How to Create a Free Power BI Account Part 1

Step-by-step guide on creating a Zoho Mail account, troubleshooting common issues, and integrating your Zoho email with Power BI for organizational use.

January 30, 2026 By Data Cense

In this guide, we'll learn how to create a Zoho account using a Google ID and set up a Zoho Mail address. We will also see how to use this new email address to sign in to Power BI. This process helps you connect your Zoho Mail with Power BI for organizational use.

Let's get started

First, we will create an account on Zoho using... https://www.zoho.com/signup.html

This is the Google button.

Step #1: Click on "sign in using Google" — Click on "sign in using Google"

Use your gmail account

Step #2: Click on "datacensedemo@gmail.com" — Click on "datacensedemo@gmail.com"

Step #3: Click on "Continue" — Click on "Continue"

Add your First name, Last Name & Phone number & Continue.

Step #6: Click on "Create Account" — Click on "Create Account"

Step #7: It will ask for OTP add that & Click on "Verify" — It will ask for OTP add that & Click on "Verify"

Step #8: Once Account created open Zoho mail Click on "TRY NOW >" — Once Account created open Zoho mail Click on "TRY NOW >"

Click Try Now to access Zoho Mail.

Step #9: Click on "ACCESS ZOHO MAIL" — Click on "ACCESS ZOHO MAIL"

Create your personal account.

Step #11: Click on "Username *" — Click on "Username *"

Type "the username you want"

Step #13: Click on "Create" — Click on "Create"

Step #14: Drag "DatacenseDemo" — Drag "DatacenseDemo"

When you click on create it might give you an errorWhen you click on create it might give you an error, But account got created

It says that the account has already been created. So, we will click on that account and select Yes.

Step #16: Click on "ZOHO" — Click on "ZOHO"

So, it has...

For the Datacense demo, I received an error, but the account was still created by default.

Step #18: Click on "Skip" — Click on "Skip"

You can skip this step. When you click on the first welcome email that you will receive after creating this account, in the Zoho mailbox, when you click on that email ID You will be able to see your created email account for Zoho mailbox

Let's also check its email ID: datasensedemo@zohomail.com.

Step #19: Click on "Datacense Demo" — Click on "Datacense Demo"

Step #20: Drag "datacensedemo@zohomail.in" — Drag "datacensedemo@zohomail.in"

Take this email ID

and open Power BI in your web browser in Incognito mode

using this link: https://app.powerbi.com

Make sure to open in Incognito mode so it doesn't affect your current account

Enter the email ID here.

Step #24: Click on "Submit" — Click on "Submit"

We are creating an organization email ID online in Power BI.

Step #25: Click on "I got" — Click on "I got"

Once this page opens, I received it from my organization.

Step #26: Click on "Next" — Click on "Next"

Once that is done, you can say "Data Sense demo."

Step #27: Click on "First name *" — Click on "First name *"

Type Your First & Last Name

Type "phone number" in next tab "manager"

Step #31: Click on "Create password *" — Click on "Create password *"

Type "Password of your choice"

For the verification code, open your Zoho mail box. You can use this link https://mail.zoho.in/zm/#mail/folder/inbox Open Zoho mail box access

If you don't find verification code in your inIf you don't find verification code in your in mailbox you can switch back to the Power BI registration page and click on Resend

Step #36: Click on "Resend code" — Click on "Resend code"

We will click on "Resend" and receive the code.

Step #37: Click on "{code} is your Microsoft Fabric f ..." — Click on "{code} is your Microsoft Fabric f ..."

Once we have the code, add it here and proceed to the next step.

Step #39: Double-click here — Double-click here

Step #40: Click on "I would like...." — Click on "I would like...."

Step #41: Click on "Next" — Click on "Next"

Step #42: Drag "Your username is datacensedemo@zohomail.in" — Drag "Your username is datacensedemo@zohomail.in"

Once the username is created, go to the Power BI App and sign in.

Step #44: Click on "Sign in" — Click on "Sign in"

Go through Part 2 for further process, click here - https://www.glitter.io/guides/how-to-create-and-secure-your-datacents-demo-account-step-by-step-guide