free account details including 'account_id', 'subscription_type', and 'initial_credits'.

Add a variable to set the monthly credit limit.

Calculate the remaining credits after a given usage amount.

Add a final confirmation flag to indicate the account setup is complete.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Cloud beginners often start with free accounts to explore services without cost. Managing credits helps avoid unexpected charges.

💼 Career

Understanding how to track and manage cloud credits is essential for cloud administrators and developers to optimize resource usage and budget.

1

Create Azure Free Account Details

Create a dictionary called azure_account with these exact entries: 'account_id': 'AZ12345', 'subscription_type': 'Free', and 'initial_credits': 200.

Azure

# Create the azure_account dictionary with specified keys and values
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curly braces to create a dictionary and separate key-value pairs with commas.

2

Set Monthly Credit Limit

Add a variable called monthly_credit_limit and set it to 50 to represent the monthly spending limit from your free credits.

Azure

azure_account = {'account_id': 'AZ12345', 'subscription_type': 'Free', 'initial_credits': 200}
# Set the monthly_credit_limit variable to 50
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Just assign the number 50 to the variable monthly_credit_limit.

3

Calculate Remaining Credits After Usage

Create a variable called used_credits and set it to 20. Then create another variable called remaining_credits that subtracts used_credits from azure_account['initial_credits'].

Azure

azure_account = {'account_id': 'AZ12345', 'subscription_type': 'Free', 'initial_credits': 200}
monthly_credit_limit = 50
# Set used_credits to 20 and calculate remaining_credits
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Subtract used_credits from the initial_credits value in the dictionary.

4

Finalize Account Setup

Add a boolean variable called account_setup_complete and set it to True to indicate the Azure free account setup is finished.

Azure

azure_account = {'account_id': 'AZ12345', 'subscription_type': 'Free', 'initial_credits': 200}
monthly_credit_limit = 50
used_credits = 20
remaining_credits = azure_account['initial_credits'] - used_credits
# Set account_setup_complete to true
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use True (capital T) to set the boolean variable.