Excel with Copilot and AI for Finance and FP&A

No. Copilot and Python in Excel need a Microsoft 365 plan that includes them, and every exercise has a route using a free assistant and ordinary Excel. You will still understand what Copilot does and how to control it.

No. The lessons are from independent finance and Excel educators, credited on each module, and Microsoft is not affiliated with EDWartens.

No, and the course is clear about why. AI takes the cleaning, the first drafts and the layout. Every reported number still comes from a formula and is tied out and reviewed.

No. Python in Excel is introduced with short examples an assistant can write for you, and the course shows how to check the result with an ordinary formula.

About 8 hours of video lessons and study across nine modules, plus about 8 hours if you do the optional FP&A pack project. The course plan spreads it over about four weeks, at your own pace.

Yes, with an update. Microsoft retired the function on 14 September 2026, so the module shows what the lessons teach with it, how to do the same text jobs in the Copilot pane or another assistant, and how to clear =COPILOT out of old workbooks before they break.

Yes. Every module, the notes, the project and the final assessment. The only paid item is the certificate, if you want it.

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a number anyone can verify on our site. It is not a Microsoft certification.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹499 including GST for this beginner course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.