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Custom Visual | AppSource registration now requires a company

Nishantjain — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 08:26:41 GMT

Hi,

I was contacted by someone today asking about the process to register a new custom visual in the AppSource. It seems that you can now publish a custom visual only as a registered company and not as an individual.

I have a custom visual but I was able to do it as an individual but this option seems to have been removed.

It is not an easy process to setup a company and maintain all the legal work that comes with it, for someone who only wants to share a free custom visual for everyone to benefit.

Does anyone know why this has happened and how do we, as developers, can continue to build the custom visual eco system

Re: Custom Visual | AppSource registration now requires a company

v-lionel-msft — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:43:26 GMT

Hi @Nishantjain ,

Publish Power BI visuals to Partner Center

Please refer to the process of submitting custom visuals. The document does not indicate that only companies can submit.

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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Re: Custom Visual | AppSource registration now requires a company

Nishantjain — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:51:08 GMT

I thought that too. But the "note" in this link

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/visuals/office-store#submitting-to-partner-center

suggests that you can only use "work email" to register a new account.

And when you try to register a new account, this link

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/store/open-a-developer-account#create-an-account-using-the-partner-center-enrollment-page

clear states that you need a company account that can be verified.

Am I missing anything?

Thanks

Re: Custom Visual | AppSource registration now requires a company

v-lionel-msft — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:38:55 GMT

Hi @Nishantjain ,

Yes, you need a work or school account to register.

Open a developer account in Partner Center

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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