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Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst

Learners who complete this program will receive a 50% discount voucher to take the PL-300 Certification Exam. Business Intelligence analysts are highly sought after as more organizations rely on data-driven decision-making. Microsoft Power BI is the leading data analytics, business intelligence, and reporting tool in the field, used by 97% of Fortune 500 companies to make decisions based on data-driven insights and analytics.1 Prepare for a new career in this high-growth field with professional training from Microsoft — an industry-recognized leader in data analytics and business intelligence. You'll also have the option to learn how generative AI tools and techniques are used in business intelligence. Through a mix of videos, assessments, and hands-on activities, you will engage with the key concepts of Power BI, transforming data into meaningful insights and creating compelling reports and dashboards. You will learn to prepare data in Excel for analysis in Power BI, form data models using the Star schema, perform calculations in DAX, and more. When you complete this Professional Certificate, you’ll have tangible examples to talk about in your job interviews and you’ll also be prepared to take the industry-recognized PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst certification exam. 1Microsoft named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and BI Platforms (April 2023)

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Top reviews across Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst

Reviewed Jan 7, 2024

Excellent course. I was familiar with a good amount of the content, but there was enough that was new that the course was really engaging and interesting. Well structured.

Reviewed Jul 16, 2024

Interesting and insightful course. The lecturer was easy to understand and gave examples that were easy to relate to. Great work, great course

Reviewed Oct 19, 2023

Very In-Depth course. There are some spelling mistakes in a graded assignment else is fine.

Reviewed Dec 8, 2024

This course includes all the essential topics needed to begin learning Power BI. Thank you.

Reviewed Oct 21, 2024

This course gave a me detailed knowledge of Data analytics using power BI. the instructor were cons iced to the point and knowledgeable. THank you Coursera for this course

Reviewed Jun 20, 2026

The key learning is the importance. The exam was challenging, but I am proud to have passed it. Thank you.

Reviewed Sep 11, 2025

The lecturer/instructor is exceptional, her way of presenting information is very enjoyable and easy to understand.

Reviewed Dec 23, 2024

I taught me a lot, but it was very difficult, with typos and not covering things that were asked in the tests.

Reviewed Feb 27, 2025

Coursera Course Design Process is good and Thanks Our Tutor also per module give you a more knowledge and till the course your learning is too much improve.

Reviewed Feb 27, 2025

The Presenter could add more personal touch looked like he was just reading from the screen at times. Otherwise content was beneficial

Reviewed Dec 19, 2023

Very clear cut concepts about ETL process and most essential part is the exercises with quizzes which enhance the knowledge and skills to become a data analyst

Reviewed Dec 19, 2024

The course provide very clear explanation of key concepts in a very succinct fashion.

Learner reviews across Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst

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Nikolaos

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

2.0

Reviewed Aug 29, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

A real waste of time...While it was supposed to be preparation for Power BI, the course was focused on very basic principles of Excel. The worst interaction regarding the exercises as you had to descriptively describe the steps you would follow in excel. I hope the next courses will be more interesting and have more useful exercises and tests.

Nitin

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

1.0

Reviewed Oct 6, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

too basic. course is purely meant for someone who is using Excel for the first time.

Oleksii

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

3.0

Reviewed Sep 4, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

Mid course. Macquarie University has much better course. With good tests and interesting practical exersices.

Philipp

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

1.0

Reviewed Sep 11, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

Extremely basic stuff. At the same time often not the right tools for the job. Some errors in test questions. Focused on US-American localization.

SUZANNE

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Aug 29, 2024Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

if you have experience with basic function with Excel you may find this for beginners, but this is good foundation for people who don't have a solid ground with Excel Function

Jay

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

1.0

Reviewed Sep 16, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

This course did not live up to my expectations.

Santhosh

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Jul 25, 2024Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

Very useful to learn and understand how to look the data's in worksheet and how to solve any mistakes or errors by formatting and declaring the functions and editing in excel.

Chris

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

3.0

Reviewed Sep 11, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

Solid introduction to Excel. The videos were good. But the tests and quizzes are just bad, bad, bad.

Saloria

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Sep 24, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

This was pretty good, pretty good. I'm glad Microsoft came out with this certifications, especially the many changes in technology. And also, the instruction was great!

Greg

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Sep 1, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

I found it really refreshing. With questions that provoked analytical thinking.

Kudos!!

Berke

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

4.0

Reviewed Sep 24, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

I think the course structure is good and the lessons are very clear, but there were a couple of things that caused inconvenience. Firstly, the difference of software (Microsoft 365 Excel) between the live version and the version in the video caused a lot of issues. I had to guess some questions because it is an outdated version. And secondly, some questions were too specific. There was a question about the maximum number of rows in Excel. True or False for "There are one million." It is unclear from the question whether it is an approximation or whether they are asking for the actual value, 1,048,576. Replacing the number in the question with an unambiguous number such as "two million" or "one billion" could be better. This is the only mistake I had in the final exam and now my grade is not 100% :(

Marko

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

1.0

Reviewed Sep 11, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

There is too much talking and to little to actually practice. A lot of unnecessary quiz questions are more easily learned through actual practice.

Travis

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

1.0

Reviewed Aug 31, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

Google courses are much better.

Derrick

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Sep 12, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

Coursera has better and easier to understand instruction than any other learning platform that I have used, which have been a few.

The plain language video teaching examples combined with the exercises, quizzes, and assessments helps to re-enforce the knowledge gained.

To all of the people that make this possible: thank you. I feel that I am on the way to change.

To all of the learners: your courage is calling you and your discipline will be your destiny.

Joe

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Oct 11, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

I enjoyed how efficiently the course moved along. The course allows for you to grasp the material/skills with relevant exercises and quizzes. On to the next one!

Faithful

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Sep 6, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

The course is very systematic and understandable. As a learner, I wish there was a pdf document of all the things taught in this course.

Sriram

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Sep 16, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

The course is ideal for those interested in pursuing careers in data analysis. Thanks to Microsoft and Coursera.

Usama

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

2.0

Reviewed Sep 3, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

There are so many typo mistakes in course content and final assessment

Abubakar

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Dec 7, 2023Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

This course is amazing specially for the absolute beginners. The video lectures gives you brief intro about the topic and after that assignment helps you to understand the concept better. Almost every topic covered in the course have an assignment activity which makes the course more interactive and you'll not get bored.

Zean

Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

5.0

Reviewed Sep 1, 2024Course: Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

This course highlight the technical skills as well as non-technical that need to be a data analyst and introduce the Microsoft Excel as the very first tools for a data analyst.