Procedures to Activate Microsoft Azure for Students

Prerequisite

An Microsoft account is necessary for registering and using the Microsoft Azure for Students. You can use your @connect.hku.hk email account to login and register for Microsoft Azure for Students. 

Registration

  1. Go to https://azure.microsoft.com/free/students/.
  2. Click Activate now.
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  4. You will be redirected to Microsoft account sign in page. Enter your username (in format of HKUPortalUID@connect.hku.hk and HKU Portal PIN.
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  6. After the verification is successfully done, you will see the subscription information under your account.
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  8. You can now use Microsoft Azure for Students by accessing the link https://portal.azure.com using your registered Microsoft account.
  9. For FAQs, please refer to https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/free-account-students-faq/.
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MFA

Multi-Factor Authentication

February 2024
February 2024

Mandatory for all staff accounts

May 2024
May 2024

Mandatory for all student accounts