Comments on: Canceling a SQL Azure Account

By: SQL University - Cloud Week | SQLRockstar

SQL University - Cloud Week | SQLRockstar — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:38:08 +0000

[…] over your specified trial amount. Last year I signed up for this same “free” trial and got billed a whopping $1.06 that I was not […]

By: Name not given

Name not given — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:50:11 +0000

Microsoft has sunk to a new low . . . using “trial traps” . . . yes one must contact customer support to cancel a trial. There’s plenty of opportunity to sign up for more services but they make it very hard to cancel. I called Microsoft support . . . all the options for Azure support were available EXCEPT the one to cancel . . . it says they are CLOSED! I’m just going to tell my cedit card company to charge back all Microsoft fees and move on to open source . . . there’s plenty of free software out there that works suffciently well given the cost. Azure is lack luster to say the least and high priced given the limited services. BTW: I was a devoted Microsoft customer for 15 years . . . I’m also a MCSE . . . but I’m giving up on Microsoft because they really are indifferent, at best, to the impact they have on customers.

By: Thomas LaRock

Thomas LaRock — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:52:29 +0000

In reply to Trevor Drummond. oh, i hadn't thought of that, good point.

By: Trevor Drummond

Trevor Drummond — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:53:46 +0000

This is one of my primary fears about Azure and why I’ve yet to set up a development sandbox. Sure it’s free* because of my MSDN subscription, but yet they still want my credit card anyway.

Sorry Microsoft, I don’t trust you with an open invitation to bill me for an indefinite amount.

I’d rather you just disable my site when I’ve hit the free limit.