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Microsoft Power BI and Power Platform for Productivity Specialization

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Microsoft Power BI and Power Platform for Productivity Specialization

Become a Power BI and Power Platform Expert. Boost Productivity, Automate Processes, and Gain Valuable Insights

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Instructor: Microsoft

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4 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
5.0

(9 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Perform advanced data analysis using Excel and Power BI

  • Design compelling and accessible reports and dashboards using Power BI

  • Develop simple Power Apps for business applications

  • Automate business processes using Power Automate

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Specialization - 10 course series

What you'll learn

  • Create data in Microsoft Excel and prepare it for data analysis. 

  • Make use of common formulas and functions in a worksheet.  

  • Prepare Excel data for analysis in Power BI using functions.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Platform
Category: Microsoft Power Platform
Category: Microsoft Dataverse

What you'll learn

  • How to recognize and use the key data analysis components of Microsoft Power BI.

  • Understand a Power BI data analyst's skills, tasks, and tools.

  • Describe the different stages in the data analysis process that result in data-driven decisions.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Report Building
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Visualization
Category: power bi
Category: Dashboard Creation

What you'll learn

  • How to set up a data source and explain and configure storage modes in Power BI.

  • How to prepare for data modeling by cleaning and transforming data.

  • How to use profiling tools to identify data anomalies.

  • How to reference queries and dataflows and use the Advanced Editor to modify code. 

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Power BI

Modeling Data in Power BI

Course 423 hours

What you'll learn

  • How to form a model using a Star Schema.

  • How to write calculations DAX to create elements and analysis in Power BI.

  • How to optimize performance in a Power BI model.

What you'll learn

  • How to add visualizations to reports and dashboards.

  • How to design accessible reports and dashboards.

  • How to use visualizations to perform data analysis.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Power BI
Category: Design Reports
Category: Design Dashboards

Creative Designing in Power BI

Course 620 hours4.5 (206 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How to create compelling and cohesive reports and dashboards.

  • How to work in detail with specialist chart visualizations.

  • How to add elements such as videos, streaming data and QR codes to dashboards.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Power BI

Copilot for Power BI

Course 71 hour4.7 (11 ratings)

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Power Virtual Agents
Category: Chatbot

Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform

Course 83 hours4.6 (43 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Describe the components of Microsoft Power Platform, the business value for customers, & security of the technology

  • Define the basic concepts of the Dataverse and ways you can connect and customize data connections to Microsoft Power Platform applications

  • Discover how Power Apps empowers you to create applications tailored to your business needs, enhancing productivity & efficiency

  • Recognize the value and capabilities of Power Apps & ways organizations leverage this technology to build simple applications for their business

Skills you'll gain

Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Data analysis
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Excel Formulas and Functions
Category: Preparing Data

Use Power Platform for Custom & Automated Solutions

Course 99 hours3.6 (21 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Construct and customize dynamic canvas apps to address specific business process challenges

  • Design model-driven apps using component-based architecture

  • Configure and secure PowerApps Portals for external users

  • Develop and implement automated application workflows using Microsoft Power Automate

Skills you'll gain

Category: Power Apps portals
Category: Microsoft Power Automate/Flow

Power Virtual Agents

Course 104 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain the value and capabilities of Power Virtual Agents for building chatbot solutions

  • Design and deploy no-code chatbots using Power Virtual Agents

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Configuration
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Power Query
Category: Power BI

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