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Power BI Desktop account

Dear Microsoft Team, I'm self-learning Power BI Desktop to develop my employment skills, but unfortunately I could not go further with my studies because I'm using the free license. Unfortunately, I don't hold an professional email address or school address. I lost my job during the COVID-19 lockdown and I'm using my spare time to develop my skills, and Power BI Desktop is one of them. Because I'm not working at the moment I don't have a professional email or a school email. I really would like to sign up as an individual and continue with my training. My Microsoft license is 2019. Could you please tell me if there is a way that I can sign up using my Gmail account? I look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind regards, Mariana

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Puedes utilizar Power BI Desktop de manera gratuita, pero para publicar reportes y utilizar Power BI Web debes utilizar una licencia Power BI Pro

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You can sign up for a free trial here
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/get-started/


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hi DSPatrick,

Thank you so much for taking a time and reply my query.

I did sign for the free version, but when I go to the next step of my learning which is "publishing" the Power BI Desktop asked me to sign in. Because I do not have a work email or school email, but only Gmail account it does not allow me.

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Something here may help.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/fundamentals/service-self-service-signup-for-power-bi

looks like you can get 60 - 90 days free trial by signing up for an Office 365 E3
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/admin/service-admin-signing-up-for-power-bi-with-a-new-office-365-trial

but I'd ask experts in Power Bi forums



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Thank you once again DSPatrick. I did try to sign up with Power BI forums, and I had the same email registration problem. I was not allow to register with my gmail account.

It's very frustrating.

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BenHolfeld answered

PowerBI Desktop is very powerful!

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OnajiteEwhrudjakpor-7990 answered

You can’t use a gmail to sign in.

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venkrish answered

I was watching this video on CURBAL and it provides clear instructions on how to create free office 365 accounts which also provide free Power BI pro licenses for the accounts created.

Follow the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Y52OC_5As


Once you have a pro license you can access most of the features in Power BI

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