What is Power BI?
Microsoft Power BI is a popular tool that enables the extraction and analysis of data to produce interactive reports and dashboards. Combined, the features of this business intelligence software help managers and users make more informed business decisions and increase productivity.
We provide the highest quality end-user training in these new transformative business tools. This enables everyone in your organisation to make the best use of Power BI and modern Excel facilities.
Why choose Burningsuit?
- Extensive training in Microsoft Power BI Service, Excel and PowerPivot.
- We provide everything necessary for the training day, including attendee laptops and Power BI licenses.
- Highly experienced consultants in Power BI and can help with a specific implementation, or the rollout of Power BI across an organisation.
- We run regular public courses in Central London, just a short walk from London Bridge Station.
- Years of experience in world-class training.
- Active in the Power BI community with access to advanced information.
- Members of Microsoft Power BI influencers group.
- Have worked with Power BI since its launch.
- A tailored approach to training, with staff on hand before and after a course.
We specialise in Business Intelligence Software Training, concentrating on Microsoft’s Power BI suite, together with PowerPivot and Excel. We are IT professionals with many years’ experience of delivering training and consultancy to the highest standard over a wide range of end-user products, ensuring you receive world-class training.
Having worked and delivered training in Microsoft Power BI since its launch, we’re leading experts in this field. We were also one of the first companies to offer training in the Excel “Power Tools”; PowerPivot, Power Query and Power View.
To stay current in the changing world of BI, we’re active in the Power BI Community. We speak at user group events and are also members of Microsoft’s Power BI influencers group, getting advanced information on changes and enhancements to Power BI before they are generally available.
This means we always deliver training at the cutting edge of Power BI. Get in touch today and speak with our experienced staff who are always on hand for questions prior to your training and afterwards for ongoing support.
FAQ’s
What are the prerequisites for the Power BI courses?
For our main course, we assume no prior experience the tool. Attendees should have a knowledge of Excel. Familiarity with Excel Pivot Tables and Functions like SUMIFS and VLOOKUP is useful, but not required.
For our advanced DAX and Power BI courses, we expect users to have some experience of Power BI and be familiar with simple calculated columns and measures.
Do we need a Power BI license?
No, we can provide up to 10 “Pro” licenses for use during the Training courses. Enabling attendees to publish and share reports and dashboards during the course.
Do you train the latest version of Power BI?
Yes, we keep up with the monthly updates and will train on new features as soon as they are available. Note that we do not normally train on ‘preview’ features until they are generally available but may do so if specifically requested.
What course materials do you provide?
We provide a comprehensive folder of course exercises, data and examples, together with relevant PDF documentation and manuals. We can provide this on a USB memory stick for your own use after the course for reference and practice
What after course support is there?
Following your training course, you will be encouraged to email your trainer with further questions and queries. We are happy to answer questions over email for up to a year after you have attended a course.