Microsoft Excel and Office Training
for Employees and Teams
Live, instructor-led Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office workshops that turn your team’s daily tools into a competitive advantage.
Excel is the most used business application in the world, and it is also the most undertrained. Nearly every employee touches a spreadsheet, but most have never learned how to use Excel beyond basic data entry. The result is hours lost to manual formatting, formula errors that go unnoticed until the numbers reach leadership, and reports that take days when they should take minutes.
DWC’s Microsoft Excel training is the most requested training topic we deliver and has been for nearly two decades. We teach Excel at every level, from employees who need to get comfortable with the basics to analysts who need advanced formulas, PivotTables, Power Query, and data modeling.
We also deliver Microsoft Power BI training for organizations ready to move beyond static spreadsheets into interactive dashboards and automated reporting.
Every class is live, delivered online through Zoom with an instructor teaching in real time.
Participants follow along with hands-on exercises, ask questions, and build skills using real workplace scenarios. No pre-recorded videos. No self-paced modules.
Applications We Teach
Six core Microsoft applications. Multiple skill levels. Live instruction for every class.
Microsoft Excel is the single most requested training topic at DWC. Excel training covers five distinct courses spanning beginner through advanced levels: Excel Beginners (Level 1), Excel Intermediate (Level 2), Excel Advanced (Level 3), Excel Advanced Formulas and Functions, and Excel PivotTables. Whether your team needs foundational spreadsheet skills or advanced data analysis capabilities, DWC delivers Excel training customized to the skill level and job role of every participant.
Common Excel training requests: Excel training for finance teams, Excel training for HR departments, Excel training for operations managers, advanced Excel for data analysts, Excel PivotTable training for reporting teams, Excel formulas training for accounting, and group Excel training for new hires.
Microsoft Power BI is the fastest-rising Microsoft training topic for organizations that want to stop building static reports in Excel and start building interactive dashboards that update in real time. Power BI training covers connecting data sources, building visualizations, writing DAX formulas, and publishing shared dashboards. DWC offers Power BI at beginner and advanced levels.
Common Power BI training requests: Power BI for business analysts, Power BI for managers and decision makers, Power BI for government reporting teams, Excel to Power BI transition training, and Power BI dashboard design for leadership.
Microsoft SharePoint training helps organizations get actual value from the collaboration platform they are already paying for. Training covers document libraries, permissions, workflows, team sites, and integration with Teams and OneDrive. DWC offers SharePoint training for both end users and site administrators.
Microsoft Outlook training teaches employees how to manage email, calendars, and tasks more efficiently. Most employees use a fraction of Outlook’s capabilities. Training covers inbox management, calendar scheduling, rules and automation, and collaboration features that reduce email volume and improve response time.
Microsoft PowerPoint training helps employees create clear, professional presentations that communicate ideas effectively. Training covers slide design, data visualization in slides, template creation, and presentation delivery best practices.
Microsoft Word training goes beyond basic word processing. Training covers styles and formatting, templates, table of contents automation, mail merge, document collaboration, and the production techniques that turn Word into a professional publishing tool.
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Microsoft Outlook Advanced (Level 2)
7 hrs total. 2 sessions.Find ways to improve productivity in Microsoft Outlook Advanced classFrom $349.00 -
Microsoft PowerPoint Beginners (Level 1)
7 hrs total. 2 sessions.Create presentations with ease in Microsoft PowerPoint Beginners classFrom $359.00 -
Microsoft PowerPoint Advanced (Level 2)
7 hrs total. 2 sessions.Microsoft PowerPoint Advanced class to help you get aheadFrom $359.00 -
Microsoft Word Beginners (Level 1)
7 hrs total. 2 sessions.Learn essential job skills start in the Microsoft Word Beginners classFrom $359.00 -
Microsoft Word Intermediate (Level 2)
7 hrs total. 2 sessions.Go beyond the basics in the Microsoft Word Intermediate classFrom $359.00 -
Microsoft Word Advanced (Level 3)
7 hrs total. 2 sessions.Learn to manage complex documents in the Microsoft Word Advanced classFrom $349.00
Microsoft Office
Who This Training Is For
Excel and Microsoft Office training is not just for analysts. It is for every team that works with data, documents, and deadlines.
Finance and Accounting Teams
Finance and Accounting Teams that build budgets, forecasts, financial models, and reports in Excel. These teams typically request Excel Intermediate, Advanced, and PivotTable training to reduce formula errors, automate calculations, and produce reports faster. Power BI training is increasingly requested for automated financial dashboards.
Operations and Project Management Teams
Operations and Project Management Teams that track schedules, inventory, production data, and project milestones in Excel. Training helps these teams build more reliable spreadsheets, automate repetitive tasks, and move from static tracking sheets to dynamic Power BI dashboards.
HR and People Operations Teams
HR and People Operations Teams that manage headcount reports, compensation analysis, onboarding schedules, and employee data. Excel training helps HR teams produce accurate reports without relying on IT or analysts. Power BI training helps them visualize workforce data for leadership presentations.
Marketing and Sales Teams
Marketing and Sales Teams that track campaign performance, sales pipelines, lead scoring, and customer data. Excel and Power BI training helps these teams analyze their own data rather than waiting for someone else to build the report.
Government and Public Sector Organizations
Government and Public Sector Organizations that need employees trained on Excel, SharePoint, and Power BI for budgeting, reporting, document management, and data analysis. DWC has extensive experience training government teams in Colorado, Utah, and nationwide.
Administrative and Support Staff
Administrative and Support Staff who use Microsoft Office daily but have never received formal training. Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint training helps these employees work faster, produce more professional output, and spend less time on tasks that should be routine.
Companies that invest in workforce training are 17% more productive and 21% more profitable. 80% of employees say they would stay longer at an organization that invests in their development.
The Excel Training Gap
Most employees use Excel. Very few have been trained on it.
Excel is the default tool for data analysis, reporting, and decision support in nearly every organization. Yet most employees who use Excel daily have never taken a single Excel class. They learned by watching a coworker, searching YouTube, or figuring it out through trial and error. The result is spreadsheets built on workarounds instead of best practices, formulas that break when someone else edits the file, and hours spent on manual tasks that Excel could automate.
82% of jobs require some level of digital skills, and Excel proficiency is the single most common digital skill requirement in job postings (Burning Glass/EMSI). Despite that, most organizations invest in software licenses without investing in the training that makes those licenses productive.
The cost of undertrained Excel users is invisible but large. When an analyst spends two hours manually formatting a report that a PivotTable could produce in five minutes, the cost does not show up on any invoice. When a formula error in a budget spreadsheet goes unnoticed for three months, the cost shows up too late. When a department head cannot build a basic chart and asks IT to do it, the cost shows up as a bottleneck that slows everyone down.
Structured Excel training produces immediate results. Employees who complete DWC’s Excel training consistently report that tasks which took hours now take minutes. Reports that required manual updates now refresh automatically. Spreadsheets that only one person could understand are now built with proper structure, naming conventions, and documentation that any team member can maintain.
Why Power BI Is the Next Step After Excel
When your team outgrows spreadsheets, Power BI is where they go.
Excel is the right tool for many tasks. But when your data gets large, when multiple people need access to the same report, when leadership wants dashboards that update automatically, or when your reporting needs exceed what a spreadsheet can handle cleanly, Power BI is the next step.
Microsoft Power BI connects directly to Excel files, databases, cloud services, and dozens of other data sources. It transforms raw data into interactive dashboards with filters, drill-downs, and visualizations that update in real time.
A report that takes an analyst two days to build and refresh in Excel every month can be built once in Power BI and updated automatically going forward.
DWC’s Power BI training is designed for people who already work in Excel and want to move into more powerful reporting tools.
We do not assume participants have a data engineering background. We teach Power BI as a business reporting tool, starting with connecting data, building visuals, and publishing dashboards that leadership can access without needing the analyst to walk them through it.
Common transition path: Organizations typically start by training their analysts and reporting teams on Power BI Beginners, then follow up with Advanced Power BI for employees who need DAX formulas, data modeling, and complex dashboard design.
Managers and decision makers often attend a separate session focused on reading and interpreting Power BI dashboards rather than building them.
How Organizations Use DWC Microsoft Office Training
Real engagements from finance teams, government agencies, and operations departments.
State Government Agency: Excel and SharePoint for 120 Employees A Colorado state agency needed to upskill 120 employees across five regional offices. Teams were emailing spreadsheets, duplicating files, and producing inconsistent reports. DWC delivered Excel Beginners and Intermediate training in the first phase, followed by SharePoint training for document management and team collaboration. The agency reported measurable improvements in reporting accuracy and a significant reduction in redundant file sharing.
Financial Services Firm: Power BI for Analysts A regional financial services company was spending too much time building monthly reports in Excel. DWC delivered a two-day Power BI workshop customized around the firm’s actual datasets and reporting structures. Analysts built working dashboards during training that they continued using after the session. Their monthly reporting cycle dropped from five days to two.
Manufacturing Company: Excel and Power BI for Operations A manufacturing company requested Excel training for production supervisors and Power BI training for the operations management team. DWC built both workshops around the company’s production data, scheduling templates, and quality control reports. Managers reported building their own dashboards within two weeks of completing training.
Healthcare System: Excel Training for Administrative Teams A hospital system enrolled 35 administrative staff across billing, scheduling, and HR in Excel Beginners and Intermediate training. Staff were producing manual reports that took days and contained frequent errors. After training, the team automated several recurring reports and reduced average report production time by over 60%.
Utah County Government: Outlook and Word for New Employees A Utah county government included Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word training in its onboarding program for new hires. DWC delivered both workshops live online, covering inbox management, calendar scheduling, document formatting, and templates. The county reported that new employees reached full productivity faster and submitted fewer IT help desk tickets related to Office applications.
Serving Colorado, Utah, and Organizations Nationwide
Based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Delivering Microsoft Office and Excel training across the Mountain West and the country.
Digital Workshop Center is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, and has provided Microsoft Office and Excel training to individuals, teams, and organizations since 2006.
In Colorado, we deliver Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office training to organizations in Fort Collins, Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Loveland, Greeley, and across the Front Range. Finance teams, government agencies, healthcare systems, and employers of every size throughout Colorado choose DWC for instructor-led Microsoft training.
In Utah, we serve organizations in Salt Lake City, Provo, Ogden, and across the Wasatch Front with live online Excel and Microsoft Office training.
Nationwide, our live online classes reach professionals and teams in every state. Whether you are enrolling a single employee in a public Excel class or scheduling private group Power BI training for your entire analytics team, DWC delivers.
Your Workforce Training Goals, Customized to You
DWC provides expert Microsoft Office and Excel training aligned to your team’s skill levels, job roles, and reporting needs. Custom private and group training options are available for organizations of every size.
20,000+ Participants Trained | 90% Completion Rate | 1,500+ Organizations Served
Why Microsoft Office Training at DWC?
- Excel expertise at every level. Five distinct Excel courses from Beginners through Advanced Formulas and PivotTables. No matter where your team starts, we meet them there.
- Live, instructor-led sessions through Zoom. Every class is taught live with an instructor in real time. Participants follow along, ask questions, and get feedback. No pre-recorded videos. No self-paced modules.
- Hands-on, exercise-based learning. Every class includes guided exercises built around real workplace tasks. Participants work with actual data and build files they can use at work.
- Custom curriculum for organizations. Private group sessions can be tailored around your team’s actual spreadsheets, reports, dashboards, and workflows.
- Instructors who are practicing professionals. DWC Microsoft instructors use these tools in their own work. They teach from experience, not just a manual.
- Power BI for teams ready to go beyond Excel. DWC is one of the few training providers that teaches both Excel and Power BI, which means we can help your team transition from spreadsheets to dashboards with a consistent instructor and training approach.
- Flexible delivery. Live online or on-site. Individual enrollment in public classes or private group sessions on your schedule.
- Certificates of completion. Every participant receives documentation for professional development records.
Talk to our team about your Microsoft Office training needs, team size, and timeline.
Microsoft Office Training FAQs
What Microsoft Office applications do you teach?
DWC offers training in Microsoft Excel (five courses from beginner through advanced), Microsoft Power BI (beginner and advanced), Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word. Excel is the most requested topic and includes the widest range of course levels. Power BI is the fastest-growing Microsoft training topic for organizations moving toward automated reporting and interactive dashboards.
Who is Microsoft Office training designed for?
These classes are designed for working professionals, teams, and organizations that need practical Microsoft Office skills for everyday work. The most common participants include finance and accounting teams, operations managers, HR departments, data analysts, administrative and support staff, marketing teams, and government employees. Training is frequently purchased by HR directors, L&D managers, and department heads who want to upskill their teams on the tools they already use daily.
Are these classes live or self-paced?
All classes are delivered live online through Zoom with an instructor teaching in real time. Participants see the instructor’s screen, follow along with hands-on exercises, ask questions, and get feedback during the session. The experience is interactive and collaborative, similar to an in-person classroom but accessible from any location. There are no self-paced modules, pre-recorded videos, or on-demand content. Every session is scheduled, instructor-led, and designed for active participation.
Can my employer pay for this class?
Yes. Many professionals attend using employer professional development funds, workforce training benefits, or departmental training budgets. DWC provides invoices, purchase order documentation, and certificates of completion upon request. Organizations can also purchase private group sessions for teams, which are often more cost-effective than enrolling employees individually in public classes.
What is the difference between Excel training and Power BI training?
Excel is the right tool for building, editing, and analyzing data in spreadsheets. It works well for individual analysis, calculations, and smaller datasets. Power BI is the right tool when your team needs interactive dashboards that update automatically, shared reports that multiple people can access without emailing files, and visualizations built from large or multiple data sources. Most organizations benefit from both. DWC helps teams identify which tool fits which task and provides training for each. Many organizations start with Excel training and add Power BI training once their team is ready to move beyond static spreadsheets.
Do you provide Microsoft Office training in Colorado?
Yes. DWC is headquartered in Fort Collins, CO, and provides Microsoft Office and Excel training to organizations throughout Colorado, including Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Loveland, and Greeley. Colorado organizations benefit from both our live online delivery and on-site training options.
Do you offer Microsoft Office training nationwide?
Yes. Our live online Microsoft Office and Excel classes are available to individuals and organizations in every state, with scheduling flexibility for any U.S. time zone.
What Excel courses are available?
DWC offers five distinct Excel courses: Excel Beginners (Level 1) for employees new to spreadsheets, Excel Intermediate (Level 2) for employees who need stronger formulas and reporting skills, Excel Advanced (Level 3) for power users working with automation and complex data, Excel Advanced Formulas and Functions for employees who build sophisticated calculations, and Excel PivotTables for employees who need to analyze and summarize large datasets quickly. Each course builds on the previous level. Organizations can also request customized Excel workshops tailored to specific job roles, departments, or datasets.
Do I need prior experience to take a beginner class?
No. Beginner-level classes are designed for employees with no prior experience in the application. Basic computer skills such as using a mouse, keyboard, and managing files are expected. Each class page lists any recommended prerequisites. If you are unsure which level is right for you or your team, our admissions team can help you determine the best starting point.
How long are Microsoft Office classes?
Most Excel and Office classes are 7 hours total, delivered across 2 sessions (typically 3.5 hours per session). Power BI classes are 14 hours total, delivered across 4 sessions. The multi-session format allows participants to learn new skills in one session, practice and apply them at work between sessions, and return to the next session with questions. This approach produces significantly better retention than single-day intensive workshops.
Can Microsoft Office training be customized for our team?
Yes. Private group sessions can be tailored around your team’s actual spreadsheets, reports, datasets, templates, and workflows. DWC works with your team lead or manager before the training to scope the right content, adjust the difficulty level, and build exercises that use your real data and reporting structures. Customization is standard for private group sessions, not a premium add-on.
Do you offer Microsoft Office training for government employees?
Yes. DWC has delivered Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, and Office training to state agencies, county governments, and municipal departments in Colorado, Utah, and nationwide. We understand the reporting structures, compliance requirements, and data management needs of public sector organizations. Government teams frequently request Excel training for budgeting and reporting, SharePoint training for document management, and Power BI training for building dashboards that meet public accountability and transparency standards.
Do you provide Microsoft Office training in Utah?
Yes. DWC delivers live online Microsoft Office and Excel training to professionals and teams across Utah, including Salt Lake City, Provo, Ogden, and Park City. Utah employers, government agencies, and healthcare organizations choose DWC for the same hands-on, instructor-led approach we deliver to every client.
How do I get started?
Individuals can register for upcoming public classes directly from the schedule above or contact the admissions team for guidance on which course level is the right fit. Organizations can contact our team to discuss private group training, customization options, team size, timeline, and budget. We will put together a custom training proposal. Most organizations move from initial conversation to confirmed training dates within one to two weeks.