Author Topic: FREE 30 days of CPU Mining Courtesy of Microsoft. (Read 150 times)

The Mad Ape · « **on:** December 12, 2013, 05:45:59 AM »

Hi

I was doing some research last night and discovered that it is possible to create an account at WindowsAzure.com and then set up to a max of 3 servers with the virtual machine option. You can have up to a maximum of 20 cores total for mining.

I do not take credit for this but I did go through the process and it works.

While the tutorial that I am linking to is for QuarkCoin (almost 100% mined BTW) it can be applied to IFC.

Yes it is a low hashrate around 30 khs for the 8 core (can create 2 of them) and 15 khs for the 4 core (can create 1 of them) ~ 8 core + 8 core + 4 core = ~ 75 khs for free for 1 month.

I have tested it on IFC, QRK, LTC, FTC and it works fine.

Go to http://quark.freeforums.net/thread/457/azure-mining-step-guide-quarks and follow the steps.

There is one caveat to this: Microsoft requires your credit card number and real contact info. They will not charge your card unless you explicitly tell them to once the 30 day trial is over.

Now if only Microsoft can invent virtual graphic cards

The Mad Ape · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2013, 03:38:54 PM »

UPDATE: Someone from Microsoft called me to 'welcome' me to the Windows Azure Family. Since I am a bit of a recluse I did not answer the phone. They sent an email followup.

So far the miners keep mining.

wesgen · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2013, 08:20:32 PM »

thanks for this OP! I have set up 3 servers and they are currently mining. Waiting to see when the payouts come in.

With all 3 instances I'm clocking in about within the range of 75Khs, which isn't bad considering I was trying to mine at 12Khs from my laptop before.

The Mad Ape · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2013, 06:08:31 PM »

Microsoft shut me down today. Said they were pulling the free offer because I was using too much resources.

I have to pay if I want to continue.

Fun while it lasted but I suspect that they are on to miners.

wesgen · « **Reply #4 on:** December 17, 2013, 07:33:52 PM »

hmm thats odd..mine is still running--my credit would be done by tomorrow though. I closed off another trial today too as credit came near the end.

The Mad Ape · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2013, 09:14:41 AM »

Here is the text of the email that I received:

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Your subscription listed below has reached its monthly limit of free Windows Azure and has been disabled.

Subscription Name: Free Trial

To get details on your account usage limits, go to: https://account.windowsazure.com

If you are not in the last month of your subscription term, your Windows Azure service will be restored on your subscription's next monthly anniversary.

If you would like to re-enable service for this subscription now, you can upgrade to a paid subscription by signing in to http://account.windowsazure.com using your <redacted> Windows Live ID. Then go to this subscription and follow the link to upgrade to a paid subscription. If you upgrade to a paid subscription, you will be charged at standard rates for usage that exceeds free monthly quantities included with your offer.

If you are in the last month of your subscription term and decide not to upgrade to a paid subscription, all data will be deleted in 90 days. Please be sure to retrieve any data you want to keep.

Thank you for using Microsoft Online Services.

Windows Azure

I signed up on Dec 11/13

24 hours before this happened they did a forced 'update' on each virtual machine.

kashish948 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2013, 05:12:11 PM »

can someone help me posting a tutorial for ifc mining?

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