2. Azure Account, Subscriptions and Free Limits (India)
2.3 India Billing Alerts and Safe Habits
Why. A student in Solapur left a GPU VM running over Diwali week. Painful bill. Alerts are cheaper than tears.
What. Use budget alerts and daily habit: deallocate lab VMs when you finish study.
How.
- In Cost Management + Billing, create a budget with email alert at 50% and 90% (exact UI labels can move — search “Budgets”).
- Prefer small B-series / small sizes for learning when available in your offer.
- Never share subscription owner rights on WhatsApp screenshots with keys visible.
Fictional lab
Diwali GPU story is fictional teaching only.