# What is Microsoft Azure

Microsoft cloud platform

### What can I do with Azure? <a href="#what-can-i-do-with-azure" id="what-can-i-do-with-azure"></a>

Azure provides more than 100 services that enable you to do everything from running your existing applications on virtual machines to exploring new software paradigms, such as intelligent bots and mixed reality.

For example, Azure provides artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning (ML) services that can naturally communicate with your users through vision, hearing, and speech.

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### What is the Azure free account? <a href="#what-is-the-azure-free-account" id="what-is-the-azure-free-account"></a>

The Azure free account includes:

* Free access to popular Azure products for 12 months.
* A credit to use for the first 30 days.
* Access to more than 25 products that are always free.


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