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A 4 vCPU / 26 GB virtual machine runs for about $ 0.30 cents an hour. So, that's about 1,000 hours of development, free of charge.
The console of the Google Cloud Platform is very intuitive, easy to use. For those familiar with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, you will be up and running in no time.
There is world wide coverage, you can select all the available geographical zones to host the VM.
SAP HANA Academy
So what are the steps you need to take?
In the tutorial video below, I show you how you can sign up for the free Google Cloud Platform trial, how to start and configure a virtual machine for SAP HANA, express edition, and how to interact with the SAP HANA database on the command line (SSH) and access HANA XS in your browser.
The SAP HANA Academy provides free online video tutorials for the developers, consultants, partners and customers of SAP HANA.
Topics range from practical how-to instructions on administration, data loading and modeling, and integration with other SAP solutions, to more conceptual projects to help build out new solutions using mobile applications or predictive analysis.