Get Started with Microsoft Data Analytics

This Microsoft Learn path provides an orientation to data analytics and the role of Power BI. It is useful before a large dashboard project because it introduces the purpose of the tools and the work an analyst performs. Treat it as the beginning of a longer learning route, with more detailed preparation, modeling, and reporting practice to follow.

What you will learn

• Understand the data analyst's responsibilities
• Recognize introductory Power BI capabilities
• Connect reporting tasks with business questions
• Plan further study in the Microsoft analytics ecosystem

Who this suits

Suitable for a beginner exploring Power BI or deciding whether a data-analytics role is relevant to their work. Basic spreadsheet familiarity helps you connect the examples with existing experience. Write down the question a report should answer before concentrating on the choice of visual.

Before you enroll

Finishing a Learn path is different from earning a Microsoft professional certification. A short introduction also cannot replace practice with messy data and model relationships. Power BI desktop software, service features, and sharing arrangements have their own platform and licensing requirements.

The published Microsoft Learn training is free. Certification exams, some cloud services, and paid Power BI features are separate.

Put it into practice

Describe a simple reporting request, identify its source data, and explain which decisions the finished report should support.

Source and review

This overview is based on the provider's published information, checked on 11 October 2026. It is an editorial assessment, not a claim that we completed the resource. Time filters are approximate study ranges; projects and exercises can take longer.

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