--- id: post/thinkaboutit-be/7443 type: post title: "How Do I: Create a Business Central Trial From Scratch" summary: Creating a Business Central trial requires starting with a clean Microsoft 365 trial tenant using a supported country, then signing up for Business Central at trials.dynamics.com. The trial period begins only when you create a non-demo company, lasting 30 days with options to extend it twice more. tier: community language: en tags: - trial setup - environments - getting started - localization - demo company system: administration review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-08T01:57:37.697Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-08T01:26:53.141Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-post: 1 input_hash: 1ba42ce3a389eda3040c21154f450eee56579322fc2137dc8d490b4c28f58e40 evidence: - kind: blog url: https://thinkaboutit.be/2026/01/how-do-i-create-a-business-central-trial-from-scratch/ title: "How Do I: Create a Business Central Trial From Scratch" date: "2026-01-05" commit: null t: null quote: null - kind: blog url: https://thinkaboutit.be/2026/01/how-do-i-create-a-business-central-trial-from-scratch/ title: "How Do I: Create a Business Central Trial From Scratch" date: "2026-01-05" commit: null t: null quote: The moment you create a new company that is not a Cronus demo company, the Business Central trial starts. - kind: blog url: https://thinkaboutit.be/2026/01/how-do-i-create-a-business-central-trial-from-scratch/ title: "How Do I: Create a Business Central Trial From Scratch" date: "2026-01-05" commit: null t: null quote: If a Business Central trial environment is created but no one signs in at all for 45 days, Microsoft may automatically remove the environment. - kind: blog url: https://thinkaboutit.be/2026/01/how-do-i-create-a-business-central-trial-from-scratch/ title: "How Do I: Create a Business Central Trial From Scratch" date: "2026-01-05" commit: null t: null quote: Selecting the correct country during the Microsoft 365 trial setup is important. Business Central is not available in every country. links: learn: [] objects: [] features: [] topics: [] localizations: [] videos: [] posts: [] guidelines: [] post_id: "7443" source_id: thinkaboutit-be source_name: think about IT - Steven Renders url: https://thinkaboutit.be/2026/01/how-do-i-create-a-business-central-trial-from-scratch/ published_at: "2026-01-05T09:00:45.000Z" author: Steven Renders full_text: false words: 1554 quotes: - text: The moment you create a new company that is not a Cronus demo company, the Business Central trial starts. why_it_matters: Understanding when the trial actually begins helps users maximize exploration time with demo data before committing to actual company setup - text: If a Business Central trial environment is created but no one signs in at all for 45 days, Microsoft may automatically remove the environment. why_it_matters: Users need to know about automatic cleanup policies to prevent losing their trial environments - text: Selecting the correct country during the Microsoft 365 trial setup is important. Business Central is not available in every country. why_it_matters: Country selection directly impacts trial creation success and feature availability, making it a critical first decision code_objects_mentioned: [] systems: - administration - platform versions_mentioned: [] preview: embeddable: true frame_url: https://thinkaboutit.be/2026/01/how-do-i-create-a-business-central-trial-from-scratch/embed/ image: https://i0.wp.com/thinkaboutit.be/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bctrial.jpg?fit=432%2C334&ssl=1 image_alt: null image_w: 432 image_h: 334 site_name: think about IT favicon: https://i0.wp.com/thinkaboutit.be/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-SiteIcon2-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 probed_at: "2026-10-07T11:51:04.839Z" --- # How Do I: Create a Business Central Trial From Scratch [Read the post](https://thinkaboutit.be/2026/01/how-do-i-create-a-business-central-trial-from-scratch/) · think about IT - Steven Renders (Steven Renders) · 2026-01-05 · 1554 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus) > Creating a Business Central trial requires starting with a clean Microsoft 365 trial tenant using a supported country, then signing up for Business Central at trials.dynamics.com. The trial period begins only when you create a non-demo company, lasting 30 days with options to extend it twice more. ## Key points - Start with a new Microsoft 365 trial in an InPrivate browser to ensure a clean environment and predictable trial creation - Select a country where Microsoft provides localization support, as Business Central is not available everywhere and feature availability varies by region - Trial timer activates only when creating a new company beyond the default Cronus demo company, allowing unlimited exploration of demo data first - Trial environments unused for 45 days are automatically removed; keep access to Cronus to prevent deletion - Disable Microsoft 365 recurring billing after setup to avoid unexpected charges when the trial period ends ## Quotes - "The moment you create a new company that is not a Cronus demo company, the Business Central trial starts." (Understanding when the trial actually begins helps users maximize exploration time with demo data before committing to actual company setup) - "If a Business Central trial environment is created but no one signs in at all for 45 days, Microsoft may automatically remove the environment." (Users need to know about automatic cleanup policies to prevent losing their trial environments) - "Selecting the correct country during the Microsoft 365 trial setup is important. Business Central is not available in every country." (Country selection directly impacts trial creation success and feature availability, making it a critical first decision) ## Context - Features: trial environments, demo company, sandbox creation, trial extension, Business Central Admin Center Source: think about IT - Steven Renders, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.