This course is divided into five lessons. Each lesson focuses on several key topics, each of which are broken down into easy-to-follow concepts. At the end of each topic, you will be given an activity to complete. At the end of each lesson, we will summarize what has been covered and provide a few review questions for you to answer. Supplemental learning for selected topics is provided in the form of Lesson Labs at the end of this course.

Before you begin, download the course’s Exercise Files to a convenient location. These practice files can be found in the lesson labs module. They will be referenced throughout this course and are a key part of your learning experience.

The samples referenced throughout this course have been provided by obviEnce (www.obvience.com) through Microsoft. More information is available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/sample-datasets.

Please note that the Power BI desktop client is updated monthly and the web app is updated weekly. Therefore, the images you see in this course may differ from the current services. This course uses the January 2020 version of the desktop client and web app.

Before beginning, users should install the Power BI desktop client and sign up for the service.