can't verify my studentship by school email in azure

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can't verify my studentship by school email in azure

Saroj S. Iqbal 0

I wanted to verify my student offers by github and claim the offers in Azure but don't know why i was unable to verify myself in Azure. I have not signed in by my school email by the way. Thanks.

Bharath Y P 10,610 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-02-10T18:14:46.9533333+00:00
Hello Saroj S. Iqbal, It sounds like you're trying to verify your student offers through GitHub for Azure, but you're running into some trouble because you haven't signed in with your school email. Here are a few things you can consider to resolve this issue:

Use Your School Email: Generally, to verify your studentship for Azure offers, you need to sign in with your school email address. If you haven't used your school email yet, I'd recommend you try signing in with it. This is often a necessary step for verification.

Check Email Settings: If you've signed in with your school email but still can't verify, make sure that your email account is set up properly to receive verification emails. Check your spam/junk folder as well to ensure the verification email didn't end up there.

GitHub Account Verification: Ensure that you’ve linked your GitHub account with your school email and that GitHub is recognizing it as a valid educational email. Sometimes, if GitHub doesn't verify it correctly, it can affect the offers.

Try Again: If there was a temporary issue, it might help to try the verification process again after some time.

If you continue to have issues, here are a couple of follow-up questions to better assist you:

Have you tried signing in using your school email?

Are you receiving any specific error messages when trying to verify your studentship?

Have you linked your GitHub account with the school email?

I hope this helps you get started! Let me know if you have any further questions.

References: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/
Athaya Naufal Brasta 0 Reputation points

2026-02-18T16:53:50.5166667+00:00

Hi Azure Team,

Iam trying to activate the Azure for Students offer ($100 credit) through the GitHub Student Developer Pack.

The Issue: When I am redirected to the verification page, the form auto-fills my university email address. However, the system incorrectly flags it as invalid and immediately disables the input field, leaving me stuck. I cannot edit or re-enter the email.

Details:

Offer: Azure for Students (GitHub Student Pack)

University Domain: @students.mikroskil.ac.id (Universitas Mikroskil, Indonesia)

Error Message: "Enter a valid email address"

Behavior: The input field has the disabled attribute set automatically upon loading, preventing any correction.

Technical Observation: I inspected the page source (DevTools) and noticed the pattern attribute (Regex) on the email input field seems to be too restrictive or fails to handle long subdomains like students.mikroskil.ac.id correctly. Since the input is disabled via JavaScript immediately after the regex check fails, I am unable to proceed.

Request: Could you please whitelist my domain or assist in manually verifying my student status? My GitHub account is already verified as a student.

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Bharath Y P 10,610 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-02-10T18:14:46.9533333+00:00

Hello Saroj S. Iqbal, It sounds like you're trying to verify your student offers through GitHub for Azure, but you're running into some trouble because you haven't signed in with your school email. Here are a few things you can consider to resolve this issue:

Use Your School Email: Generally, to verify your studentship for Azure offers, you need to sign in with your school email address. If you haven't used your school email yet, I'd recommend you try signing in with it. This is often a necessary step for verification.

Check Email Settings: If you've signed in with your school email but still can't verify, make sure that your email account is set up properly to receive verification emails. Check your spam/junk folder as well to ensure the verification email didn't end up there.

GitHub Account Verification: Ensure that you’ve linked your GitHub account with your school email and that GitHub is recognizing it as a valid educational email. Sometimes, if GitHub doesn't verify it correctly, it can affect the offers.

Try Again: If there was a temporary issue, it might help to try the verification process again after some time.

If you continue to have issues, here are a couple of follow-up questions to better assist you:

Have you tried signing in using your school email?

Are you receiving any specific error messages when trying to verify your studentship?

Have you linked your GitHub account with the school email?

I hope this helps you get started! Let me know if you have any further questions.

References: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/
Athaya Naufal Brasta 0 Reputation points

2026-02-18T16:53:50.5166667+00:00

Hi Azure Team,

Iam trying to activate the Azure for Students offer ($100 credit) through the GitHub Student Developer Pack.

The Issue: When I am redirected to the verification page, the form auto-fills my university email address. However, the system incorrectly flags it as invalid and immediately disables the input field, leaving me stuck. I cannot edit or re-enter the email.

Details:

Offer: Azure for Students (GitHub Student Pack)

University Domain: @students.mikroskil.ac.id (Universitas Mikroskil, Indonesia)

Error Message: "Enter a valid email address"

Behavior: The input field has the disabled attribute set automatically upon loading, preventing any correction.

Technical Observation: I inspected the page source (DevTools) and noticed the pattern attribute (Regex) on the email input field seems to be too restrictive or fails to handle long subdomains like students.mikroskil.ac.id correctly. Since the input is disabled via JavaScript immediately after the regex check fails, I am unable to proceed.

Request: Could you please whitelist my domain or assist in manually verifying my student status? My GitHub account is already verified as a student.

Attachments:

Answer 1

To verify your student status in Azure, you need to sign in using your school email address (typically ending in .edu). Since you mentioned that you have not signed in with your school email, this could be the reason for the verification failure. Make sure to create a Microsoft account using your school email if you haven't done so already. This account will allow you to access Azure and claim your student offers.

If you continue to experience issues, ensure that your school email is properly linked to your Microsoft account and that you meet the eligibility requirements for the Azure for Students program.

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