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Hello Ömer Faruk Özsakarya,
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The "Start Fabric Trial" in Power BI initiates a self-service Microsoft Fabric experience tied to your Power BI tenant, offering immediate access to all Fabric workloads (Data Engineering, Warehousing, etc.) with a 60-day free trial capacity (F64 SKU). This automatically provisions necessary Azure resources behind the scenes without direct Azure involvement. In contrast, adding Fabric via Azure requires an existing Azure subscription and lets you deploy Fabric capacities as billable Azure resources (e.g., F32, F64 SKUs) with full cost control and enterprise governance. Both options provide identical Fabric features but differ in access paths: the trial is ideal for evaluation, while Azure deployment suits production scenarios with centralized IT oversight.
Key Differences:
- Trial: No Azure subscription needed; auto-provisioned, time-limited.
- Azure: Requires subscription, permanent, supports custom SKUs and policies.
For production use, Azure deployment is recommended post-trial.
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