Learning guide · 4 courses

Compare Copilot courses for Excel

This guide is for people who want to use Copilot inside Excel. Check which spreadsheet jobs the course covers and whether your Microsoft account can run them. A course title or trial link does not guarantee access to every feature.

Find your starting point

Intro to Copilot in Excel covers AI-assisted formulas, data cleaning, summaries and natural-language charts. Advanced Data Analysis & Visualization with Copilot in Excel moves into statistical work, external data, pivots, charts and explaining findings. It lists 22 assignments and requires a Copilot licence.

Microsoft Copilot for Excel: AI-Powered Data Analysis focuses on setup, formulas, sorting, pivots and advanced help, with project files and five assignments. Microsoft Copilot for Excel from LinkedIn Learning adds a corporate HR example, exercise file and Python analysis. Pick the course whose level and practice fit the work you want to do.

Some course pages link a 30-day trial. Other plan requirements are less clear. Keep row checks and totals in your workflow, and confirm your tenant, subscription, region and Excel version before relying on an embedded Copilot exercise.

Example to try

Make sense of a spreadsheet

  1. 01Start with

    A small table of expenses

  2. 02Make a first pass

    Clean data + a useful formula

  3. 03Make it yours

    Check row counts and totals

Use a fictional example to practise the workflow.

Compare the courses

CourseWhat you’ll doTimeCost and access
Intro to Copilot in Excel365 Careers
  • Short spreadsheet demonstrations are listed
  • 1h 39m of video
  • Check the course page for current pricing and software requirements.
Advanced Data Analysis & Visualization with Copilot in ExcelMicrosoft
  • 22 assignments are listed across the five modules.
  • 2 weeks at 10 hours a week
  • Check the course page for certificate pricing, free trials and options to study without a certificate.
  • Listed as included in Coursera Plus. Check your subscription for access.
Microsoft Copilot for Excel: AI-Powered Data AnalysisMaven Analytics
  • Project files and five assignments are listed.
  • 4 hours to complete
  • Check the course page for certificate pricing, free trials and options to study without a certificate.
  • Listed as included in Coursera Plus. Check your subscription for access.
Microsoft Copilot for ExcelLinkedIn Learning
  • Corporate HR role-play exercises and one exercise file are listed.
  • 2h 22m

See course page for pricing.

Take a closer look

Office workflows365 Careers

Intro to Copilot in Excel

Use Copilot in Excel for formulas, data cleaning, profiling and natural-language charts, then compare AI suggestions with regular Excel methods.

Format
Recording
Time
1h 39m of video
Office workflowsLinkedIn Learning

Microsoft Copilot for Excel

Use Copilot in Excel for formula columns, sorting, pivot analysis and Python-assisted work, with setup requirements explained.

Format
Recording
Time
2h 22m

Try this before you choose

Choose a small table and write down the expected formula, cleaned field, pivot or chart before opening Copilot. Ask which account and Excel version the course uses, then match its assignments or practice files to a manual check.

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