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Following the recent e-mail:
"If you’re interested in an extended Power BI Pro trial that will run from 1 June 2017, to 31 May 2018, simply sign in as normal on or after 1 June 2017, and get going. Contact us to learn more about Power BI Pro."
Does this mean that Power Bi Pro is effectively free for all users for the next 12 months..?
@andrewhann Provided you meet the eligibility requirements.
Official excerpt:
Extended Power BI Pro trial terms and conditions
If understand correctly in ~3 weeks time (starting 1st of June 2017) I will not be able to share my dashboards any longer, since I am existing Trial Pro user. Only those who registered for free version recently will have an option to try Pro trial till the end of May 2018, right? It seems to me a little bit thankless. We (existing Pro trial users) have been 'beta testers' for few months already and have not been offered the extension 😕 [till the time my company decides to go with Premium, I might be switching to other tools instead]
@tadawID Not true. Nothing in the the FAQ states that your Pro Trial will terminate. In fact it recommends to sign up for a 60 day trial if you aren't eligible:
"
Sign up for a standard 60-day Power BI Pro trial."
I'm sure extensions of that 60 day trial are viewed on a case by case bases, but you shouldn't have any issues if you are planning on rolling out a Pro solution and it's just a matter of timing. If you don't plan on buying the license though, I would expect your trial to end. (Not MSFT, but based on the changes it appears they will be more stringent).
Thanks for this clarification! I have been able to use extended trial after all (some misunderstending in trying to decrypt communication from Microsoft 🙂 Now I have switched to Power BI Pro from official distribution.
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