Power BI: Dashboards, Collaboration, and Optimization
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Power BI: Dashboards, Collaboration, and Optimization
This course is part of Microsoft Power BI: Data Analysis Professional Specialization
Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
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What you'll learn
Publish reports to the Power BI Service and set up automatic data refreshes.
Create interactive dashboards with data alerts, bookmarks, and Q&A features.
Share apps securely and control user access using row-level security.
Data files for this course are provided in the first course of this specialization, "Power BI: Data Analysis, Reporting, and Connecting".
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January 2026
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There are 4 modules in this course
To round out your data-analysis efforts in Power BI, you'll publish and export reports and create dashboards. You'll also collaborate and share content with other users. Finally, you'll optimize the usability and performance of your reports and dashboards.
This is the fourth and final course in a multi-course Specialization. All of the courses in this Specialization require that you have a trial version of Microsoft 365 Business Premium, along with Power BI Desktop. The course setup instructions provided in the first course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.
Once you've created reports to analyze data and showcase insights, it's time to share them with members of your organization for consumption and collaboration. In this lesson, you will share reports and create dashboards in the Microsoft® Power BI® Service.
What's included
1 reading5 plugins
1 reading•Total 5 minutes
- ⚠️READ THIS FIRST⚠️•5 minutes
5 plugins•Total 115 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Publish and Explore Reports in the Power BI Service•35 minutes
- Create Dashboards•35 minutes
- Add Q&A to Dashboards•35 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
To share and collaborate effectively with the Microsoft® Power BI® Service, you must manage workspaces. In this lesson, you will manage and collaborate in the Power BI Service.
What's included
4 plugins
4 plugins•Total 90 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Manage Workspaces and Share Content•40 minutes
- Collaborate with the Power BI Service•40 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Once reports are published and dashboards are created, there are a few things you need to do to ensure people and users can use your reports and dashboards effectively. In this lesson, you will enhance reports and dashboards.
What's included
4 plugins
4 plugins•Total 80 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
- Optimize Usability and Performance•35 minutes
- Create Mobile Reports for Power BI•35 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
What's included
1 reading1 assignment1 plugin
1 reading•Total 5 minutes
- Course Summary•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- Course Assessment•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
- Appendices•5 minutes
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