Is Power BI Down?

Quickest ways to check the current status of powerbi.microsoft.com plus recent known issues and working alternatives if it's out.

Last editorial review: 2026-03-31

How to check right now

Step 1 -- Load the site
Open powerbi.microsoft.com→

The simplest check. If it loads and you can log in, the tool is up for you.

Step 2 -- Crowdsourced reports
DownDetector: Power BI→

User-reported outages aggregated across regions. Good signal for partial or regional outages.

Step 3 -- Live social
Search X for “Power BIdown” →

Live tweets from other users. Fastest signal for a fresh outage -- often beats status pages by 10-20 minutes.

Step 4 -- Official status page
Find Power BI's status page →

Most vendors publish a status page at status.[domain] or on Statuspage.io. Google-search to find the current URL.

Known issues we've tracked

Copilot occasionally generates incorrect DAX measures, especially with complex date hierarchies and many-to-many relationships
2026-03•Reddit r/PowerBI
Scheduled refresh failures are common with on-premise data gateway connections, requiring manual intervention
2026-02•Microsoft Community Forum

Issues here are sourced from our editorial sweeps, not real-time telemetry. Newer issues may exist.

What to use if Power BI is down

Top AIToolTier-ranked alternatives in the same category, ordered by our overall score.

B

Julius AI

7.5

Chat with your data files -- upload a spreadsheet, ask questions in plain English, get charts and answers

B

Tableau AI

7.0

Salesforce's analytics powerhouse now with AI-driven insights, natural language queries, and predictive modeling

About Power BI

Tier B (7.5/10). Microsoft's BI workhorse now has Copilot baked in -- ask questions in English, get dashboards back

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