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ThomasLotti-5225 asked AnuragSharma-MSFT answered

Cost in the creation of the SQL database on the sandbox in the course (AZ900).

I am trying to create a Database as asked in the exercize:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/azure-database-fundamentals/exercise-create-sql-database

but when I arrive at the step in which I should pres "review + create" I see that there is a cost for the database of 860$/month.
I am wrong when I think that this should be for free since is in a temporary sandbox and used only for exercize.
Thanks in advance for the answer.

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AnuragSharma-MSFT answered

hi @ThomasLotti-5225, welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Microsoft Sandbox for learning is free of cost. Any resource that we create as part of sandbox is also free even though you see the costing at "Review + Create" screen. However, the scope of these resources like 'Azure SQL Database' is within the given exercise.

I assume you are using a new account for using the sandbox and not any existing azure account which has a paid subscription. Also you must not have provided any payment details like credit card number etc. for the same.

Refer to below link for more details:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/support/faq?pivots=sandbox

Please let us know if you need more details.


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Learn sandbox subscription is provided by Microsoft for learning and it's free.

When we create a personal Azure subscription by attaching the credit card; only in that case this subscription will charge per Month.


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First of all thank you for the answer! But my question was not related to the sandbox but to the creation of the SQL Server database as asked by the exercise it is for free or it is required to pay something.

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I have followed the same exercise earlier. You login to the sandbox and create SQL DB. This step doesn't doesn't charge you. It does show the pricing but we don't need to pay for it.

See the below section on top of exercise module -

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