Online learning · Microsoft 365 Report Builders
For the person responsible for the spreadsheet, the Power BI report and the awkward questions about the totals. Learn to prepare data, build reports and check the calculations behind them. Practical courses cover Excel, Power Query and Power BI, from your first report to work you've inherited.
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The report is due, but two totals don't match. You go back through exports and formulas looking for the difference. The time you meant to spend explaining the numbers goes into defending them.
You're good with Excel, so Power BI has become your responsibility too. A copied formula or an AI answer gets the chart working. You still need to explain why that result is right.
Then a source file changes or a refresh fails before a meeting. Without understanding how the report fits together, a small change can send you back to another evening of manual fixes.
A practical way forward
Build a report, trace its calculations and check what happens when the data changes. Learning those parts together helps you explain a total instead of searching for another formula to make it look right.
Start with the Power BI foundations or choose the course that fits your reporting problem. The wider Excel, Power Query and Power BI material helps you work through the gaps as they appear.
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Your next skill starts here
Choose a course that fits your work. Open the outline to see the lessons, what you’ll need and where to begin.
Power BI microcourse teaches absolute beginners the fundamentals through nine lessons. Learners explore the ecosystem, create a report in three steps, develop visualisation skills, get an overview of DAX, and share insights.
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Beginners build a complete Power BI report from scratch with Olympics sample data. Covers Desktop install, import and transform, line graphs, gauges, slicers, pie charts, tables, cards, theming, mobile layout, and publishing to the service.
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Excel-strong analysts inherit Power BI reports and must change them without breaking refresh or stakeholder trust. This course shows how to create a safe working copy, fill an audit workbook, inspect sources and measures, classify risk, make one reversible change, and produce a…
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Discover why Power BI beats Excel for dashboards and reports — six practical reasons that will change how you think about data.
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Weekly Excel reports break when source files change or owners leave. This course maps the hidden routine, adds Power Query refresh, QA checks, version control, and a handover pack so the report survives staff changes.
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Power BI dashboards that users export to Excel signal missing decisions, drill paths, detail, or working surface. This course shows how to read usage metrics, study an exported Excel file, run two short user conversations, write a dashboard brief, ship one fit fix, and compare…
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DAX turns Power BI from charting into serious analytics. This intermediate path covers filter context, measures, percentages, and date intelligence so analysts write calculations with genuine understanding instead of copied formulas.
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Focused Power BI skill-building on data models from multiple sources, SharePoint folder imports, and Power Query transformations. Standalone intermediate sessions for filling gaps in modelling and data cleansing.
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When you’re ready to work towards a result, a Learning Board gives you a path to follow. It brings courses and practical resources together in a suggested order.
A Board can also include a Blueprint: a researched plan to use with your own AI tool, with the steps and checks set out for you to adapt.
Learning Board
A first interactive Power BI report plus completed practice in data preparation, publishing, refresh, data models and DAX. You can explain how the example report is built, check its calculations and identify what needs attention before adapting it to work data.
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More than the next course
A Space brings the subject together, with learning, updates and people to learn alongside.
Find subject-specific updates in your Space. Briefings give you more context when you want to understand a change and decide what it means for your work.
Use the discussion forum to ask questions and learn alongside other members. You can also comment on courses, Blueprints and other content as you work through it.
This Space also includes an archive of training and resources from our former Microsoft 365 Academy. Useful for exploring established topics; older recordings reflect the tools at the time.
Lifetime access includes the courses and resources in this Space today, plus new ones added to this Space in the future. No subscription and no extra payment for each new course.
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One Space: buy this Space for $139 as a one-time payment. Lifetime access includes its current courses and resources, plus new ones added to this Space.
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One project: eligible Boards offer a Board Learning Pass, with access for the period shown on that offer.
See current access optionsYes. When you buy this Space, new courses, Briefings, Blueprints and other included resources added to it are part of your lifetime access. You do not need to buy each new course separately.
This applies to this Space. Other Spaces and individual Board offers have their own access options.
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Your 7-day trial covers up to 2 Spaces. The clock starts when you open your first Space. Choose this Space to explore its courses and resources before deciding whether to pay.
You choose whether to buy access. Because the trial does not require a payment card, it will not automatically charge you. Review the paid options if you want to keep learning.
No. Access to this Space includes its courses and their lessons. Board access depends on the Spaces and offer listed on each Board.
Yes. Team plans support shared learning, progress reporting and Boards you can create for your own team.
Explore Spaces for teamsA Space is a place to learn one subject. Microsoft 365 Report Builders brings its courses, practical resources, Pulse updates and community together so you can keep building your skills.
See how Spaces worksA Learning Board is a suggested path towards a result, combining courses and resources in one place. A Blueprint is a researched plan to adapt and use with your own AI tool. A Board can include a Blueprint alongside the courses that help you understand the work.
Courses vary in level and starting requirements. Open an outline to check what it covers before you begin. You can pick the course that fits what you already know; there is no need to follow the entire catalogue in order.
The format varies by course. Some use written lessons and practical exercises, some include video, and others combine formats. The full outline shows what is included.
Your Space membership pays for the learning and included resources. AI tools and workplace software are separate. Check each course’s requirements and your existing licences before starting; some activities need a paid tool or workplace permissions.
Your next chapter
Explore Microsoft 365 Report Builders. Choose a course, see what it covers and take your next step.
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