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# Try it — hosted session
Run Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) in your browser: 5 hours for the 2-hour course, with a voucher valid for 5 days from when you receive the email. No install — just a voucher code.
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You get a Pentaho Data Integration Developer Edition client running in your browser, loaded with prepared datasets and workshops. The course is PDI in 2 Hours — about 2 hours of labs — and the hosted session gives you 5 hours to complete it. Once you have your voucher code, it takes \~10 minutes to start.
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:ticket: 5 days to use your voucher
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:stopwatch: ~10 minutes to provision
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:browser: Browser only nothing to install
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#### Check this is the right route
The hosted lab is the fastest way to see Pentaho Data Integration working. It is deliberately narrow in scope.
**What you get**
* Pentaho Data Integration Developer Edition design client (Spoon), fully working
* Prepared data sources, already connected
* Workshops loaded and ready to go
* Limited connections to your own data
**What you don't get**
* Anything that outlasts the session — when it ends, the environment is torn down and anything unsaved is gone
* Pentaho Server, Pipeline Designer, or Enterprise Edition features
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Export anything you want to keep before your session ends. Nothing survives the teardown.
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#### Launch the lab
Open the portal, enter the voucher code from your email and select **Continue**. It opens in a new tab.
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Give the lab \~10 minutes to provision. Your 5 hours start when the environment finishes loading, not when you click — there's a countdown in the lab window.
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#### Run your first workshop
The lab opens with the workshop already loaded. Work through it in the lab window — there's nothing to download.
Allow about 60 minutes for the first few workshops, which leaves you time to explore afterwards.
The Lab Guide opens on Before You Start, with your time remaining at the top
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#### Decide what's next
Your session ends after 5 hours, and nothing is kept. Pick where to go before it does.
**Evaluating for your organisation?**
Request an Enterprise Edition trial and get a Pentaho Account Executive alongside you.
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## If something goes wrong
The lab won't load, or the tab is blank
Provisioning usually takes about 10 minutes. If the tab is still blank after 15 minutes, close it and launch again — you'll get a fresh environment. Corporate networks that block WebSocket traffic can prevent the lab from connecting; if you're on a VPN, try without it.
My session ended and I lost my work
The environment is torn down at the end of the session and can't be recovered. To start again, you'll need to apply for a new voucher. If you're going to be doing more than a few hours of work, use the [Developer Edition route](/getting-started/start-here/developer-edition.md) instead, where everything stays on your own machine.
I can't find the Pentaho Server or Pipeline Designer
They aren't in this lab — it runs the PDI design client only. Both are available in the [Enterprise Edition trial](/getting-started/start-here/enterprise-trial.md).
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Press Ctrl + K and click **Ask** to search every page on this site, or email .
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