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MCA Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certification (PL-300) Boot Camp
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Course Description
- Description
- Prerequisites
- Our Facilities
- Why Choose Us
- Microsoft Gold Learning Partner
- What You'll Learn
Description
Prerequisites
Successful Data Analysts start this role with experience of working with data in the cloud.
Specifically:
Understanding core data concepts.
Knowledge of working with relational data in the cloud.
Knowledge of working with non-relational data in the cloud.
Knowledge of data analysis and visualization concepts.
Our Facilities
CAREER CAMPS FACILITIES
CAMPUS – Career Camps built out a stand alone training center (not a hotel conference room) with spacious classrooms, new desk, Herman Miller Aeron chairs & comfortable common areas. Each student has a dedicated desk with two monitors. Each classroom has a maximum of two rows – so everyone is able to be engaged without the “back row” feeling.
CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT – Students work on a dedicated Dell Client Desktop with 32GB memory with 512GB SSD drives – All Labs are executed the extremely fast Microsoft Data Center Hosted Lab Environment.
CAMPUS INTERNET – The campus is connected with a 1Gbps (1,000 Mbps) Verizon Fios Business Connection which provides complete internet (including VPN) access for students.
COMMON AREA – Amenities including snacks, drinks (Coffee, 100% juices, sodas, etc) all complimentary.
LODGING – We use the Hyatt Place Lakewood Ranch. This “upgraded” hotel offers extremely comfortable beds, great breakfast and very fast internet access.
NEAR BY AMENITIES – Many shops, restaurants and grocery options are available within walking distance. Additionally – the hotel provided scheduled shuttle services. Restaurants like Bone Fish Grill, Ruby Tuesday’s, Five Guys, Chipotle, Quiznos, Chili’s and over 20 additional choices in the immediate area. All of these options are offered in a pedestrian walking village.
Why Choose Us
CAREER CAMPS DIFFERENCE
Career Camps provides an in-depth hands on learning environment. Our instructors teach using demonstrations and explain concepts beyond the scope of the courseware. The best instructors are contracted from all across the US. These professionals are real world consultants who actually implement these technologies. Career Camps knows our clients work in the “real world” and it only makes sense to have an instructor with the experience in the real world.
Facilities – Many of our competitors over-crowd classrooms by placing 2 to 3 students per desk and 20+ students per instructor. Often these companies “extend” the life of very old equipment with slow performance on the software used today. Our average class size is 8 students. Our facilities have the best equipment with the most comfortable, focused environment for learning.
Instructors – Our CEO holds one of the rarest Microsoft Certifications – the Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant (MCLC) Certification. This certification reflects a commitment to make sure our instructors are also actively engaged in real world consulting projects. Students expect a professional who can answer questions and demonstrate the technology.
Face to Face Training – We believe the best way to interact and learn is face to face training. Many of our competitors which offer local training are simply providing students with headphones/mic to attend class with an instructor at a remote location.
Test Pass – We offer a free retake voucher (if needed) for each of the exams required for certification. Any training center offering a “100% pass guarantee” would have to use unethical practices or unlimited test vouchers (which is not likely or practical).
Distractions – Students often look for a “local” training center so they can be close to home and work. Boot camp requires a tremendous time commitment during the program. Long class hours combined with self study each evening. The goal of boot camp is to achieve certification in a fraction of the time. We strongly recommend students attend camp away from home and work in a focused, distraction free environment.
Boot Camp – Boot camp is an accelerated training focused on teaching technology and testing students on the official exams. Most training providers “added” boot camps to the existing standard training classes they offer. These training centers think a boot camp is just a regular class where you send the student home with a voucher on the last day. Career Camps administers exams throughout the camp. Equally important – not every trainer can teach a boot camp and not all courseware is designed for boot camp format. Our trainers know the boot camp format and our courseware is designed for accelerated learning.
Florida – Career Camps has one of the most scenic locations boasting some of the best weather in US. We believe students should have a comfortable and inviting atmosphere while attending these otherwise intense programs. We place our location, facilities and amenities up against that any competitor.
Microsoft Gold Learning Partner
What You'll Learn
- Describe Microsoft Power Platform components
- Describe Microsoft Dataverse, Connectors and AI builder
- Describe cross-cloud scenarios across M365, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure and 3rd party services
- Identify benefits and capabilities of Microsoft Power Platform
- Identify the basic functionality and business value Microsoft Power Platform components
- Implement simple solutions with Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents
- Ingest, clean, and transform data
- Model data for performance and scalability
- Design and create reports for data analysis
- Apply and perform advanced report analytics
- Manage and share report assets
- Create paginated reports in Power BI
Course Outline
Module 1: Discover data analysis
- Would you like to explore the journey of a data analyst and learn how a data analyst tells a story with data? In this module, you explore the different roles in data and learn the different tasks of a data analyst.
- In this module, you'll:
- Learn about the roles in data.
- Learn about the tasks of a data analyst.
Module 2: Get started building with Power BI
- Learn what Power BI is, including its building blocks and how they work together.
- In this module, you will:
- Learn how Power BI services and applications work together.
- Explore how Power BI can make your business more efficient.
- Learn how to create compelling visuals and reports.
Module 3: Get data in Power BI
- You'll learn to retrieve data from various sources, including Microsoft Excel, relational databases, and NoSQL data stores. You'll also learn how to improve performance while retrieving data.
- By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Identify and connect to a data source
- Get data from a relational database, like Microsoft SQL Server
- Get data from a file like Microsoft Excel
- Get data from applications
- Get data from Azure Analysis Services
- Select a storage mode
- Fix performance issues
- Resolve data import errors
Module 4: Clean, transform, and load data in Power BI
- Power Query has incredible features dedicated to helping you clean and prepare your data for analysis. You'll learn how to simplify a complicated model, change data types, rename objects, and pivot data. You'll also learn how to profile columns to know which columns have the valuable data you're seeking for deeper analytics.
- By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Resolve inconsistencies, unexpected or null values, and data quality issues.
- Apply user-friendly value replacements.
- Profile data so you can learn more about a specific column before using it.
- Evaluate and transform column data types.
- Apply data shape transformations to table structures.
- Combine queries.
- Apply user-friendly naming conventions to columns and queries.
- Edit M code in the Advanced Editor
Module 5: Design a data model in Power BI
- The process of creating a complicated data model in Power BI is straightforward. If your data is coming in from more than one transactional system, you can have dozens of tables you have to work with before you know it. Building a great data model is about simplifying the disarray.
- A star schema is one way to simplify a data model, and you learn about its terminology and implementation in this module. You will also learn about why choosing the correct data granularity is essential for the performance and usability of your Power BI reports. Finally, you learn about improving performance with your Power BI data models.
- In this module, you will:
- Create common data tables
- Configure many-to-many relationships
- Resolve circular relationships
- Design star schemas
Module 6: Add measures to Power BI Desktop models
- This module teaches you to work with implicit and explicit measures. You'll start by creating simple measures summarizing a single column or table. Then, you'll create more complex measures based on other measures in the model. Additionally, you'll learn about the similarities and differences between a calculated column and a measure.
- By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Determine when to use implicit and explicit measures.
- Create simple measures.
- Create compound measures.
- Create quick measures.
- Describe similarities and differences between a calculated column and a measure.
Module 7: Add calculated tables and columns to Power BI Desktop models
- By the end of this module, you'll be able to add calculated tables and columns to your data model. You'll also be able to describe the row context used to evaluate calculated column formulas. Because it's possible to add columns to a table using Power Query, you'll also learn when it's best to create calculated columns instead of Power Query custom columns.
- By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Create calculated tables.
- Create calculated columns.
- Identify row context.
- Determine when to use a calculated column instead of a Power Query custom column.
- Add a date table to your model by using DAX calculations.
Module 8: Use DAX time intelligence functions in Power BI Desktop models
- By the end of this module, you'll learn the meaning of time intelligence and how to add time intelligence DAX calculations to your model.
- By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Define time intelligence.
- Use standard DAX time intelligence functions.
- Create functional intelligence calculations.
Module 9: Optimize a model for performance in Power BI
- Performance optimization, also known as performance tuning, involves changing the data model's current state so that it runs more efficiently. Essentially, when your data model is optimized, it performs better.
- By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Review the performance of measures, relationships, and visuals.
- Use variables to improve performance and troubleshooting.
- Improve performance by reducing cardinality levels.
- Optimize DirectQuery models with table-level storage.
- Create and manage aggregations.
Module 10: Design Power BI reports
- Because Power BI includes more than 30 core visuals, it can be challenging for a beginner to select the correct visual. This module will guide you through selecting the most appropriate visual type to meet your design and report layout requirements.
- In this module, you will:
- Learn about the structure of a Power BI report.
- Learn about report objects.
- Select the appropriate visual type to use
Module 11: Configure Power BI report filters
- Report filtering is a complex topic because many techniques are available for filtering a Microsoft Power BI report. However, with complexity comes control, allowing you to design reports that meet requirements and expectations. Some filtering techniques apply at design time, while others are relevant at report consumption time (in reading view). What matters is that your report design allows report consumers to narrow down to the data points that interest them intuitively.
- In this module, you will:
- Design reports for filtering.
- Design reports with slicers.
- Design reports by using advanced filtering techniques.
- Apply consumption-time filtering.
- Select appropriate report filtering techniques.
Module 12: Enhance Power BI report designs for the user experience
- The features and capabilities covered in this module will help you enhance your reports to make them more refined.
- In this module, you will:
- Design reports to show details.
- Design reports to highlight values.
- Design reports that behave like apps.
- Work with bookmarks.
- Design reports for navigation.
- Work with visual headers.
- Design reports with built-in assistance.
- Use specialized visuals
Module 13: Perform analytics in Power BI
- You'll learn how to use Power BI to perform data analytical functions, identify outliers in your data, group data, and big data for analysis. You'll also learn how to perform time series analysis. Finally, you'll work with advanced analytic features of Power BI, such as Quick Insights, AI Insights, and the Analyze feature.
- In this module, you'll:
- Explore statistical summary.
- Identify outliers with Power BI visuals.
- Group and bin data for analysis.
- Apply clustering techniques.
- Conduct time series analysis.
- Use the Analyze feature.
- Use advanced analytics custom visuals.
- Review Quick insights.
- Apply AI Insights.
Module 14: Create and manage workspaces in Power BI
- Learn how to navigate the Power BI service, create and manage workspaces and related items, and distribute reports to users.
- In this module, you will:
- Create and manage Power BI workspaces and items.
- Distribute a report or dashboard.
- Monitor usage and performance.
- Recommend a development lifecycle strategy.
- Troubleshoot data by viewing its lineage.
- Configure data protection.
Module 15: Enhance Power BI report designs for the user experience
Module 16: Manage datasets in Power BI
- You can use a single dataset to build many reports with Microsoft Power BI. Reduce administrative overhead with scheduled dataset refreshes and resolve connectivity errors.
- In this module, you will:
- Use a Power BI gateway to connect to on-premises data sources.
- Configure a scheduled refresh for a dataset.
- Configure incremental refresh settings.
- Manage and promote datasets.
- Troubleshoot service connectivity.
- Boost performance with query caching (Premium).
Module 17: Create dashboards in Power BI
- Microsoft Power BI dashboards are different from Power BI reports. Dashboards allow report consumers to create a single artifact of directed data personalized just for them. Dashboards can be composed of pinned visuals that are taken from different reports. Where a Power BI report uses data from a single dataset, a Power BI dashboard can contain visuals from different datasets.
- In this module, you will:
- Set a mobile view.
- Add a theme to the visuals in your dashboard.
- Configure data classification.
- Add real-time dataset visuals to your dashboards.
- Pin a live report page to a dashboard.
Module 18: Implement row-level security
- Row-level security (RLS) allows you to create a single or a set of reports that targets data for a specific user. In this module, you'll learn how to implement RLS using a static or dynamic method and how Microsoft Power BI simplifies testing RLS in Power BI Desktop and Power BI service.
- In this module, you will:
- Configure row-level security by using a static method.
- Configure row-level security by using a dynamic method
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst & Power Platform Boot Camp?
The MCA Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst & Power Platform Certification Boot Camp is an intensive, instructor-led training program that covers the PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst training. Students learn how to transform data into actionable business insights while gaining foundational knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform.
What certifications does this boot camp prepare me for?
This boot camp prepares students for the PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst certification exam, demonstrating skills in analyzing, modeling, visualizing, and managing data using Microsoft Power BI.
Who should take this Power BI and Power Platform boot camp?
This training is ideal for data analysts, business intelligence professionals, Power BI users, business analysts, IT professionals, Microsoft 365 professionals, application developers, managers, and professionals who work with business data and reporting.
Do I need previous Power BI experience?
Previous Power BI experience is helpful but not always required. Students should have a basic understanding of data, spreadsheets, databases, business reporting, or analytics. The boot camp provides training on the core Power BI concepts needed for the PL-300 certification.
Do I need programming experience for PL-300?
No. Programming experience is not required. Power BI and Power Platform are designed to allow users to perform sophisticated data analysis and business automation without being traditional software developers. Some familiarity with data and business processes is beneficial.
Are both certification exams taken during the boot camp?
Yes. The PL-300 exam voucher is included with the boot camp, and Career Camps is an authorized Pearson VUE testing center, allowing students to take the certification exam during the boot camp.
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