You can get a bunch of Azure stuff for free for small trials and experimentation.

I'm not sure if full VMs are part of that or not but I know Web Sites and a few other things are free at the minimum levels, which is actually quite useful for a lot of things.

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>>Azure.
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>>>I don't think running a test is as easy as having someone who knows the answer simply respond YES or NO. Plus, I don't know how you can run a test without having the product unless you borrow someone else's computer, or maybe go to a store and install the products you are testing. Does not seem easy to me.
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>>>Ken
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>don't you have to have paid $$$ to use Azure??