An update on my Azure experiences… apparently I forgot to turn off my Azure VM one day last month. I say apparently because I don't recall using Azure to turn it on, but perhaps I did, anticipating doing something, then forgot. It happens. Here is exactly what happened when I forgot!

First, I got an email

The text says "The following subscription has reached its monthly free Microsoft Azure limit and has been disabled".

An email alerting me that my Azure limit has been reached and my subscription is disabled.
An email alerting me that my Azure limit has been reached and my subscription is disabled.

Here's what I see on Azure

It shows that I have *no* subscriptions when I ran out of credit. I ran out at the end of the cycle so I had 3 days (originally) left (1 day when I took the screenshot). The part that threw me off was it said I have no subscriptions. I would have expected it to say my subscription is out of credits. Initially, I thought it expired literally, as in I had to renew my MAPS subscription or MPN membership. No, I just had to wait. Alternatively, I could have added a paid subscription to use when I ran out of credits.

The message on the Azure homepage is "Credit Status $0 credit available"
The message on the Azure homepage is "Credit Status $0 credit available"

Email stating I'm back in business

When everything is back enabled, I got another email. Yay!

An email message telling me my subscription has been re-enabled.
An email message telling me my subscription has been re-enabled.