Getting started with Power BI
Find insights within your data and share rich analytics reports by trying Power BI free within Microsoft Fabric Preview.
How to try Power BI for free
Create a free Microsoft Fabric account
Explore Power BI by trying Microsoft Fabric—a suite of analytics services now in preview.
Activate your free trial
Build, explore, and collaborate on Power BI reports by activating your free Microsoft Fabric trial.
Use Power BI on your desktop
Create reports faster using the added data connections and features available within the Power BI Desktop app.
Sharpen your Power BI skills
Get step-by-step guidance and explore key Power BI capabilities within Microsoft Fabric.
What you can do with Power BI
Share, interact, and collaborate on reports based on your data to find the insights, trends, and critical business intelligence you need.
1. Discover relevant reports
Sign up for Power BI to find and access any relevant content—including reports you already built and pre-existing reports from either your organization or the Power BI community.
2. Uncover report insights
Explore your reports to find and generate the quick insights you need for better business decisions.
3. Share insights
Collaborate on reports with colleagues, then easily share the reports and insights when and how you want—in workspaces, on the web, in apps, or using Microsoft Teams.
With Power BI Desktop, you’ll easily connect to, model, and visualize your data to create reports that deliver insights for better decisions.
1. Connect to data
Easily import your data from wherever it is—Excel workbooks, local databases, or the cloud—and transform it so it’s ready to analyze.
2. Build a report
Now that you imported your data, create your data story. Use drag-and-drop functionality to create and format visuals that help present your data in compelling and insightful ways.
3. Publish your report
Get your reports—and the insights they highlight—to the people who need it most. Start using Power BI to save and publish reports.
Choose Power BI for self-service and enterprise BI
Power BI Desktop
Create rich, interactive reports with visual analytics at your fingertips—for free.
Connect and learn more
Take the next step by purchasing Power BI
Explore pricing to find the plan that fits your business needs.