Zero to Hero in Microsoft Excel: Complete Excel with Copilot (Udemy.com)
A Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Excel - Learn Excel Charts, Formulas, Pivot tables, Power Query, DAX, Macros and Copilot
Created by: Start-Tech Academy
Last updated September 2026
Our take
Based on the ratings of 46,660 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in September 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.
This is a 10.6 hour Excel course from Start-Tech Academy, taught by Abhishek Bansal and Pukhraj Parikh, built around 94 lectures and 20 sections. It starts with basics like formatting and navigation, moves through core formulas, lookups, pivot tables and charts, then adds Power Query, Power Pivot, DAX, macros and a Copilot in Excel section added in an April 2026 update. It's aimed at people who want practical, job-ready Excel skills without wading through a huge library of filler content.
Reviewers consistently praise the hands-on style: real business examples, downloadable practice files, and quizzes that force you to actually use what you just watched instead of passively nodding along. Several mention using it directly for workplace tasks like tracking data and building reports. The complaints are narrower but real: one reviewer found the charts section bloated and said it could have been trimmed, and another had real trouble with the instructor's pronunciation and pacing, calling it grating over a long session. One reviewer also flagged a learning-portal glitch where the course did not register as complete.
At 46,660 reviews and a 4.5 average, this holds up as a reliable, no-nonsense pick among Excel courses on Udemy, and the recent Copilot and Power Query additions keep it current rather than stale. It's not the course for someone chasing a deep VBA or Power BI specialization, but for a beginner or intermediate user who wants formulas, pivot tables, and dashboards covered in a weekend, it delivers. Worth choosing if the practical, exercise-heavy format matters more to you than polished narration.
Pros
- Downloadable practice files and quizzes reinforce lessons, not just videos
- Business-style examples make lookups and pivot tables click for work tasks
- Recently refreshed with Power Query, DAX and a Copilot in Excel section
- Instructors answer student questions directly in the course
Cons
- The Excel Charts section runs long; one reviewer felt it needed trimming
- Some students found the instructor's accent and pace hard to follow over 10+ hours
- One reviewer hit a glitch with course completion tracking in the learning portal
This was an outstanding Excel course from start to finish. The instructors were extremely knowledgeable and explained concepts in a way that was easy to understand and follow.
Listed as All Levels, but the pace and depth suit true beginners through intermediate users best
What you will learn
- A Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Excel, Learn Excel, Spreadsheets, Formulas, Shortcuts, Macros
- Knowledge of all the essential Excel formulas
- Become proficient in Excel data tools like Sorting, Filtering, Data validations and Data importing
- Master Excel's most popular lookup functions such as Vlookup, Hlookup, Index and Match
- Harness full potential of Excel by creating Pivot tables with slicers
- Make great presentations using the Conditional and Table formatting options
- Visually enchant viewers using Bar charts, Scatter Plots, Histograms etc.
- Increase your efficiency by learning how to create and use important Excel shortcuts
- Explore fun and exciting use cases of Excel
Course content
20 sections · 94 lectures · 11 hours of video 15 quizzes, 22 articles
- 1Introduction 1 free preview1 lecture · 3 min
- 2Excel Basics 3 free previews8 lectures · 1.1 hours
- 3Essential Excel functions15 lectures · 4 quizzes · 1.4 hours
- 4XLookup - only for Excel 2021 and Office 3654 lectures · 1 quiz · 31 min
- 5Data Tools4 lectures · 1 quiz · 41 min
- 6Formatting data and tables2 lectures · 18 min
- 7Pivot Tables2 lectures · 8 min
- 8Excel Charts 1 free preview16 lectures · 1 quiz · 2.3 hours
- 9Pivot Charts1 lecture · 8 min
- 10NEW! Analyze Data option in Excel - only for Microsoft 365 users1 lecture · 1 quiz · 10 min
- 11Special purpose charts5 lectures · 1 quiz · 36 min
- 12Named Ranges2 lectures · 1 quiz · 16 min
- 13Excel Shortcuts2 lectures · 13 min
- 14Macros2 lectures · 1 quiz · 10 min
- 15Importing data from PDF and Websites2 lectures · 27 min
- 16Advanced Excel3 lectures · 1 quiz · 27 min
- 17Power Query, Power Pivot and DAX in Excel5 lectures · 36 min
- 18Copilot in Excel - only for Microsoft 365 subscribers9 lectures · 34 min
- 19Creative Infographics7 lectures · 3 quizzes · 27 min
- 20Congratulations & about your certificate3 lectures · 3 min
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- Anyone curious to master excel from beginner to Advanced in short span of time
What you need before you start
- You will need a PC with any version of Excel installed in it
How it compares
Against the other 355 rated Udemy courses in Excel on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 39% of them
- Reviews46,660#10 of 356 by number of reviews
- Length10.6 hourslonger than 73% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 98% of them
Quality Score
Overall Score : 90 / 100
Course Description
[April 2026 update]
Added a section on the "Copilot in Excel" which demonstrates the capabilities and limitations of Copilot - Microsoft's GenAI powered assistant in Excel
Added a section on "Power Query, Power Pivot and DAX in Excel" for building powerful and automated reports in Excel
Added a video on the "Analyze Data" option in MS Excel
7 Reasons why you should choose this Excel course
Carefully designed curriculum teaching you only the most used functionalities of Microsoft Excel in business environment
Concise - you can complete this Microsoft Excel course within one weekend
Business related examples, data analysis and case studies solved using Advanced Excel.
You will learn various data analysis techniques using MS Excel
Ample practice exercises on data analysis, MS excel (basic & advanced), because Excel requires practice
Downloadable resources comprising important MS Excel techniques and functionalities
Your queries will be responded by the Instructor himself
Start using Excel to its full potential to become proficient at your Excel tasks today!
Either you're new to Microsoft Excel, or you've played around with Excel since long but want to get more comfortable with MS Excel's advanced features, or maybe you want to enhance your data analysis skills using Microsoft Excel. Either way, this Excel course will be great for you.
A Verifiable Certificate of Completion is presented to all students who undertake this MS Excel course.
Why should you choose this course?
This is a complete and concise tutorial on MS Excel which can be completed within 6 hours. This course will help you learn advanced Excel and various data analysis tools associated with Microsoft excel. We know that your time is important and hence we have created this fast paced MS Excel course without wasting time on irrelevant Excel operations.
What makes us qualified to teach you?
The course is taught by Abhishek and Pukhraj. Instructors of the course have been teaching Data Science and Machine Learning for over a decade. They have an in-depth knowledge in advanced MS Excel and various data analysis tools available in the market.
We are also the creators of some of the most popular online courses - with over 150,000 enrollments and thousands of 5-star reviews like these ones:
I had an awesome moment taking this course. It broaden my knowledge more on the power use of Excel as an analytical tools. Kudos to the instructor! - Sikiru
Very insightful, learning very nifty tricks and enough detail to make it stick in your mind. - Armand
Our Promise
Teaching our students is our job and we are committed to it. If you have any questions about the course content on basic Excel features, or advanced Excel functions or maybe on data analysis tools; practice sheet or anything related to any topic, you can always post a question in the course or send us a direct message.
Download Practice files, take Quizzes, and complete Assignments
With each lecture, there is a practice sheet attached for you to follow along. You can also take quizzes to check your understanding of concepts. Each section contains a practice assignment for you to practically implement your learning. Assignments are aimed at enhancing your skillsets on Microsoft Excel at an advanced level and at analysing data. Solution to Assignment is also shared so that you can review your performance.
What is covered in this course?
This course covers everything you need to crack advanced MS Excel in the professional work place.
Below are the Excel course contents of this complete and concise course on Microsoft Excel:
Introduction - In this video, the structure and contents of the course are discussed.
Mathematical Functions - This lecture covers Mathematical formulas such as SUM, AVERAGE,RAND, MIN & MAX, SUMPRODUCT.
Textual Formulas - This Excel lecture covers Textual formulas such as TRIM, CONCATENATE, SUBSTITUTE, UPPER & LOWER, LENGTH, LEFT, RIGHT & MID
Logical Formulas - This lecture covers Logical formulas such as AND & OR, IF, COUNTIF, SUMIF
Date-time (Temporal) Formulas - This lecture covers Date-time related functions such as TODAY & NOW, DAY, MONTH & YEAR, DATEDIF & DAYS
Lookup Formulas - This Excel lecture covers Lookup formulas such as VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH
Data Tools - This lecture covers Data operating tools such as Data Sorting and Filtering, Data validation, Removing duplicates, Importing Data (Text-to-columns)
Formatting data and tables - This Excel lecture covers data formatting options such as coloring, changing font, alignments and table formatting options such as adding borders, having highlighted table headers, banded rows etc.
Pivot Tables - This Excel lecture covers Pivot tables end-to-end.
Charts - This Excel lecture covers charts such as, Bar/ Column chart, Line Chart, Scatter Plot, Pie & Doughnut charts, Statistical Chart - Histogram, Waterfall, Sparklines
Excel Shortcuts - This lecture will introduce you to some important shortcuts and teach you how to find out the shortcut for any particular excel operation.
Analytics in Excel - This Excel lecture covers the data analytics options available in Excel such as Regression, Solving linear programming problem (Minimization or Maximization problems), What-if (Goal Seek and Scenario Manager)
Copilot in Excel - Microsoft's very powerful AI tool that can perform Excel tasks for us like an assistant and can help increase our productivity.
Macros - This lecture covers the process of recording a Macro, running a Macro and creating a button to run a Macro.
Bonus Lectures - Waterfall chart in Excel 2016 and previous versions of Excel, Infographics 1: Cool charts, Infographics 2: Cool charts
And so much more!
By the end of this course, your confidence in using MS Excel will soar. You will learn how Microsoft Excel can play a pivotal role in data analysis and related field. You'll also have a thorough understanding of how to use Microsoft Excel for study or as a career opportunity.
Go ahead and click the enroll button, and I'll see you in lesson 1!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
46,660 Reviews
Start-Tech Academy
Start-Tech Academy is a technology-based Analytics Education Company and aims at Bringing Together the analytics companies and interested Learners.
Our top quality training content along with internships and project opportunities helps students in launching their Analytics journey.
Founded by Abhishek Bansal and Pukhraj Parikh.
Working as a Project manager in an Analytics consulting firm, Pukhraj has multiple years of experience working on analytics tools and software. He is competent in MS office suites, Cloud computing, SQL, Tableau, SAS, Google analytics and Python.
Abhishek worked as an Acquisition Process owner in a leading telecom company before moving on to learning and teaching technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
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Reviews
By Mindu Gyeltshen on 9/3/2026
found the course practical and useful, especially the sections on Excel formulas, SUMIF/SUMIFS, and PivotTables. The examples helped me understand how Excel can be used to manage workplace data, track materials, and prepare progress reports. I particularly liked the hands-on approach because it relates well to my day-to-day work. Overall, the course was a good match for my needs and has improved my confidence in using Excel for work-related tasks.
By Phaedra Thomas on 7/29/2026
This was a very detailed course that covered many topics. I learned so much about Excel features and ways to make my presentations more dynamic and how to analyze data in a more effective manner. The exercises really helped bring the message home. Thanks for taking the time to put this lecture together!
By Cecile P Croll on 5/31/2026
It was a good course. However it's my opinion that this was an overload of information some areas specifically the Excel Charts sections this could have been shortened.
By Anonymized User on 5/5/2026
"The course was very informative and well-structured. The content was easy to understand, and the examples helped me apply the concepts in real situations. It matched my expectations and improved my knowledge."
By Adam L Abel on 4/13/2026
This was a great beginner course. The instructors are extremely knowledgeable. A must take course for anyone who uses Excel on a daily basis, if you don't know how to use Excel, start here! Thanks again!
By Anonymized User on 4/11/2026
The course was very informative and well- structured. The content was really engaging and easy to follow . Overall, it was a valuable experience that was a valuable experience that contributed to my learning and growth.
By Michael K Antonio on 3/25/2026
Extremely hard to understand speaker. makes course grating on the nerves and needing frequent breaks do to high pitch and slur of words by non English speaker.
By Sean Hodgins on 3/16/2026
This was a great introductory course! With students that have some excel experience there are certain lessons that are a little too beginner, but overall very good course.
By Anonymized User on 3/1/2026
It was a good match for me because it challenged me without feeling overwhelming. I was able to build on my existing knowledge while also developing new skills. There were moments that pushed me outside of my comfort zone, but those moments ultimately helped me grow.
By Anonymized User on 2/3/2026
The Excel course was very helpful and easy to follow. It explained important basics clearly and shared useful tips for daily work. Overall, a great course for improving Excel skills.









