Azure Data Analyst Learning Pathway
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Getting Started Doing More with Power BI
Candidates for this certification should have subject Microsoft Power BI
matter expertise helping businesses to maximize • Power BI: Get started
the value of their data assets using Microsoft Power • Sign up for the Power BI service as an individual
BI. Responsibilities for this role include designing • Get started with Power BI Desktop
• Connect to data
and building scalable data models, cleaning and
transforming data, and enabling advanced analytics • Transform , Shape and Model Data
capabilities that provide meaningful business value • Create reports and dashboards
through easy-to-understand data visualizations • Collaborate and share
• Power BI for consumers
This certification is a good fit if your • Power BI in the mobile apps
responsibilities include: • Getting started with the Azure Maps Power BI
visual
• Designing and building scalable data models. • Administer Power BI
• Cleaning and transforming data. • Best practices guidance
• Enabling advanced analytics capabilities that • Develop in Power BI
• provide meaningful business value through Data Preparation & Profiling:
• easy-to-understand data visualizations. • Connect to Analysis Services tabular data
• Storage Modes
Microsoft Learn: • Performance / Optimisation
• New to the Cloud or Azure? Start with Azure • Power Query | Shaping Data
Fundamentals Model:
• New to data solutions on Azure? Build your • Model relationships | Modeling View
knowledge with Data Fundamentals • DAX - Time Intelligence
• Introduction to Power BI • Restrict data access with row-level security
• How to build a simple dashboard (RLS)
• Take your first steps with Python • Many-to-many relationship guidance
• Microsoft Power BI Blog Visualise/Analyse:
• Power BI Community Forum • Conditional Formatting in Tables
• Power BI Samples • Design Power BI reports for accessibility
• Data Alerts
• Quick Insights | Analytics Pane
DA-100: Analyzing Data with Microsoft Deploy/Maintain:
Power BI Microsoft Official Practice Test • Introduction to Datasets and Parameters
• Data Refresh in Power BI
• Monitor Usage and Performance
• Deployment Pipelines
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Role Based Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Analyst
DA-100: Analysing Data with Microsoft Power BI
Skills Measured:
• Prepare the data (20-25%)
• Model the data (25-30%)
• Visualize the data (20-25%)
• Analyse the data (10-15%)
• Deploy and maintain deliverables (10-15%)
• Get started with Microsoft data analytics
• Prepare data for analysis
• Model data in Power BI
• Visualize data in Power BI
• Data analysis in Power BI
• Manage workspaces and datasets in Power BI
Doing More
Microsoft Learn & Docs
• Power BI documentation
• Create and use analytics reports with Power BI
• Consume data with Power BI
• Prepare data for analysis
• Use DAX in Power BI Desktop
• Introduction to creating measures using DAX in Power BI
• Optimize a model for performance in Power BI
Unified Support
(subject to customer contract)
Additional Study
Getting Started:
• Nine Trends Shaping the Future of Big Data Analytics
• Microsoft Power BI YouTube channel
• How to Become an Insights-Driven Business
• Three Ways AI Is Changing BI
• Power BI and the Future of Modern and Enterprise BI
Best Practices:
• Strengthen Your Data Modelling Skills with Power BI
• Power Tricks, Tips and Tools from the owners of PowerBI.Tips
Dashboards:
• Developing in Power BI with Streaming Datasets and Real-time Dashboards
• Zero to Dashboard in an Hour
Visualisations:
• Simply Compelling—Tips for Better Visualization Design
• Make Your Power BI Data Visual: Core Chart Types and How to Use Them
• Visualize public or private datasets with the new Power BI and data.world
connector
• Get actionable insights using real-world visualizations in your Power BI dashboard
More:
• DAX
• Governance and Deployment • For Report Creators
• Integration • For Developers
• Security • For Solution Architects
• For Administrators
• Power BI Performance Tuning Workflow – Part 1
• Power BI Performance Tuning Workflow – Part 2
• To be added by your Customer Success Account Manager.
• New to Unified Support? Explore it here