# Use Your Own Destination

Follow this guide to set up a free account trial using your own destination.

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## Prerequisites

To set up your free account trial, you need:

- A data source. Check our [directory](https://fivetran.com/directory) to confirm that Fivetran supports your data source. For the quickest setup, configure a Google Sheets connection.
- A destination. Check our [directory](https://fivetran.com/warehouse#about) to confirm that Fivetran supports your destination.

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## Set up your account trial

> **Tip:** If you need help connecting your source or destination, you can invite a teammate to help. At the top of the setup wizard, click **invite a teammate**.

### Create Fivetran account

1. Go to the [Fivetran website](https://fivetran.com/).
2. In the top right corner, click the **Free Trial** button. Alternatively, you can click the **Start Free Trial** button on the main landing page.
3. Enter your account information.
4. Click **Create my account**.
5. Fivetran will send you an email to confirm your email address. Check your email and click the verification link.
6. On the **Complete your account** page, enter your organization name, phone number, and country.
7. Click **Get started**. You will be redirected to the welcome page of the free trial setup wizard, which will guide you through the setup process.
8. On the **Welcome to Fivetran** page, you can either select your **top priority** during your free trial to help us guide your trial experience or click **Skip** if you don't want to respond.

### Connect your source

1. On the **What software do you currently use?** page, choose at least one source that you'd potentially like to connect to Fivetran.

   > **Tip:** We recommend choosing three or more sources to test how well Fivetran works for your business needs.
2. Click **Next**. A list of your chosen sources appears.
3. Choose a source to set up. You can either select a source from the list or use the search bar to find a different source. Once you click on the source, you will be redirected to the connection setup form.

   > **Tip:** If you want to get started as quickly as possible, we identify which of your chosen sources has the fastest setup process.
4. In the connection setup form, follow the instructions in the embedded setup guide on the right to finish setting up your source. This may require you to visit other apps and websites belonging to your source system, so we recommend keeping Fivetran open in a separate tab.
5. Fill in the required fields (the fields vary by source).
6. Click **Save & Test** to trigger the connection tests.
7. After your connection tests pass, click **Continue**.

   > **Note:** If your connection tests fail, you will see a brief failure message. Correct the issues Fivetran identified, then rerun the connection tests.

### Connect your destination

1. On the **Connect Destination** page, select your destination. You will be redirected to the destination setup form.
2. In the destination setup form, follow the instructions in the embedded setup guide on the right to finish setting up your destination.
3. Fill in the required fields (the fields vary by destination).
4. Click **Save & Test** to trigger the connection tests.
5. After your connection tests pass, click **Continue**.

   > **Note:** If your connection tests fail, you will see a brief failure message. Correct the issues Fivetran identified, rerun the connection tests.

### Select source data

The following connectors require you to select the source data you'd like to sync when configuring your connection:

- [Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM](/docs/connectors/applications/microsoft-dynamics/dynamics365crm.md)
- [NetSuite SuiteAnalytics](/docs/connectors/applications/netsuite-suiteanalytics.md)
- [Salesforce](/docs/connectors/applications/salesforce.md)
- [ServiceNow](/docs/connectors/applications/servicenow.md)
- [Zuora](/docs/connectors/applications/zuora.md)
- [Database connectors](/docs/connectors/databases.md)

If your source does not require source data selection, your free account trial setup is complete. Proceed [to the next section](/docs/getting-started/free-trials/account-trial/own-destination.md#startinitialsync) to begin your initial sync.

1. Fivetran automatically fetches data from your source and creates initial schemas based on your data. To include a schema in your data syncs, set the toggle to **Enabled**.
2. To include a table in your data syncs, select the checkbox next to the table name.
3. Including a table in your syncs automatically includes all of its columns. To exclude a column, clear the checkbox next to the column name.
4. If a connector supports [column hashing](/docs/core-concepts/features/data-blocking-column-hashing.md), you can hash a column for your connection by selecting the **Hash Column** checkbox to the right of the column name.
5. When you are done, click **Save & Continue**. You will be automatically redirected to the **Connection status** page of your Fivetran dashboard.

### Start initial sync

On the **Connection status** page, click **Start initial sync** to begin your initial sync. We will email you when your initial sync has finished. Your 14-day free trial starts when a connection completes its [initial sync](/docs/getting-started/glossary.md#initialsync) or, in some cases (for example, [priority-first sync connectors](/docs/core-concepts/usage-based-pricing.md#priorityfirstsync)), when it starts an incremental sync and the system detects incremental data.