--- parser: v2 auto_validation: true author_name: Lalit Pareek author_profile: https://github.com/lpareek primary_tag: products>sap-business-technology-platform tags: [ products>sap-business-technology-platform, topic>cloud, tutorial>beginner ] time: 15 slug: hcp-create-trial-account canonical_url: https://developers.sap.com/tutorials/hcp-create-trial-account --- # Get an Account on SAP BTP Trial Sign up for a trial account on SAP BTP. ## You will learn - How to register on the SAP website - How to start your SAP BTP Trial - How to navigate to your sub-account and space - Where to find information on three important Cloud Foundry areas: Applications, Service Marketplace, and Service Instances --- ### Log into the SAP website Visit and click the **Log On** icon in the upper-right corner. ![log on icon](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/hcp-create-trial-account/homepage.png) **If you have an account** on `www.sap.com` (e.g. a P, S, C, D or I number) you can enter it or the associated email along with your password. If you don't have an account yet, you can select one of the other login methods or click **Register** to create an account. ![log on dialog](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/hcp-create-trial-account/option-logon.png) If you don't need to register with sap.com, you can skip to Step 4. Make sure to make all steps as _DONE_ to get credit for completing this tutorial. ### Register at sap.com **If you don't have an account** you will see a **register dialog** on the left-hand side of the dialog. Fill in the required fields, and click **Submit**. ![register dialog](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/hcp-create-trial-account/option-register.png) You will see a message that an activation link has been sent to you. ### Activate your account Check your emails to find the activation button **Click to activate your account**. ![log into SAP](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/hcp-create-trial-account/log-into-sap.png) You will see a success message after activating your account. ### Log on to SAP BTP Trial After activation, or if you already had an SAP account, go to the SAP BTP Trial page, select **Try Now**, and follow the instructions. ### Access the SAP BTP cockpit Once the signup process is complete, you can access the cockpit via . > Bookmark the link for fast and quick access to the cockpit. ### Navigate to the subaccount 1. Here, you can now create a subaccount that lives in a geographic region. **Choose any region** from this list and click **Create Account** to trigger the provisioning process. ![Choose a nearby region](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/hcp-create-trial-account/select-region.png) 2. You will then see a dialog box while the account is set up. When complete, click **Continue** to close to popup and to navigate to the new account. 3. The global trial account contains **one** subaccount and space. Navigate to subaccount by clicking on the tile named **trial** (this name may vary if you created the subaccount manually). ![Dialog setting up space](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/hcp-create-trial-account/trial-created.png) 4. This page will display the current state of the subaccount. You can manage your subscriptions and jump into the different runtime environments. It also shows you fundamental; information of the Cloud Foundry environment, such as the API endpoint and the available spaces. ![subaccount](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/hcp-create-trial-account/sub-account.png) ### Learn about the service marketplace In the service marketplace you can find all services that are available on **any** of the environments. Open the **Services** menu section on the left, and select **Service Marketplace** within that to see all available services and a filter bar to find the one you are looking for. From here you can specify a service plan to provision service instances. ![Service Marketplace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/hcp-create-trial-account/marketplace.png)