Microsoft is trying to lure more startups onto its Azure cloud services by offering a substantial US$120,000 credit for companies that qualify for its BizSpark Plus program.

Starting July 1, qualifying companies will receive $10,000 worth of Azure credits every month for a year, which they can spend on services to power their business. Those offerings include Microsoft’s App Service—a set of tools designed to power mobile, Web and other applications — along with infrastructure services like virtual machines and higher level services like Azure Machine Learning.

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