Business Analytics

Download links (MS applications are free to PSU users as part of the Office 365 group license, log in for free download)

• MS POWER BI (PC or online): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58494

• MS SQL SERVER Express (PC): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads

• MS Access (PC): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/buy/compare-all-microsoft-365-products?tab=1&rtc=1

• Tableau Public (Mac or PC): https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/download;

• Tableau offers a free one-year Tableau Desktop license for teachers and students

  • Tableau for students: https://www.tableau.com/academic/students

  • Tableau for teaching: https://www.tableau.com/academic/teaching

Learning resources

• MS Power BI: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guided-learning/; https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/29282447

• Tableau Public: https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/resources; https://www.tableau.com/learn/training/20194

• MS Access: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/access-video-training-a5ffb1ef-4cc4-4d79-a862-e2dda6ef38e6

• MS SQL Server: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/tutorials-for-sql-server-2016?view=sql-server-ver15

• MS Excel: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/excel-for-windows-training-9bc05390-e94c-46af-a5b3-d7c22f6990bb

Big Data Analytics & Machine Learning

Access to the Cloud Platforms with AI/Machine Learning tools for Nature Language Processing (NLP), Auto Machine Learning, Bot Services, etc. 

• MS Azure (Get started with 12 months of free services): https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/

• Google Cloud Platform/GCP (Start running workloads on GCP for free): https://cloud.google.com/free/

• Amazon Web Services (AWS): https://aws.amazon.com/ 

Learning Resources

• Penn State Cloud Services: https://www.cloud.psu.edu/    

• MS Azure: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/azure-fundamentals/

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP): https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/tutorials

• Amazon Web Services (AWS): https://aws.amazon.com/what-is-aws/?nc2=h_ql_le_int 

We recommend the official learning resource for these software tools because they are very well designed and allow you to learn in a systematic way. Additional great learning resources include LinkedIn Learning that is free to Penn State users https://linkedinlearning.psu.edu/, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) that offers workshops, software programs, and High-Performance Computing (HPC) platforms or join PSU Data Analytics degree programs.  Cloud Services team and ICDS provide research consultations for using different data and analytics tools.