We now begin to transfer our microservices-based application to the Azure cloud utilizing its Azure Container Service offerings.
Azure subscription
First of all, we need to have an Azure subscription, so, if you do not have one, create one. You can have 200$ free to use for one month on anything on Azure the first time you create your Azure account. If you are a Visual Studio subscriber, you can have 50$ to 150$ per month of Azure credit to spend on. Similarly, if you are an MSDN platform subscriber, you get 100$ per month of Azure credit.
In addition to some of the afore mentioned options, there is also a plan called Visual Studio Dev Essentials. This plan is basically to attract non-Microsoft developers ...