Microsoft Excel and Power BI are essential tools for business analysis, used by companies worldwide to transform raw data into actionable insights. This beginner-friendly specialization equips you with practical skills to analyze data, create compelling visualizations, and tell data-driven stories that impact business decisions.
You'll start with Excel fundamentals, learning to prepare and analyze business data using formulas and functions. Then, you'll progress to Power BI, where you'll create interactive reports, design accessible dashboards, and develop compelling visualizations. You'll explore creative design techniques for business intelligence reports and discover how Microsoft Copilot enhances your Power BI workflow with generative AI.
By completion, you'll build a versatile analytical toolkit highly valued across industries. You'll extract meaningful insights from complex datasets, design professional dashboards, and create visualizations that effectively communicate business metrics. These skills are valuable for aspiring business analysts, data analysts, and professionals seeking to enhance their data literacy.
Whether starting a career in data analysis or adding valuable skills to your profile, this specialization provides practical training needed to succeed in today's data-driven business landscape.
Praktisches Lernprojekt
Throughout this specialization, you'll apply your skills to real-world business scenarios through hands-on projects. You'll prepare and analyze business data using Excel formulas and functions, create interactive Power BI dashboards with multiple visualization types, and design compelling data reports with advanced formatting and navigation. In more advanced projects, you'll incorporate creative elements like videos and streaming data into your dashboards, and explore how to leverage Microsoft Copilot to enhance your Power BI workflow. Each project builds upon previous skills, culminating in a comprehensive portfolio that demonstrates your ability to transform business data into actionable insights using Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
