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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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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

(91 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
4 months at 10 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

Overview

  • 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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Taught in English
148 practice exercises

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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: Microsoft Excel
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Data Management
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Timelines
Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Power BI

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: Data Cleansing
Category: Power BI
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Data Literacy
Category: Data Collection
Category: Microsoft Power Platform
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making

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 Transformation
Category: Power BI
Category: Data Integration
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Data Validation
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Quality
Category: Data Storage

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.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Modeling
Category: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
Category: Power BI
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Star Schema
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Database Design
Category: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

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: Power BI
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Interactive Data Visualization
Category: Dashboard
Category: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Forecasting
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Presentation

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: Power BI
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Data Security
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Mapping
Category: Creative Design
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Datamaps
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Technical Communication

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Generative AI
Category: Power BI
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Business Intelligence

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: Application Development
Category: Data Integration
Category: Business Process Automation
Category: Data Security
Category: Microsoft Power Platform
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Microsoft Azure
Category: Microsoft 365
Category: Cloud Applications

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: Business Process Automation
Category: Microsoft Power Platform
Category: Microsoft Power Automate/Flow
Category: Application Development
Category: Data Integration
Category: Automation
Category: Business Process
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: User Interface (UI)

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: Customer experience improvement
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Customer and Client Support
Category: Business Solutions
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Microsoft Teams
Category: Microsoft Power Platform
Category: Business Process Automation

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