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<text variant="body1">This program is for you: <text variant="body1">· If you want to start or switch to a career in the field of business analysis. <text variant="body1">· If you are interested in the field of business analysis, just beginning to work with business analyst solutions and services. Earning a Microsoft Business Analyst certificate can help advance your career or help you address gaps in your knowledge, skills, and abilities.

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What does a business analyst do?

Business Analysts play a crucial role in guiding organizations through data-driven decision making. They analyze, interpret, and document business processes and data, providing insights to shape strategic decisions.

What jobs can I get with business analysis skills?

Prepare for a career in the high demand field of business analysis. The business analysis skills you learn in this program prepare you for an entry-level role as a business analyst. This program also prepares you for a variety of entry-level roles that require data-driven problem-solving and strategic planning.

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Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?

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How long does it take to complete the professional certificate?

It typically takes 3 months to complete the 6 courses. But some learners may go through the content faster.

What will I be able to do upon completing the Professional Certificate?

<text variant="body1">When you complete this Professional Certificate, you’ll have an understanding of the fundamental concepts of business analysis and how they apply to an enterprise environment including: <text variant="body1">· Proficiency in identifying, analyzing, and documenting business issues with diverse techniques. <text variant="body1">· Skills in business process modeling and data visualization using Microsoft Excel. <text variant="body1">· Capability in conducting assessments and validating solutions against requirements. <text variant="body1">· Effective communication and change management strategies. <text variant="body1">You’ll also be prepared to take the Microsoft PL-900 exam: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals.

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When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Certificate, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.

Power Platform in Business Analysis

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Power Platform in Business Analysis

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

70 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

3 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

85%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Gain insight into the business value of Power Platform.
Identify and describe the core components of Power Platform.
Demonstrate the capabilities and business value of Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Virtual Agents.

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In this course, you will learn the business value and product capabilities of Power Platform. You will create simple Power Apps, connect data with Microsoft Dataverse, build a Power BI Dashboard, automate a process with Power Automate, and build a chatbot with Power Virtual Agents.

After completing this course, you’ll be able to: • Describe the business value of Power Platform • Identify the core components of Power Platform • Demonstrate the capabilities of Power BI • Describe the capabilities of Power Apps • Demonstrate the business value of Power Virtual Agents This is a great way to prepare for the Microsoft PL-900 exam. By passing the PL-900 exam, you’ll earn the Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Certificate.

Module details

In this module you will learn about the components of Microsoft Power Platform, the business value for customers, and security of the technology.

What's included

11 videos16 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin

11 videosTotal 45 minutes

Introduction to Power Platform in Business Analysis4 minutes
Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals3 minutes
What is Microsoft Power Platform?6 minutes
Data connectors4 minutes
Pulling it all together3 minutes
Microsoft Dataverse4 minutes
Understand relationships3 minutes
Environments in Dataverse4 minutes
What is Microsoft Power Apps?4 minutes
What Power Apps can do for you5 minutes
Introduction to Power Platform: Module summary5 minutes

16 readingsTotal 85 minutes

Exam PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals 5 minutes
Course syllabus: Power Platform in Business Analysis5 minutes
How to be successful in this course5 minutes
Power BI for Mac users10 minutes
Custom connectors5 minutes
Data loss prevention, compliance, privacy, and accessibility5 minutes
Microsoft Power Platform: Lesson summary5 minutes
Microsoft Power Platform: Additional resources5 minutes
Overview of Dataverse5 minutes
Business rules5 minutes
Microsoft Dataverse: Lesson summary5 minutes
Microsoft Dataverse: Additional resources5 minutes
Customer case study: Heathrow Airport5 minutes
Power Apps: Lesson summary5 minutes
Power Apps: Additional resources5 minutes
About the Introduction to Power Platform: Graded assessment5 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 84 minutes

Knowledge check: Microsoft Power Platform18 minutes
Knowledge check: Microsoft Dataverse18 minutes
Knowledge check: Power Apps18 minutes
Module Quiz: Power Platform30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

Meet and greet5 minutes

1 pluginTotal 5 minutes

Power Apps in action5 minutes

Power Apps allows businesses to create custom solutions for everyday problems. In this module, you will learn how to build and customize a canvas app from scratch, and to leverage Power Apps to create model-driven apps.

What's included

10 videos13 readings6 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 46 minutes

Introduction and learn basic elements5 minutes
Build a canvas app: Create your account and install4 minutes
Customize the app7 minutes
Get started with functions and share an app7 minutes
Introduction to model-driven apps3 minutes
Design of model-driven apps4 minutes
Business logic3 minutes
Creating model-driven apps8 minutes
Control security and share model-driven apps4 minutes
Custom solutions: Module summary3 minutes

13 readingsTotal 140 minutes

Generate and Explore the app5 minutes
Exercise: Build your first canvas app30 minutes
Practice using functions in Power Apps5 minutes
Exercise: Practice using functions in Power Apps30 minutes
Canvas app lesson summary5 minutes
Canvas app additional resources5 minutes
Building blocks of model-driven apps5 minutes
Prepare to create a model-driven app5 minutes
Exercise: Create a model-driven app30 minutes
Types of predefined security roles5 minutes
Model-driven app: Lesson summary5 minutes
Model-driven app: Additional resources5 minutes
About the custom solutions graded assessment 5 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 84 minutes

Exercise review: Build your first canvas app6 minutes
Exercise review: Using functions in Power Apps6 minutes
Knowledge check: How to build a canvas app18 minutes
Exercise Review: Create a model-driven app6 minutes
Knowledge check: Model-driven app18 minutes
Module Quiz: Create custom solutions for everyday problems30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

What canvas app would you like to build next?5 minutes

Learn how you can use Power Automate to create repeatable business process flows that when triggered leap into action and perform the process for them.

What's included

11 videos9 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin

11 videosTotal 50 minutes

Introduction to Power Automate6 minutes
Overview of Power Automate5 minutes
Introduction and creating a flow from a template6 minutes
Build recurring flows4 minutes
Build an approval request: solution walk-through4 minutes
Customize an approval request3 minutes
Business process flows4 minutes
Adding conditions to a business process flow5 minutes
Adding a business flow to a model driven app4 minutes
Edit a business process flow3 minutes
Build an automated solution:Module summary5 minutes

9 readingsTotal 95 minutes

Customer case study: TruGreen5 minutes
Power Automate: Lesson summary5 minutes
Power Automate: Additional resources5 minutes
Build a button flow5 minutes
Exercise: Build an approval request30 minutes
Exercise: Build a business process flow30 minutes
Automated solution: Lesson summary5 minutes
Automated solution: Additional resources5 minutes
About the automated solution: Graded assessment5 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 78 minutes

Knowledge check: Power Automate18 minutes
Exercise review: Build an approval request6 minutes
Exercise review: Build a business process flow6 minutes
Knowledge check: Automated solution18 minutes
Module Quiz: Build an automated solution30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

How can you use business process flows to create efficiencies?5 minutes

1 pluginTotal 5 minutes

Power Automate in action5 minutes

Power BI helps business users and developers alike to easily analyze, visualize, and collaborate on data. This module will teach you how to do all of that without effecting your underlying dataset.

What's included

11 videos16 readings6 assignments1 discussion prompt2 plugins

11 videosTotal 54 minutes

What is Power BI?3 minutes
Power BI concepts5 minutes
Power BI Reports and Dashboards7 minutes
Data modeling and visualizations4 minutes
Clean data6 minutes
Work with Aggregates7 minutes
Security and administration in Power BI3 minutes
Introduction and Connect to data4 minutes
Visualize data4 minutes
Build a dashboard and collaborate and share6 minutes
How to build a simple dashboard: Module summary6 minutes

16 readingsTotal 140 minutes

Power BI for Mac Users10 minutes
Install a template app5 minutes
Types of visualizations in Power BI5 minutes
Custom visuals5 minutes
Exercise: Data modeling and visualizations (Optional for MAC Users)30 minutes
Exemplar: Data modeling and visualizations (Optional for MAC Users)10 minutes
Power BI: Lesson summary5 minutes
Power BI: Additional resources5 minutes
Customer case study – Miami Heat5 minutes
Power BI: Security: Lesson summary 5 minutes
Power BI: Security additional resources5 minutes
Transform data (Optional for MAC users)5 minutes
Exercise: Build a dashboard30 minutes
Build a dashboard: Lesson summary5 minutes
Build a dashboard: Additional resources5 minutes
About the graded assessment5 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 87 minutes

Exercise review: Data modeling and visualizations (Optional for MAC Users)6 minutes
Knowledge check: Working with data in Power BI18 minutes
Knowledge check: Power BI: Security, administration9 minutes
Exercise review: Build a dashboard6 minutes
Knowledge check: How to build a simple dashboard18 minutes
Module Quiz: Power BI30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

How will you use dashboards to create a data-driven organization?5 minutes

2 pluginsTotal 9 minutes

Miami Heat's amazing transformation with Power BI3 minutes
Power BI in action6 minutes

Learn how Power Virtual Agents, will help you publish bots to engage with your customers on multiple platforms or channels. These can include live websites, mobile apps, and messaging platforms like Microsoft Teams and Facebook, etc.