Trials ends

[tan_thiamhuat]

one says ends in 5 days, the other mentioned 42 days left. So which is which?

[Lozovskyi]

Hello @tan_thiamhuat,

It might be a bit confusing; however, it's important to distinguish what is what to confidently move further.

Firstly, you can check under your profile what the status of the Power BI licence is and which buttons are active/inactive. 

In Fabric, you have two types of trials.

1) Power BI trial (Power BI Premium Per User ) - 34 days left on the screen.

2) Microsoft Fabric capacity trial - As 'Start Fabric Trial' is still active, there is no Fabric Trial assigned to that user.

These things are separate, and it has an impact on your Fabric assets. Once Fabric Trial is assigned to the workspace, the workload will be stopped. You won't be able to access your data until you are assigned another active capacity. You will need to do that in 7 days after expiry to avoid data deletion.

The next step would be to understand if you have some active trial or trials in your organization (if you have admin privileges to see them). You need to open settings -> Admin portal -> Capacity settings - Trial

There you will see how many day left.

So now you can check which trial is assigned to the workspace.

Go to Workspace settings -> Workspace type

It might be that the capacity assigned to the workspace is not yours, and you can create your own and assign it to the workspace (if you have workspace admin rights and if you are still able to start trial capacity).

Hopefully, having these details, you will be able to proceed with further steps clearly.

[v-menakakota]

Hi @tan_thiamhuat ,

Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum. 

I would also take a moment to thank  @Lozovskyi  and @tayloramy  , for actively participating in the community forum and for the solutions you’ve been sharing in the community forum. Your contributions make a real difference.

I hope the above details help you fix the issue. If you still have any questions or need more help, feel free to reach out. We’re always here to support you .

Best Regards, 
Community Support Team

[Olufemi7]

Hello @tan_thiamhuat,

Both messages are valid — they are tracking different trial scopes within Microsoft Fabric.

• “42 days left” → This is your tenant-level Fabric trial (overall trial duration for Fabric features).
• “Ends in 5 days” → This refers to a Fabric capacity (compute) trial or workspace-level feature trial, which has a shorter lifecycle.

What’s happening

Microsoft Fabric provisions:

• A longer tenant-wide trial (e.g., 60 days total)
• A short-lived capacity/compute trial (often ~7 days)

These run independently, which is why the countdowns don’t match.

Impact

When the 5-day capacity trial expires:

• Fabric compute-backed features (e.g., pipelines, notebooks, lakehouse operations) may stop working
• Your tenant trial (42 days) will still remain active

Recommended Action

To avoid disruption:

• Check your workspace capacity assignment
• Either:
• Assign a paid Fabric capacity, or
• Move workloads to a supported capacity

Conclusion

No inconsistency — just separate timers for tenant-level and capacity-level trials.

[deborshi_nag]

Hello @tan_thiamhuat 

The only place where you'll find all your trial capacities is Fabric Admin Portal. 

1. Go to https://app.fabric.microsoft.com
2. Click Settings
3. Select Admin portal
4. Open Capacity settings

You’ll see an entry similar to:

• Fabric Trial
• SKU typically shown as Trial
• Capacity state: Active
• Workspaces assigned to it

This should show you two entries if you have 2 trial capacities, however Microsoft does not expose remaining days anywhere in the UI. 

[tayloramy · Accepted solution]

Hi @tan_thiamhuat, 

It looks like you likely have multiple trials activated, perhaps one Fabric trial and one Power BI Premium trial. 

Or perhaps you have multiple Fabric trials, and the trial that the workspace is assigned to is different from the trial on your account. 

Double check that the workspace is assigned to your trial capacity and not another users trial capacity. 

You cna also check all Fabric trials in the admin portal under the capacity settings.