Power BI is considered a tool for personal use, where you can perform analysis and visualize data interactively as an individual user. It is usually mandatory to have a company email, but here we will tell you how to access Power BI without a company email.
The platform combines user experience with interactive data visualization in an intelligent way, with the intention of showing more detailed information about the data. With Power BI, reports can be created and shared in various Microsoft tools such as Teams , SharePoint , PowerPoint , among others, increasing productivity.
Registering for the Power BI Service
If you are interested in registering as an individual user on the Power BI platform, you must first download Power BI Desktop , which is completely free.
Once you have downloaded and installed the Power BI Desktop application, the most important thing is to know which email addresses are supported for registering on the platform.
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Accepted email addresses
Power BI requires you to sign up with a work or school email address. You will not be able to sign up with email addresses such as outlook.com, hotmail.com, gmail.com , among others.
Alternative for registering in Power BI without business email
If you're having trouble signing up for Power BI and using its services, an alternative is to sign up for a Microsoft 365 trial and create a business account.
After that, you can use your new work account to sign up for the Power BI service.
Even if your Microsoft 365 trial expires after 30 days, you can still use the email address, as it will be valid for life.
Steps to register and get a trial version of Microsoft 365
To register and obtain a trial version of Microsoft 365 you must access the following page: https://bit.ly/2Ru1p6F
If you don't have an account, you'll need to create one. Microsoft will guide you step by step. Remember that business email accounts like Hotmail and Gmail don't work in Microsoft 365 . The email account domain will be something like: xxxxxxxx@onmicrosoft.com .
If you opt for Office 365 E5 , your trial includes Power BI Pro . The Power BI Pro trial will expire simultaneously with your Office 365 E5 trial, the current duration is 30 days. If you select Office 365 E3 , you can subscribe to Power BI for free and upgrade to Pro for a 60-day trial.
1. Enter your email address. Microsoft will let you know if the email address is compatible with Microsoft 365 or if you need to create another email address. 
If you require a new email address, Microsoft will guide you through the steps. Step one, create a new account. Select Set up account.
2. Enter the details of the new account.
3. Create your email address and password. Choose a login name similar to you@yourcompany.onmicrosoft.com. The information you enter will be used to sign in to your new work or school account and to Power BI.
4. The email account that you can use to register on the Power BI platform has now been created.
It will likely take some time until the tenant is created.
If you're having trouble signing in with the new account, try using a private browser session.
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