AI for data analysts

Foundations

What you need to know before you build.

1. 1
   Infrato courseAI for Data Analysts56 min

   Start here: using an assistant for SQL and analysis, and checking every number before you share it.

2. 2
   Infrato courseUse AI Safely at Work: Privacy and Data55 min

   Sort the data you handle into never, ask first and fine before you paste any of it.

3. 3
   GOGoogle · Course

   Machine Learning Crash Course

   Price not listed

   Google’s course on machine learning basics.

4. 4
   MSMicrosoft · Course

   Machine Learning for Beginners

   beginnerFree

   A lesson-by-lesson machine learning course using Python.

Build

Make the thing.

1. 5
   MAMicrosoft Azure · Course

   Introduction to machine learning with Python and Azure Notebooks

   beginnerFree131 min

   Machine learning with Python in notebooks.

2. 6
   Infrato courseCheck the Output: Evaluate What AI Gives You55 min

   Build a small repeatable test for an AI result you rely on, awkward cases included.

3. 7
   MAMicrosoft Azure · Course

   Prepare AI-ready analytics data in Microsoft Fabric

   intermediateFree233 min

   Preparing analytics data in Microsoft Fabric.

Extend

Check it, harden it, go further.

1. 8
   MAMicrosoft Azure · Course

   Create machine learning models

   intermediateFree379 min

   Building machine learning models.

2. 9
   MAMicrosoft Azure · Course

   Implement a data science and machine learning solution for AI in Microsoft Fabric

   beginnerFree329 min

   A data science and machine learning solution in Microsoft Fabric.

3. 10
   SUStanford University · Course

   CS229: Machine Learning

   Price not listed

   Stanford’s machine learning course, for the underlying methods.

Tools to try

Products from each vendor’s own site, listed by name and link only. We have not tested them, they are not endorsements, and we are not affiliated with the vendors. Prices and features change, so check the vendor’s page.

• Google

  Google Colab

  Notebooks in the browser.

• Microsoft

  Copilot in Fabric

  Microsoft’s overview of Copilot in Fabric.

• Google

  Gemini in BigQuery

  Google’s overview of Gemini in BigQuery.

• Microsoft

  Copilot for Power BI

  Microsoft’s overview of Copilot for Power BI.

There are more by what you use them for: AI tools worth learning.

Agents and MCP servers for this role

An MCP server runs code with your accounts and can act in them. Read what each one can reach, and which credentials it asks for, before you connect it. These are picked from our directories by hand, not ranked, and are not endorsements.