Not able to create fabric trial account

[nitinmehta2879]

Hello

I am trying to create fabric trial account using aka.ms/try-fabric but it is not accepting personal email address. I even tried work email but looks like my organization has not enabled it. Is it not possible to try fabric without work email? Is power bi license also required for trying fabric? I have a 60 day trial code and a QR code but it is taking me to same trial page where personal email is not working.

Thanks

[nitinmehta2879]

Got response on my support request. Fabric trials are halted and would resume after sometime which is why it is not working

[v-jingzhan-msft]

Hi @nitinmehta2879 

The following article describes an alternative way to sign up for the Power BI service if you don't already have a work or school email account and don't already have an account that works with Microsoft 365.

Sign up for Power BI with a new Microsoft 365 trial - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

You're unable to sign up for Power BI with your personal email address. You can still try out Power BI and Fabric with either an Office 365 or a Microsoft 365 trial. During the sign-up process, you create an "onmicrosoft" email work account. Use that new work account to sign up for the Power BI service and get a Fabric free or Power BI Pro license. Start Fabric Trial then. 

For other important considerations, please read carefully the documentation linked in above context.

!!!NOTE: Fabric is only available in regions listed in Fabric region availability, please review the list first and make sure you select one of the regions when signing up an Office 365 or Microsoft 365 trial. This region cannot be changed after the creation. It is the home region of the tenant you create and will be the default data region of your Power BI service and Fabric trial capacity. 

Other references:

Wondering if I can get access without having a company/school email. - Microsoft Q&A

Best Regards,
Jing
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[nitinmehta2879]

Thanks Jing. This helped a lot and looks like I am very close. 

Now when i am trying to activate Fabric capacity I am getting below error.

Sorry, we are unable to start trial at this time.

Upgrade to a free Microsoft Fabric trial

To create a Notebook, your workspace TestWS needs to be upgraded to a free Fabric trial capacity. Upgrading requires us to create a free trial capacity for you and assign this workspace to it. Learn more Opens in new window

Failed to prepare a free trial capacity for this workspace

[v-jingzhan-msft]

I found that several users experience the same problem recently that they are unable to start Fabric Trial. Fabric Trial not working - Microsoft Fabric Community

The recommended action is to create a support ticket to escalate the request to the support team. However as your tenant is a trial one, you probably couldn't create a support ticket. You may give this a try. 

Best Regards,
Jing

[nitinmehta2879]

Thank you. I have submitted the support request. Will wait for their response.

[nitinmehta2879 · Accepted solution]

Got response on support request. Fabric trials have been halted and wouls resume after few months which is why it is not working.

[lbendlin]

Did they mention a reason for halting the trials?

[nitinmehta2879]

No they did not mention the reason for halting. But they said they will let me know when it resumes.

[lbendlin]

you need an organizational email.  You don't need a Pro license for the trial.