Introduction to Power BI Beginners Training Course - UK Wide

Power BI Essentials Course Overview

Our one-day Power BI Essentials course introduces students to the fundamentals of working with Power BI in order to connect to data sources, manipulate datasets and create and share basic dashboards and reports.

Email us or call 0844 493 3699 to find out more about booking Power BI training for your team.

The Microsoft Power BI Beginners training course is a one-day, instructor-led event which will be conducted either on-site at your premises anywhere within mainland UK or as a live virtual classroom event via MS Teams. We will provide all courseware and reference materials electronically to use for reference.

This Power BI course also forms part of the Microsoft 365 Masterclass course.

Power BI Beginners Training Course Prerequisites

No previous knowledge of Power BI is needed to attend this entry-level course although a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel or similar and basic comprehension of database and data sources would be useful but not essential.

On-site Power BI Beginners Training UK

These are corporate in-house training courses conducted at your workplace for small groups and are exceptional value and very popular. You will usually need to book at least one month in advance and the maximum number of learners is eight per course.

Our 'face-to-face' closed courses for Power BI are delivered as private courses for your delegates offering more flexibility than off-the-shelf public courses and topics taught can often be tailored to match your learning needs. One of our trainers will discuss your training requirements with you prior to the course.

Our trainers can attend anywhere in mainland UK (for overseas requirements, please enquire). On rare ocassions travel supplements may apply for Power BI training in Central London to cover additional expenses such as congestion charges, but we will endeavour to waive these when possible.

With our on-site Microsoft Power BI courses our regional trainers come to your workplace throughout mainland UK, bringing the training to you regardless of whether you are in a major city such as London, Manchester, Birmingham or Leeds, or anywhere else. This offers a really cost-effective way to train small groups and entire departments in the comfort of familiar surroundings from the Capital City of London to The Cotswolds, from Hampshire to Northamptonshire, West Midlands to West Yorkshire, Sussex to South Yorkshire, Norfolk to Northumberland, Lancashire to Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire to Gloucestershire, Bristol to Berkshire, Essex to the East Riding and everywhere inbetween.

Live Virtual Classroom Power BI Beginners Courses, United Kingdom and Beyond

If you have a group of staff that you would prefer to be tutored remotely rather than having a trainer come out to you these small-group Power BI courses are also available Online as live virtual, interactive training sessions from the comfort of your own office or workplace. These live, instructor-led virtual courses are taught via Microsoft Teams.

Why choose virtual learning? As we are all becoming more used to Online learning and live virtual meetings it has become apparent that the virtual classroom method of delivery has many advantages over traditional face-to-face learning venues.

If you are looking for local training near you, then you can't get any closer to your doorstep than you can with virtual learning.

The maximum number of learners is eight per course and you can benefit from full and immersive interaction with your trainer just as if they were in the classroom with you, with engaging hands-on training via advanced live video conferencing that is further enhanced by features such as live chat, private chat, and sharing screens and documents.

You can find out more about live virtual classroom Power BI training delivered across Microsoft Teams video conferencing here: Learn More About Virtual Training with MS Teams.

One Day Microsoft Power BI Beginners Training Course Cost

Our Beginners course is charged at £800.00 plus VAT and is available at this price for anywhere between one and six delegates. There is also a charge of £125.00 per day to cover the instructor's accommodation and travel costs to anywhere within the UK mainland (for offshore requirements additional costs will apply). If you have additional delegates you can add them for £50.00 plus VAT per person per day up to a maximum of 8 in total.

Please note that for tailored Power BI training courses, we can only provide you with a quote for training and courseware once we have evaluated your requirements.

Also see our three-day Power BI Desktop training course.

Commercial and Corporate Power BI Beginners Courses for the Public and Private Sectors

How Many People Should Attend Our Private Power BI Courses?

Whilst the number of people who attend our private Power BI courses is essentially up to you and dependant upon the number of learners you have who need to receive the training, we encourage all of our clients to keep your class sizes small where possible and recommend a maximum of eight learners for technical courses such as Power BI. This provides a more personable and effective learning experience for you and allows the trainer to give more individual attention to each and every student.

What is the Teaching Method for Our Power BI Courses?

The teaching method for our private Power BI courses is Instructor-led training (ILT), which means that our courses are engaging, immersive, hands-on and interactive, and thereby facilitate more effective learning and information retention. With this participatory learning method your staff will retain information better, whether they are studying Power BI subjects in-person or via live virtual classroom. And, whilst we are happy to provide lectures, demonstrations and show-and-tells for larger groups (plus drop-in surgeries for ad hoc technical advice and explanation), the instructor-led training approach is by far the most reliable teaching methodology to bring your Power BI know-how to life in a small-class-size setting.

How Long are our Power BI Courses?

Usual teaching hours for our Power BI courses are 9.30AM to 4.30PM with an hour for lunch and two short breaks morning and afternoon. This timetable is fairly standard across UK training providers and gives six hours of hands-on Power BI learning, which is an optimal day's training when it comes to comfortably absorbing knowledge, undertaking practice exercises and retaining information.

If you need an earlier or later start time for your course please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Courses are delivered week days, Monday to Friday during normal business hours.

More About Our Power BI Beginners Training Delivery Method for Closed Courses

• Step-by-Step Courses: Instructor-led Power BI training provided in-person with step-by-step demonstrations, lessons and hands-on exercises.
  
  
• Q&A courses: Dynamic and interactive Power BI courses with plenty of time for questions and answers.
  
  
• Flexible Courses: Professional tuition that's tailored to match your team's present knowledge level and learning needs, and covering the Power BI Measures, features and techniques that your trainee staff, co-workers or employees need the most.
  
  
• Small Class Sizes: Private, Power BI training for small group sizes with a maximum of 8 learners on any course.
  
  
• Scalable Courses: Can be run as a single course, tutorial or workshop; Or as a training rollout bringing whole teams, departments and organisations up to the benchmark level of Power BI knowledge and confidence that you require.

Microsoft Power BI Beginners Training Course Outline

• Lesson 1: Power BI Introduction
  1. Power BI Concepts and Overview
  2. Power BI Service and Power BI Desktop
  3. Getting Familiar with the Power BI Interface
  4. Introduction to Basic Data Models
  5. Introduction to Basic Reporting
  6. Publishing
     
     
• Lesson 2: Working with Power BI Datasets
  1. Linking vs Uploading
  2. Dataset Navigation
  3. The Query Editor
     
     
• Lesson 3: Reporting in Power BI
  1. Filtering, Sorting and Slicers
  2. Data Visualisation Types and Options
  3. Drill Through for Field Hierarchies
  4. Formatting your Visuals
  5. Working with Conditional Formatting
     
     
• Lesson 4: Power BI Dashboards
  1. What are Power BI Dashboards?
  2. What are Power BI Workspaces?
  3. What are Data Relationships?
  4. Q&A language queries
     
     

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