This course is designed for individuals seeking a competitive edge by making sense of large amounts of data and taking actionable steps. It is ideal for professionals in purchasing, manufacturing, finance, sales, and marketing, as well as anyone who needs to make data-driven decisions. Business Analysts, Financial Analysts, Data Scientists, and staff responsible for reporting are especially encouraged to attend.

The primary goal of this course is to provide a comprehensive understanding of data analysis using Power BI. Participants will learn how to create visualizations, use the Power BI Service, and navigate the Power BI Mobile App.

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Perform data transformations using Power BI Desktop.
• Describe data modeling in Power BI Desktop.
• Create visualizations in Power BI Desktop.
• Implement the Power BI Service.
• Connect to Excel data sources.
• Collaborate using Power BI data.
• Connect directly to data stores.
• Utilize the Power BI developer API.
• Navigate and use the Power BI Mobile App

Module 1: Introduction to Self-Service BI Solutions

Introduces business intelligence (BI) and how to self-serve with BI.

Module 2: Introducing Power BI 

This module introduces Power BI desktop, and explores the features that enable the rapid creation and publication of sophisticated data visualizations.

Module 3: Power BI 

At the end of this module students will be able to explain the rationale and advantages of using Power BI.

Module 4: Shaping and Combining Data

With Power BI desktop you can shape and combine data with powerful, buil-in tools. This module introduces the tools that are available for preparing your data, and transforming it into a form ready for reporting.

Module 5: Modeling data

This module describes how to shape and enhance data.

Module 6: Interactive Data Visualizations

This module describes how to create and manage interactive data visualizations.

Module 7: Direct Connectivity

This module describes various connectivity options using Power BI.

Module 8: The Developer API

This module describes the developer API within Power BI.

Module 9: Power BI mobile app

This module describes the Power BI mobile app.

Before attending this course, you must have:

• Excellent knowledge of relational databases and reporting.
• Some basic knowledge of data warehouse schema topology (including star and snowflake schemas).
• Some exposure to basic programming constructs (such as looping and branching).
• An awareness of key business priorities such as revenue, profitability, and financial accounting is desirable.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications – particularly Excel.

Exam: 70-778 Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI