how to use power bi services without a work or school email address?

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how to use power bi services without a work or school email address?

Bobby LostBoy 5

I do not have a work or school email address. I want to learn Power BI to apply for a job. How do I get beyond Power Bi Services for a trial?

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Thierry Travers 0 Reputation points

2025-03-02T14:08:47.9733333+00:00

Bonjour,
Je n'ai plus d'adresse professionnelle mais en revanche j'ai un compte microsoft. Lorsque je souhaite faire un essai gratuit il me demande une adresse professionnelle malgré mon compte microsoft.
Pouvez-vous m'aider pour conterner ce blocage
Bien cordialement
Syed Saleem Peera 13,065 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Volunteer Moderator

2025-03-03T04:32:26.17+00:00

Hello @Thierry Travers ,

Yes, the issue is that a business email is required to sign up for the Power BI Pro trial, and personal Microsoft accounts (e.g., Outlook, Gmail) won’t work.

You can create a free Microsoft 365 Business trial https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/try to get a temporary business email, then use it to sign up for the Power BI Pro trial https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/power-platform/products/power-bi/power-bi-pro.

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Thierry Travers 0 Reputation points

2025-03-02T14:08:47.9733333+00:00

Bonjour,
Je n'ai plus d'adresse professionnelle mais en revanche j'ai un compte microsoft. Lorsque je souhaite faire un essai gratuit il me demande une adresse professionnelle malgré mon compte microsoft.
Pouvez-vous m'aider pour conterner ce blocage
Bien cordialement
Syed Saleem Peera 13,065 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Volunteer Moderator

2025-03-03T04:32:26.17+00:00

Hello @Thierry Travers ,

Yes, the issue is that a business email is required to sign up for the Power BI Pro trial, and personal Microsoft accounts (e.g., Outlook, Gmail) won’t work.

You can create a free Microsoft 365 Business trial https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/try to get a temporary business email, then use it to sign up for the Power BI Pro trial https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/power-platform/products/power-bi/power-bi-pro.

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Vahid Ghafarpour 23,385 Volunteer Moderator

May this help you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbx_oC-_T7k

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Answer 2

Syed Saleem Peera 13,065 Microsoft External Staff Volunteer Moderator

Hi Bobby LostBoy,

Thank you for reaching out to us on the Microsoft Q&A forum.

In the Power BI Service (app.powerbi.com), a work or school email address is required to sign up, as personal email addresses (like Gmail or Hotmail) are not accepted.

Here’s how you can proceed:

Use a work or school email: If you have access to one from your employer or educational institution, you can use that to sign in.

Create a Microsoft 365 account: If you don’t have a work or school email, you can sign up for a free Microsoft 365 trial here. This will provide you with an organizational email that you can use to access Power BI Service.

If you’re using Power BI Desktop, there’s no need for a work or school email—you can use the tool without signing in to the Power BI Service.

If you are still facing any issue, please let us know in the comments. We are glad to help you.

If the information is helpful, please Accept Answer and Upvote so that it would be helpful to community members.

Thank you.

Syed Saleem Peera 13,065 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Volunteer Moderator

2024-10-07T07:50:12.93+00:00

Hi Bobby LostBoy,

Just checking in to see if you had a chance to see the previous answer. Please let me know if it was helpful and don't hesitate to reach out to us if you face any issue.

If the information is helpful, please Accept Answer and Upvote so that it would be helpful to community members.

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Syed Saleem Peera 13,065 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Volunteer Moderator

2024-10-08T03:50:15.55+00:00

Hi Bobby LostBoy,

I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information which was provided in our previous answer. Please feel free to contact us if you have any more quires. If you feel that your quires have been resolved, please accept the answer by clicking the "Upvote" and "Accept Answer" on the post.

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Syed Saleem Peera 13,065 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Volunteer Moderator

2024-10-09T05:45:55.73+00:00

Hi Bobby LostBoy,

I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information which was provided in our previous answer. Please feel free to contact us if you have any more quires. If you feel that your quires have been resolved, please accept the answer by clicking the "Upvote" and "Accept Answer" on the post.

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Mohamed Abdi Mohamud 0 Reputation points

2024-12-12T18:16:10.2966667+00:00

As we all know, we cannot use personal emails for Power BI Service. However, some of you reported or all the youtubers and online searches mentioned that to create free accounts on Microsoft 365, or Developer Program and Azure.

Badly, in my country, Somalia, is not possible to create this free account similarly to work emails or school emails. Some of them are not possible to find my country, and others do not accept the payment methods for trial.

I am stacked for this issue right now, and my learning stopped I do not know what to do.

Microsoft team if you monitor here or see my comment, I am requesting to handle this problem because millions of Somalis student is straggle to this problem. It is welcomed if you add Somalia for Microsoft Azure to access my country for confirmation.

Thank you so much for letting you know this issues.
Syed Saleem Peera 13,065 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Volunteer Moderator

2024-12-13T05:10:37.1266667+00:00

Hi Mohamed Abdi Mohamud,

Thank you for reaching out to us on the Microsoft Q&A forum.

This topic is currently not supported in the Q&A forums.

We recommend initiating a new discussion through the https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Power-BI-forums/ct-p/powerbi

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