Data analytics is such a diverse and complex field that new tools, techniques, and technologies are cropping up almost every single day.
There’s always something new to learn and it pays to be one step ahead whether you’re trying to land your first analyst job or already leading a team of analysts.
This is why we keep adding new courses at our On-Demand Learning Platform. Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of our newest course: Exam PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst.
Exam PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst
This course will help you prepare for PL-300, an exam that you need to take in order to earn the Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification.
Skills-wise, if you enjoy analyzing data and using Power BI to discover and unlock data insights, Microsoft’s Power BI Data Analyst Associate is the ideal certification for you. This certification will validate your Power BI expertise and skills, making you a valuable asset to your company.
The PL-300 exam will open a lot of doors, beef up your resume, and fast-track your career as a Microsoft Power BI data analyst.
The PL-300 is probably the most widely recognized of the MS certifications, and having this credential will add credibility to your resume/profile. Second, many employers seeking Data Analysts and/or Power BI developers use this certification as an initial screening, requiring it for all interested candidates.
While we believe that your portfolio is your most important career asset, for a sizable number of employers, you won’t even be able to get in the door to show them your portfolio without the PL-300 certification.
However, before applying for this exam, you need to have a deeper understanding of Power BI. This is where our course can help you.
The PL-300 exam is not cheap – cost to register varies by region, but it can be as high as $165 US. Thus, you want to be sure to maximize your chances of passing on the first attempt, and we believe that with proper study, this course will do exactly that for you.
What To Expect From This Course
Ilgar Zarbaliyev has prepared several self-paced training videos to help you build the necessary skills needed to ace the PL-300 certification.
In the course, Ilgar will introduce you to the type of exam questions to expect. He will explain in detail the 6 learning paths and 16 modules that will be covered in the exam, as well as cover topics on how to prepare, model, visualize and analyze data in Power BI.
The course includes about 7 hours of video content, exercises/demos to reinforce key concepts and extensive practice questions of the exact type you will encounter in the exam.
This course will help you grow from having zero knowledge to being a confident user of Power BI, and will cover the following:
- discuss the various methods and best practices that are in line with business and technical requirements for modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data within Power BI.
- show how to access and process data from a range of data sources.
- explore how to implement proper security standards and policies across the Power BI spectrum, including datasets and groups.
- discuss how to manage and deploy reports and dashboards for sharing and content distribution.
This is an intermediate level course, and we recommend that you have some hands-on experience with Power BI before taking it.
In addition, as prerequisites we advise having completed at least the Power BI Super Users Workshop (or equivalent) and the Intro to Paginated Reports (since that’s also a topic covered in the exam).
Should you have problems with any particular topic covered by this course, there is extensive information on the eDNA learning platform to elevate your skills in any areas that might need additional study.
Who Is This Course For
This course is for data professionals and business intelligence professionals who want to learn how to accurately perform data analysis using Power BI.
If you’re more interested in the Power Platform and want to improve your business operations and processes using it, feel free to check out our other course on PL-900 certification.
About Ilgar Zarbaliyev
Our course creator is the event organizer of My Data Summit. Ilgar Zarbaliyev is a multi-year Microsoft Certified Trainer, a recent winner of the Microsoft Innovative Educator award, a current Microsoft MVP nominee, and the holder of 16(!) different Microsoft Certifications in Power BI, Power Platform, Office 365, Dynamics 365 and Azure.
In addition, he has crushed every version of this exam, from the current PL-300 version, to the prior DA-100 and even the earliest version back when it was called the exam 70-778.
How To Enroll
Passing the Microsoft PL-300 exam takes a lot of time and effort, but hopefully this course can help you achieve your certification so you can embark on a fruitful career path. To enroll in this course, sign up for a subscription at Enterprise DNA On-Demand.
You can maximize your subscription by choosing a Learning Path that will generate a personalized action plan and recommend courses tailored to your experience level and career goals.
You can also check out our upcoming courses for more details, and keep your eyes out for the other courses that will come out later this year.
All the best,
Enterprise DNA Team
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