Turn raw spreadsheets into polished, interactive dashboards using AI, no coding required. Clean data with Copilot and Power Query, write DAX measures with ChatGPT and Claude, auto-generate insights, and ask your data questions in plain English. Beginner-friendly and 100% free with a certificate of completion.
Power BI is Microsoft's tool for turning messy spreadsheets into clear, interactive dashboards, and until recently using it well meant learning DAX formulas, Power Query, and a lot of clicking. This free micro course changes the starting point. You will use Copilot inside Power BI, plus free assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, to do the heavy lifting while you stay in charge of the decisions. If you can open a spreadsheet, you can follow along, no prior Power BI or coding experience needed.
Across twelve hands-on lessons you will set up Power BI Desktop for free, clean and standardize messy data with Copilot and Power Query, design a beginner-friendly star schema with AI, and write real DAX measures like total revenue, profit margin, and year-over-year growth just by describing what you want. Then you will build a one-page dashboard, add auto-generated Smart Narrative summaries, ask your data questions in plain English with Q&A, and run your finished report through an AI review for clarity and correctness. Every task includes a free-tool path, so you can complete the entire course even without paid Copilot access, and clear privacy rules keep your real data safe.
The course is completely free. After you finish the lessons and pass the final exam, you earn a free certificate of completion you can add to your LinkedIn profile or resume, ideal for students and early-career learners who want a practical, in-demand data skill.
4 modules • 12 lessons
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn this free, shareable certificate.
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Michail Ouroumis
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No. Every task includes a free tool path, so you can complete the whole course using free assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini even without paid Copilot access inside Power BI.
No. If you can open a spreadsheet, you can follow along. The course starts from installing Power BI Desktop and introduces DAX and data modeling in plain language as you go.
Yes. Power BI Desktop is free to download and use on Windows. You only need a paid plan for sharing and publishing features, which this beginner course does not require.
The course includes clear privacy rules so you keep real or sensitive data out of AI prompts. You practice with sample data and learn how to describe your problem without exposing confidential information.
Yes. After you complete the twelve lessons and pass the final exam, you earn a free certificate of completion you can add to your LinkedIn profile or resume.
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