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Microsoft Power BI for Beginners: Get Started with Power BI (Udemy.com)

Learn to analyze data and create beautiful dashboards with this Microsoft Power BI beginners course

4.4
462 reviews

Created by: Simon Sez IT

Last updated January 2026

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What you will learn

  • How to create stunning, interactive dashboards with Power BI
  • How to share your analysis and dashboards using Power Bi Online
  • To import CSV and Excel files into Power BI Desktop
  • All about DAX including using the COUTROWS, CALCULATE, and SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR functions
  • All about using the card visual to create summary information
  • How to create amazing visuals, such as clustered column charts, maps, and trend graphs
  • How to use Slicers to filter your reports
  • How to edit the interactions between your visualizations and filter at visualization, page, and report level

How it compares

Against the other 68 rated Udemy courses in Power BI on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 19% of them
  • Reviews462#57 of 69 by number of reviews
  • Length6.2 hoursshorter than 64% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2026earlier than 52% of them

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Course Description

**This course includes practice exercise files and LIFETIME access**

Learn Microsoft Power BI with this brilliant beginner course from Microsoft experts Simon Sez IT.


Power BI is an incredibly powerful, self-service Business Intelligence (BI) solution from Microsoft. It is the perfect Business Intelligence tool for people with limited technical experience.

In this Power BI course, we start by looking at Power Query, and how to use this tool to organize and clean our data. We then show you how to build a Data Model and relate separate tables. After that, we teach you all about the data analysis language DAX in Power BI. Finally, we look at how to present this data using the charts and graphs available.


In this course you will learn:


  • What is Power BI and why you should be using it.

  • To import CSV and Excel files into Power BI Desktop.

  • How to use Merge Queries to fetch data from other queries.

  • How to create relationships between the different tables of the data model.

  • All about DAX including using the COUTROWS, CALCULATE, and SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR functions.

  • All about using the card visual to create summary information.

  • How to use other visuals such as clustered column charts, maps, and trend graphs.

  • How to use Slicers to filter your reports.

  • How to use themes to format your reports quickly and consistently.

  • How to edit the interactions between your visualizations and filter at visualization, page, and report level.


***Exercise and demo files included***

This course includes:

  1. 4+ hours of video tutorials

  2. 45 individual video lectures

  3. Exercise files to practice what you learned

  4. Certificate of completion


Here’s what our students are saying…

"Brilliant course. I'm quite new to the world of POWER and this course has shown me what it can do in a way that a newbie can understand.  Recommended. I will be looking for other courses by them."

- Andrew

"Very detailed course, really enjoyed the Power BI course. Simon has done a really good job explaining each process step. Looking forward to completing additional Power BI courses for advanced techniques."

- Martin

"I would highly recommend. The course was informative and easy to follow."

- Thomas

"Great match! Learning so much and I love the quick step by step videos."

- Vikki
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Instructor Details

Simon Sez IT

Since 2008, individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies with thousands of employees have benefited from the easy and hands-on software training offered by Simon Sez IT. With over 12,000 video tutorials on a range of software programs, Simon Sez IT ensures stress-free eLearning and enhanced employee productivity - no matter whether you are implementing new software or a technological upgrade for your workplace. With over 1 million Udemy students in over 190 countries, Simon Sez IT is the preferred online learning choice for individuals and businesses everywhere. 

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By Joseph Robert Leeder on 3/11/2025

This was a good introductory course however given it was originally put together in 2020 it could do with a full revision to bring it up to date with many of the tweaks to UI and functionality that is now present in Power BI in 2025. It is still possible to get value out of the course however at times you will need to go searching for items that are no longer in the exact same place or format as when the course was created.

By James Montecinos on 3/9/2025

It would have helped if the instructor had the same version of Power BI as I do. There were multiple visualizations that I did not have on my newer version of Power BI.

By Josie Simile on 7/25/2024

I found the experience to be quite good. I have never known how to use excel properly so I found it very beneficial to learn all its features and how to save time when working on multiple spreadsheets with the same formulas. Unfortunately, I couldn't download Microsoft power BI on my computer to practice the exercises but I still found the videos very helpful in how to navigate the software.

By Francis Cuevas on 7/2/2024

The lectures are good and very focused. However, the practice exercises seem insufficient and lackluster, they don't fully align with the content of each section being taught. Despite this, the teaching method made it easy to understand and apply the material.

By Amanda McGown on 11/13/2023

Very useful, comprehensive introduction to Power BI, Some unusual captioning though! Excel tips were mostly very basic - tips for Power BI might have been more useful.

By David Harrington on 8/6/2023

Very well thought-out. Pacing and content was excellent. Instructor was fantastic. Helped me understand how little I knew from just hacking around and watching random tutorials online, and built up essential skills.

By Umar Amir Abdullahi on 1/6/2023

The course was simple, straight to the point and provided just what I needed: an introduction to some of the features of Power BI. I feel I can now use what I have learnt to create engaging reports and powerful visualisations.

By Elaine McKay Miller on 9/27/2022

I love Alan Murray's teaching style and will be looking for others! I have already created a (beginner) interactive report on my job performance over time with the great information & understanding I've gained from this course.

By Asad Farooqi on 6/12/2022

Excellent course! I went from zero development knowledge to being able to create dashboards for my role as an accountant within an day. Have already recommended this course to colleagues.

By Elizabeth Dodge on 5/27/2021

The audio stopped working and I've tried trouble shooting myself without success. I emailed UDEMY for assistance it's taking a while for a response. My time for training is limited, so I am hoping to hear back, otherwise this purchase is a waste. Fingers crossed.

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