Getting a Power BI Pro License

[Rafa52]

Hello Everyone,

I have used the trial version of Power BI and now I'm familiar with the software and Iwant to get a License to keep using it. I was able to sign up for the trial version using two kinds of emails 1) an organization and 2) a school.

I want to buy a license of Power BI pro but I have an issue, 1) I no longer work at an organization so I can't use that email and 2) I graduated from school so they disable my Microsoft License.  Is there a different way to get a Power BI Pro License? 

best regards

[Anonymous]

HI @Rafa52,

AFAIk, power bi pro license is for 'work' users so it requires an organization/school account.
If you want to use this personally, I'd like to suggest you create a personal office 365 tenant to manually manage and use power bi subscription.

Signing up for Power BI with a new Office 365 Trial 

Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng

[Rafa52 · Accepted solution]

Hello  v-shex-msft,

After several attemps to get a Power BI Pro License I finally did it. This is what I did.

1- I contacted the Microsoft customer service and I exposed my issue and then I was directed to the sales department

2- There I explained to the sales team that I wanted to get a License and that I wasn't able to get one due to my lack of an organization/school email account. 

3- They helped me by creating a username that was able to sign up to get the Power BI license (AT  firm'sname.onmicrosoft.com)

4- with my new user name I was able to buy the license and now I'm getting all the benefits.

Thanks for your suggestion I hope my experience helps other people.

[Greg_Deckler]

Great information @Rafa52 will definitely help someone else down the line I am sure.

[Greg_Deckler]

I know that they used to support getting Power BI Pro without an Office 365 tenant and this would end up creating what was called a "shadow tenant" behind the scenes. So, that may still work and you could sign up using something like an outlook.com address perhaps. If not, maybe just go out and stand up a new tenant with an Exchange Online Plan 1 license ($4/month):

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/exchange/compare-microsoft-exchange-online-plans

Or an F1 license, also $4/month.