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Modern Microsoft Power BI for Beginners: A Complete Guide to DAX, Power Query, Data Modeling & Fabric Dashboards
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 27 2025
Pages: 334
Weight: 1.71
Height: 0.70 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Modern Microsoft Power BI for Beginners is a complete, practical, and up-to-date guide for anyone who wants to master data analysis, modeling, and dashboard design using Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. Whether you are new to analytics or transitioning from Excel, SQL, or another BI tool, this book gives you a clear, structured path to build real-world, professional Power BI solutions from scratch.
Power BI has become the world's most widely adopted analytics platform-used by enterprises, small businesses, and independent professionals alike. But beginners often struggle with DAX, data modeling, Power Query, relationships, and the rapidly growing Microsoft Fabric ecosystem. This book solves those challenges with a modern, step-by-step approach designed specifically for 2025 and beyond.
You will learn how to clean and transform messy datasets using Power Query, build star schema models that scale, write essential DAX measures for real business KPIs, and design interactive dashboards for sales, finance, HR, operations, and executive use cases. You will also get a beginner-friendly introduction to Microsoft Fabric-including Lakehouses, Direct Lake, OneLake shortcuts, pipelines, and real-time analytics-so you can build analytics solutions using the latest industry standards.
Each chapter follows a clear, practical structure with real hands-on labs, clean examples, and professional techniques used by data analysts and BI developers in leading organizations. By the end of this book, you will have the confidence to design complete end-to-end projects, automate workflows, publish dashboards, and collaborate securely in the Power BI Service.
What You Will Learn- How Power BI Desktop, Service, and Mobile work together
- How to clean, transform, and shape data using Power Query
- How to design reliable star schemas and semantic models
- How to write beginner-friendly DAX measures for KPIs, ratios, and time intelligence
- How to build interactive dashboards with slicers, drill-through, bookmarks, and tooltips
- How to publish, share, and manage workspace access in Power BI Service
- How Direct Lake, Lakehouses, Warehouses, and OneLake power Microsoft Fabric analytics
- How to deliver full end-to-end business projects using structured labs and walkthroughs
- Beginners learning Power BI for the first time
- Excel users moving toward more advanced analytics
- Business analysts, data analysts, and report developers
- Students and professionals preparing for the PL-300 certification
- Anyone who wants a clean, modern introduction to Power BI and Fabric
- Seven fully practical chapters
- Hands-on labs in every chapter
- Complete capstone project (end-to-end Power BI solution)
- Real DAX patterns, modeling templates, and Power Query transformations
- Updated coverage of Power BI + Fabric ecosystem for 2025
Modern Microsoft Power BI for Beginners is your complete blueprint for building real, enterprise-ready reports and dashboards. If you want a clear, structured, and modern introduction to Power BI, this is the book that will take you from beginner to confident analyst.
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