Launching Your Free Trial SoftNAS® offers you two methods to try out our product, SoftNAS Cloud®, on Microsoft Azure. SoftNAS

offers a free test drive, which provides a quick, pre-configured instance designed to allow you to

navigate and learn about SoftNAS Cloud. However, while the test drive provides a good sense of the

many features, along with the look and feel for SoftNAS Cloud, it does not allow the time or resources

required to test the complete solution — for that, SoftNAS offers a Free 30-Day Trial.

The SoftNAS Cloud free trial offers you two 30-day licenses for the full-featured product. While these

SoftNAS Cloud licenses are separate from the USD $200 credit and free account offered by Microsoft

Azure, as a new user, these separate offers can be leveraged together, ensuring a completely free trial,

without incurring costs from SoftNAS or Microsoft Azure. Select "Path A: Free Trial, New Subscription" if

you are a new user, without an active Azure subscription

If you are a current Azure subscriber, you will be financially responsible for the underlying Azure

resources used but will still benefit from the free licenses provided by the SoftNAS Cloud free trial.

Select "Path B: Azure Subscriber" if you already have an Azure subscription.

Path A: Free Trial, New Subscription To launch your SoftNAS Cloud free trial, simply click the Create Virtual Machine button.

This will take you to the Azure Portal Login screen, where you can log in with your Microsoft account

credentials.

If you have not accessed the Azure portal previously or have entered a non-Microsoft email address, you

will most likely be directed to a separate Microsoft Account login page. Login as usual if you have a

Microsoft account; otherwise, you will have the option to create one from this page.

Upon your successful login, you will then be taken to the Azure Portal, and if you already have an

existing Azure subscription, you can immediately begin creating your free SoftNAS Cloud Instance. In

order to test all the available features, ensure that "Resource Manager" is selected and click Create.

If you are a new user, you will not already have an Azure subscription, and you will be prompted to

create one. Click Sign Up for a New Subscription.

Select Free Trial. This initiates the Azure free subscription, along with the corresponding USD $200

credit.

Enter the required information to receive your subscription.

After you have entered your information and verified your account, you will be greeted by an Azure

Subscription welcome screen. From here, you can either click Start managing my service or close the

window and restart the process via the method shown in "Path B: Azure Subscriber".

Note: To skip to Path B and open SoftNAS Cloud on Azure Marketplace page click here.

This will take you to the Azure Portal Dashboard.

To verify your Azure subscription free trial is properly activated, you can check your notifications along

the top bar.

To initiate your SoftNAS Cloud free trial, you will need to find SoftNAS Cloud through the Azure

Marketplace. Click "New" from the left menu bar, and type: SoftNAS.

Select SoftNAS Cloud Standard or SoftNAS Cloud Express from the listed options. To verify the instance

you have chosen is part of the free trial offer, you will note “Free Trial Enabled” at the top of the

description. Ensure Resource Manager is selected, and click: Create.

You can then begin configuring your instance. For more guidance on creating an instance, you can check

out a SoftNAS Cloud video:

https://youtu.be/gQ8J9Fyfm-U?list=PL-BYjDczh7nwOyeLUeB3_4kc1P6Lo_hpE

Or you can review the SoftNAS Cloud documentation:

https://www.softnas.com/docs/softnas/v3/html/create___configure_a_virtual_machine_in_azure.html

Path B: Azure Subscriber

If you are an Azure subscriber, the process is even simpler since you won't have to create a new

subscription to begin creating your SoftNAS Cloud instance. You can begin creating your instance

immediately after login with your Azure credentials.

Ensure that SoftNAS Cloud Standard or SoftNAS Cloud Express is selected and click the green button.

Log into your existing Microsoft Azure account.

If you have logged in and have an existing subscription, you will be taken directly to the SoftNAS Cloud

Standard product. To verify the instance type you have chosen is part of the free trial offer, you will note

“Free Trial Enabled” at the top of the description. Ensure Resource Manager is selected and click:

Create.

You can now begin configuring your instance. For more guidance on creating an instance, you can check

out the SoftNAS Cloud video:

https://youtu.be/gQ8J9Fyfm-U?list=PL-BYjDczh7nwOyeLUeB3_4kc1P6Lo_hpE

Or you can review the SoftNAS Cloud documentation:

https://www.softnas.com/docs/softnas/v3/html/create___configure_a_virtual_machine_in_azure.html

Contact Information

Sales

1-888-801-7524, Opt. 1 sales@softnas.com

Support

www.softnas.com/helpdesk

Mailing Address

SoftNAS, Inc.

9211 West Road

Ste. 143-162

Houston, TX 77064