But you will be charged for it because it launches the VM under your Azure account and will be billed as per usage. However you can register for a trail of Azure and then launch the SQL 2016 VM under that.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/free-trial/
“Do you want to easily try out SQL Server 2016 CTP2? Sign up for Microsoft Azure, and then go Here to spin up a Virtual Machine with SQL Server 2016 CTP2 already installed. You can delete the Virtual Machine when you’re finished”
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