Learning Plan Resources for Power BI
With Power BI connect to and visualize any data using the unified, scalable platform for self-service and enterprise business intelligence (BI) that’s easy to use and helps you gain deeper data insight.
Below you will find content to assist in upskilling on Microsoft Power BI. Content is broken down as follows:
- Fundamentals, Associate, Expert, Specialist: content categorized in increase levels of complexity
- Certifications: relevant Microsoft exams or certifications
- Resources: roadmap, whitepapers, blogs, etc.
- Community resources: user groups, events, blogs
Additionally, some content may be mared with one or more icons:
- ’$’ to indicate paid content
- ‘3rd Party’ to indicate 3rd party content (not created by Microsoft)
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Keeping Up
Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform deploys two release waves per year to all customers and partners. Release wave 1 covers features releasing from April through September. Release wave 2 covers features releasing from October through March.
- Dynamics 365 and Power Platform release plans
- Power Apps with Copilot
- Power BI release plans (Self-Paced) (On-going)
Fundamentals
- Power BI Desktop (Product)
- Power BI Report Server (Product)
- Power BI Guided Learning (Self-Paced)
- Power BI Documentaion (Self-Paced)
- Consume data with Power BI (Self-Paced) (2 Hours)
- Course PL-900T00-A: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (In-person Instructor Led) (2 Days)
- Power BI Adoption Framework Part 1 (Self-Paced) (16 Minutes)
- Power BI Adoption Framework Part 2 (Self-Paced) (12 Minutes)
- Power BI Adoption Framework Part 3 (Self-Paced) (6 Minutes)
- Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (Self-Paced) (3 Hours)
- Power BI Service Management: how to manage (Self-Paced) (35 Minutes)
- Power BI Service Management: licensing (Self-Paced) (7 Minutes)
- Power BI Service Management: what to manage (Self-Paced) (7 Minutes)
- Why to Govern: Part 1-Power BI Adoption Framework (Self-Paced) (5 Minutes)
- What to Govern: Part 2-Power BI Adoption Framework (Self-Paced) (5 Minutes)
- How to Govern: Part 3-Power BI Adoption Framework (Self-Paced) (30 Minutes)
Associate
- Getting Started with Power BI (Self-Paced) (17 Hours)
- Create and use analytics reports with Power BI (Self-Paced) (6 Hours)
- Dashboard in a Day (Self-Paced) (1 Day)
- Power BI for Tableau Users (Self-paced) (6 Hours)
- DAX Learning Path (Self-Paced) (2 Hours)
- Power BI Instructor Led Training (8 hours +)
- Design effective reports in Power BI (5 Hours)
Expert
- Power BI Developer Documentation (Self-Paced)
- Power BI Build Machine Learning (Self-Paced Tutorial)
- Power BI Consume Machine Learning (Self-Paced Tutorial)
- Technical Deep Dive on Power BI Common Scenarios (Self-Paced) (3 Hours)
- Power BI Premium (Self-Paced)
- Power BI to Synapse Workspace (Self-Paced)
Specialist
- Technical Deep Dive on Enterprise BI and Hybrid Scenarios with Power BI (Self-Paced) (2 Hours)
- Power BI Paginated Reports (Self-Paced)
- Adopting Power BI for Embedded Applications (Self-Paced) (2 Hours)
Resources
- Power BI Team Blog (Self-Paced)
- Power BI Sample Apps (Self-Paced)
- Power BI Release Plan (Self-Paced)
- Power BI Adoption Framework (Self-Paced)
- Guy in a Cube (Self-Paced)
- Security Whitepaper
Community Resources
- Power BI UG (Self-Paced)
- Microsoft Power BI Community (Self-Paced)
- Subscribe to Microsoft Power BI YouTube Channel (Self-Paced)
- Power Platform Community
Events
- Microsoft Power BI Events (Self-Paced)
Certifications
- Exam PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (Self-Paced)
- Exam Prep: DA-100-Analyzing-Data-with-Power-BI (Self-Paced)
- Exam DA-100: Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI (Self-Paced)