Put your monthly Microsoft Azure credit to work. Wondering what to do with your monthly Azure credit that’s provided through the internal use rights program? Here are a few quick and easy ways to get started – all available to you for less than $100* a month.

Create a Windows Server VM for your small production deployment or a good dev box It’s easy to create an Azure virtual machine in just a few minutes in the Azure portal. It’s not expensive – in an example scenario, it costs less than $65 a month for a 3.5 GB virtual machine**. Price it for yourself and get started with this tutorial. Check out this video walkthrough.

Go hybrid: Back up on-premises data in the cloud Use Azure Backup to back up and restore your data in the Microsoft Cloud. It replaces

is reliable, secure, and cost competitive. Get 10 500GB instances** for $100/mo. Try Azure Backup. You can set up Azure Backup in less than 10 minutes. Our how-to videos will help you get started.

Create a SQL Database SQL Database delivers predictable performance, scalability with no downtime, business continuity and data protection—all with near-zero administration. A sample SQL 250 GB database with 10 data throughput units is less than $100/month**. Ready to jump in? It’s easy to or an elastic database pool. See how quickly you can create a SQL database – our video shows you how.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/

Active Visual Studio Enterprise subscribers receive a monthly Azure credit of up to $150. Check the Partner Membership

**Sample pricing – data as of Jan. 11, 2016.