Power BI online certification course

If you know basic of data analytics, business intelligence, excel, you can learn Power BI quickly. If you plan properly, it takes around 1 to 1.5 months of dedicated learning and practice to learn Power BI.

Coding is not required to learn Power BI. But, prior knowledge in Excel will help you to learn faster. Knowledge of SQL is not necessary, but useful.

Prior knowledge in Excel will help you to learn faster. Knowledge of SQL is not necessary, but useful.

DAX, which is a library of functions and operators that can be combined to build formulas and expressions and similar to excel, Power Query Formula Language /M which is a query language optimized for building queries that mashup data, Multi-Dimensional Expressions (MDX) which is the standard language defined by Microsoft to query multidimensional cubes created with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL, R, and Python.

Power BI is available different versions - Power BI Free, Power BI Pro ($9.99 per user) and Power BI Premium ($20 per user and $4995 per capacity). You can find more information here.

Power BI is easy to learn, but a structured approach is necessary. Basic knowledge of excel and SQL will be added advantage. Also, practicing case studies can help understand how to use different aspects fully and correctly.

Power BI is a cloud based business intelligence platform provided by Microsoft using which we can create interactive visualizations to explain insights. It can fetch data from multiple sources, parse it, apply algorithms and form relationships between data, present insights visually in forms of graphs and generate reports for future analysis.

Power BI users can incorporate big data (structured and unstructured), including web analytics and information generated by Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, and huge volumes of data into their models, dashboards and reports.

Some benefits include:

You can create and securely share interactive data visualizations across global datacenters.
Accelerate big data prep with Azure.
You can create rich personalized dashboards to present insights effectively and support decision-making.
No memory and speed constraints because of cloud based environment.
Can connect to wide range of data sources.
Integrates across multiple platforms and devices.
Use simple sentences to run report queries.

Yes, Power BI has a free version and you can access basic features. You can connect to 70+ data sources, analyze data, publish to the web, export to excel and much more.

You can learn Power BI independently or through a classroom/online course which will provide a more structured method to study along with real life case studies to understand it in depth.

Yes, Microsoft does offer Power BI Certifications. Microsoft PL-300 certification is the top most Power BI Certification in Power BI.

Microsoft Power BI PL-300 certification cost is US $ 165 in the United States and ₹4800 INR in India as per latest exchange rates.

Power BI Certification exam PL-300 is not a tough exam. Though it is not open book. There are interactive components to complete as part of exam.
If you fail a certification exam, don’t worry. You can retake it 24 hours after the first attempt.

Considering the demand for Power BI professionals, it is worthwhile to get Power BI Certified. Microsoft PL-300 is the only certification, which is recognized, as it is offered by Microsoft.

Yes, you can definitely learn it on your own. You can join a self-learning course (we also offer a self-paced course). But you are not very disciplined, you will find it difficult to do it properly.
A live online training is a more structured way to learn Power BI faster as it guided and is run by an expert.