Subject: Azure for Students Academic Verification Issue — BUIT, India

Azure for Students currently requires verification through an institution-issued email address, so GitHub Education approval and personal enrollment documents do not independently bypass Azure’s academic verification requirement.^1^

What to do next

1. Ask BUIT’s IT department or administration to handle the institution record.
   • Ask whether BUIT or its parent university has an institutional email domain for students, even if student mailboxes are not normally issued.
   • Report that “Barkatullah University Institute of Technology, Bhopal” disappears from the institution field.
   • Ask whether other BUIT students have activated Azure for Students.
   • Request that the institution contact its Microsoft education representative or open an Azure support request to have the institution and its academic domain reviewed.
   A closely matching case involving an Indian institution that did not provide school email accounts concluded that there is no supported student-side workaround; the institution’s IT administrators may need to raise the request.^2^
2. Open an Azure subscription-management support request if your Microsoft account already has access to an Azure subscription.
   • Sign in to the Azure portal.
   • Select the ? icon in the global header.
   • Enter Azure for Students academic verification.
   • If the suggested solutions do not apply, select Create a support request.
   • Choose the closest Subscription management option—not a technical-support category.
   • Describe both symptoms: BUIT cannot be retained in the school field, and BUIT does not issue individual academic email addresses.
   • Ask whether the institution can be reviewed or corrected in the academic-verification system.
   Azure provides subscription-management support without requiring a paid technical support plan. Creating a request against a subscription requires the Owner, Contributor, or Support Request Contributor role.^3^
3. Have these items ready if Support requests evidence:
   • Current student ID or enrollment certificate
   • Current fee receipt
   • Examination admit card
   • Screenshot showing the institution name disappearing
   • Institution’s official name, location, and public academic domain
   • Confirmation from BUIT that individual student email accounts are not issued
   Do not post unredacted documents or personal identifiers publicly on Microsoft Q&A. Upload them only through a private support case when requested.

GitHub Education approval

Do not assume that the GitHub Student Developer Pack activates Azure automatically. The closest matching accepted Q&A answer states that GitHub Education and Azure for Students use separate verification processes, and eligibility for one does not establish eligibility for the other.^2^

Some older Q&A answers describe GitHub-based activation paths, but those reports conflict with the closer no-school-email case and with the current official Azure requirement. Unless the GitHub benefits page itself displays a working Microsoft Azure redemption option or code, GitHub approval alone is not an alternative verification method.

Important limitation

Microsoft’s published eligibility terms require applicants to:

• attend an accredited, degree-granting two- or four-year institution as a full-time student;
• meet the applicable age requirement; and
• verify academic status through the institution’s email address.^4^

The public offer documentation does not describe a student-initiated document-upload exception when the institution issues no academic email. Support can review the institution record and advise on available options, but approval is not guaranteed. If you cannot create a support request because you have no Azure subscription, ask BUIT’s IT department to submit it through an institutional Azure account.

References

1. What is Azure for Students?
2. Unable to activate Azure for Students Starter via GitHub Pack - No school email - Microsoft Q&A
3. Create an Azure support request
4. Azure for College Students—Offer Details | Microsoft Azure