Course · 7 chapters
Copilot for Business Analysts
Write BRDs, map processes, and produce board-ready data insights with Microsoft 365 Copilot. 7 advanced chapters for enterprise business analysts in regulated sectors.
What you'll be able to do
- Draft requirements and user stories
- Map processes and spot gaps
- Explore data without writing code
- Tailor stakeholder communications
- Trace change impact and dependencies
- Work within governance and DLP rules
What's inside
- 1Copilot for Business Analysts: Start Here
A 12-minute orientation across the six-chapter BA skill path — from requirements elicitation to enterprise governance, the complete Copilot toolkit for advanced business analysis
- 2Requirements Elicitation with Copilot
Turn messy stakeholder inputs into structured BRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria using M365 Copilot in Word, Loop, and Teams — with enterprise-scale context priming.
- 3Process Mapping & Gap Analysis
Use M365 Copilot in Visio, Whiteboard, and Excel to accelerate process documentation, build as-is/to-be comparison matrices, and surface cross-departmental inefficiencies.
- 4Stakeholder Communication & Alignment
Translate technical BA findings into audience-adapted communications using PowerPoint, Outlook, Loop, and Teams — managing competing interests and preserving precision across enterprise stakeholder levels.
- 5Data Exploration Without Code
Use Excel Copilot, Python in Excel, and Power BI Copilot to pivot, clean, analyze, and visualize enterprise data exports — building stakeholder-ready insights from messy CSVs without writing SQL or Python manually.
- 6Change Impact & Dependency Mapping
Trace how proposed changes ripple through systems, teams, and processes — building impact matrices, risk registers, and readiness assessments that synthesize technical and organizational dependencies for complex enterprise change programs.
- 7Copilot in Enterprise Governance
Navigate sensitivity labels, DLP policies, data residency constraints, and audit requirements to remain productive with Copilot inside heavily regulated enterprise environments — from financial services Chinese walls to cross-border data boundaries.
Frequently asked questions
- What will I learn in this Copilot course for business analysts?
- You will learn to use Microsoft 365 Copilot across the full BA workflow: requirements elicitation, process mapping and gap analysis, stakeholder communication, no-code data exploration, change impact mapping, and enterprise governance. Each chapter ties Copilot to a concrete BA deliverable such as BRDs, impact matrices, and Power BI dashboards.
- Who is this course for?
- It is built for business analysts in large enterprises, especially regulated sectors like financial services. The content is advanced and assumes you already do requirements, process, or stakeholder work and want to do it faster with Microsoft Copilot.
- Do I need to know how to code?
- No coding is required. The data chapter shows how to clean, pivot, and visualize enterprise data using Excel Copilot, Python in Excel, and Power BI Copilot without writing SQL or Python by hand.
- How many chapters are there and is there a certificate?
- The path has 7 chapters: a Start Here orientation plus six hands-on chapters covering requirements, process mapping, stakeholder communication, data exploration, change impact, and enterprise governance. You can complete it at your own pace and earn a certificate of completion.
- Is this course free?
- No, this is a paid path on AI Academy by Anthropos. It is included with an AI Academy subscription.
Earn a certificate
Complete all chapters to receive your certificate of completion.