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r/AZURE rules, stats, and what to post

A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/AZURE: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.

Members
217.3K
Community age
Created Mar 2010, 16 years
To post
No minimum in the rules
To comment
No minimum in the rules
Self-promotion
Banned
Links
Not mentioned in the rules
Promo risk
HighFrom the rules, not from removal counts

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Rule summary

  • No spam.: Do not submit the same post or comment repeatedly. Do not post unrelated/unsolicited content.
  • No piracy or illegal activities.: Do not post or comment about piracy tactics, illegal activities, activities that break Reddit, Microsoft, or Azure ToS. This includes, but is not limited to, account sharing, credit abuse, and promotion abuse.
  • No harassment, hate speech, racism, sexism, or malicious trolling.: Self-explanatory, violators will be permanently banned.
  • Do not post any NSFW content.: Do not post or comment anything that is "Not Suitable For Work". This includes, but is not limited to, nudity, violence, gore, and drugs.
  • No politics.: It never ends well. Talk about politics in other subreddits, but not this one.
  • No drama.: This isn't the place for drama. This is a community subreddit about Microsoft Azure, nothing else.
  • No exam dumps.: Do not post or comment links to exam dumps, copy/pasting questions that look like exam dumps, or asking about exam dumps. Zero tolerance policy about this.
  • No certification content.: R/azurecertification exists for this reason. Any certification related content will be removed, including "I just passed my exam" or "is this worth it?!?"

Works well

  • A specific question about an Azure configuration or service you are genuinely stuck on
  • A writeup of a real lesson learned from running your own workload on Azure, shared to help others
  • A helpful answer to someone else's Azure question based on your own experience
  • A comparison of how you solved a technical Azure problem, told as your experience rather than a product pitch
  • A discussion post about an Azure architecture decision you are weighing, inviting the community's input

Avoid

  • Posting the same post or comment repeatedly or submitting unrelated unsolicited content
  • Sharing piracy tactics, account sharing, credit abuse, or anything that breaks Reddit, Microsoft, or Azure terms of service
  • Harassing people or using hate speech, racism, sexism, or malicious trolling, which earns a permanent ban
  • Posting anything not suitable for work, including nudity, violence, gore, and drugs
  • Bringing up politics in any form
  • Stirring up drama or posting about topics unrelated to Microsoft Azure and the community itself

What r/AZURE Is For

This is a community subreddit about Microsoft Azure. People come here to talk about Microsoft's cloud platform, ask questions about how it works, and discuss the service with other users. The description also points members to a Discord server, so the community exists beyond Reddit too. Judging by the rules, the regulars here care about keeping the space on topic, clean, and free of piracy, politics, drama, and certification chatter. If you build on Azure or run workloads on it, this is a room full of people who understand your stack.

Rules That Matter Before Posting

The rule that decides most marketing posts here is “No spam.”. It says do not submit the same post or comment repeatedly and do not post unrelated or unsolicited content. That means a cold pitch about your product is treated as unsolicited and gets removed. “No piracy or illegal activities.” matters too, because it covers anything that breaks Reddit, Microsoft, or Azure terms of service, including promotion abuse. If your marketing involves anything that bends those terms, it is out. “No drama.” keeps the subreddit focused, saying this is a community subreddit about Microsoft Azure and nothing else. “No politics.” removes anything political, which matters if your post drags current events into it. “No certification content.” sends all certification talk to r/azurecertification, including posts like I just passed my exam or is this worth it. Finally, “No exam dumps.” has a zero tolerance policy, so never share or ask for dumps.

What To Post

A good post here is genuinely about Microsoft Azure. If you are a founder, the respectful play is to participate as a user of the platform, not as a marketer. Ask a real question about an Azure setup you are working through. Share a lesson learned from running your workload on Azure, framed as an experience rather than a pitch. Answer other people's questions with what you actually know. If your product happens to run on Azure and it comes up naturally in a conversation where someone asked for help, that is a very different thing from dropping an unsolicited link. Everything you post should be on topic, useful to someone else reading it, and not repeated across the subreddit. Keep politics, drama, and certification questions out of it.

What To Avoid

The fastest way to get removed is posting spam, meaning the same post or comment over and over or unrelated unsolicited content. Anything illegal, pirated, or against Reddit, Microsoft, or Azure terms of service gets you banned, and promotion abuse counts. Harassment, hate speech, racism, sexism, or malicious trolling means a permanent ban. Never post anything not suitable for work, including nudity, violence, gore, and drugs. Keep politics out entirely, because the rules say it never ends well. Skip the drama, since this is a community subreddit about Microsoft Azure and nothing else. Do not post or ask about exam dumps under any circumstances, because the policy there is zero tolerance. And keep every certification topic off this subreddit and on r/azurecertification instead.

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Common questions about r/AZURE

Can I post about my product if it runs on Azure?

No. The rules say spam and unsolicited content are not allowed, so sending the same pitch repeatedly or dropping unrelated content will get it removed.

Can I share that I passed an Azure certification exam?

The rules say all certification related content is removed, including I just passed my exam posts, so use the dedicated azurecertification subreddit instead.

Can I ask where to find exam dumps?

No. There is a zero tolerance policy about exam dumps, so asking for them, sharing links to them, or pasting questions that look like dumps is out.

Are links allowed in posts?

The description does not say, so treat links carefully and never submit unsolicited content under the spam rule.

What about asking for feedback on an Azure related project?

Yes, if it is genuinely on topic for Microsoft Azure, respectful, and not an unsolicited plug that reads as spam.

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