Office 365 and Excel for Analysts

Topics discussed

An overview of Office 365, Office’s subscription service that provides ongoing new value and high impact for your work and business
Examples of new Office 365 capabilities released since the launch of Office 2016 across the Office apps
Identifying the best Office plan options for your analytics needs at work and at home
New advanced chart types to help visualize your data
Data/Power Query – Importing and cleaning up large amounts of data into Excel from a wide variety of sources including SQL, CSV, Hadoop and others
Forecasting – Using the one-click forecasting feature to make predictions on your data
Machine learning plug-ins – Fostering sentiment analysis and other ML scenarios by seamlessly integrating with Azure ML Studio

Learning objectives

Learn about Office 365, Office’s subscription service
Learn about some new and existing analytics features provided by Microsoft Excel

Who will it benefit?

Controllers
CFOs
Finance Managers
Vice Presidents of Finance, Strategy, or FP&A
Others with responsibility for financial planning, Strategy and analysis for small, medium or large companies