UBC Hybrid Cloud
Through the UBC Hybrid Cloud Service, UBC researchers can access commercial clouds including Microsoft Azure. Some of the benefits to use the UBC Hybrid Cloud Service include:
- Guardrails enabled by default to support compliance with UBC’s Information Security Standards
- Invoices are billed directly to Workday accounts; no credit cards are required
- Utilizes UBC’s Campus-wide Login (CWL)
For more information and to apply for an account, please visit UBC Hybrid Cloud Service.
Visual Studio with MSDN Subscriptions
Visual Studio Pro with MSDN and Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN subscriptions include a comprehensive set of tools and resources to develop new applications on Microsoft Azure. For example, researchers can prototype new research applications and research workloads. When the research workloads are ready, UBC researchers can more easily migrate them to the UBC Hybrid Cloud Service.
The subscription includes:
- Visual Studio Professional / Enterprise
- Extensions in VS Code
- Azure credits for testing
If you are interested in the subscriptions and their educational pricing, contact UBC IT Service Centre Help Desk. To learn more, please see the Visual Studios Subscriptions webpage.
Azure Quantum credits
Azure Quantum offers up to $10,000 USD in credits for use against Azure Quantum hardware partners including IonQ, Quantinuum, and Rigetti. To learn more and apply for resources please see: https://microsoft.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3fl9dfFrkC3g0aG