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Customer Intelligence

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Instructor: Microsoft

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Create unified customer profiles by merging multi-source data in Customer Insights.

  • Build high-value audience segments and analyze LTV drivers using Segment Discovery.

  • Design rules-based and propensity-based segmentation matrices.

  • Evaluate segmentation effectiveness by measuring uplift in Power BI.

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July 2026

Assessments

15 assignments¹

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Taught in English

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This course is part of the Microsoft Customer Journey Mapping  Specialization
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There are 9 modules in this course

Learn to connect external data sources to Customer Insights - Data, configure refresh schedules, and verify successful data ingestion—the essential first step before unification and segmentation.

What's included

2 videos3 readings1 assignment

Understand how Customer Insights data organizes customer information into profiles, interactions, and measures, and document your data model so your team can build on a shared foundation.

What's included

1 video3 readings3 assignments

Learn to configure the Unify process of Customer Insights - Data to match and merge duplicate customer records, creating the single customer view that powers accurate segmentation and personalization. In practice, match rules are refined iteratively based on results; you will learn how to evaluate and adjust over time.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 assignment

Configure consent tracking and data quality rules that ensure your segments only include valid, permission-based contacts—protecting your brand reputation and maintaining regulatory compliance.

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2 videos2 readings2 assignments

Learn to define and publish audience segments in Customer Insights - Data using unified profile attributes, calculated measures, and behavioral criteria—the building blocks of targeted marketing campaigns.

What's included

1 video4 readings1 assignment

Use Customer Insights' Segment Discovery feature to understand what differentiates your high-value customers, then communicate those insights to stakeholders in a format that drives strategic decisions.

What's included

2 videos2 readings3 assignments

Learn to build a two-dimensional segmentation matrix that combines engagement scores with propensity predictions, enabling differentiated treatment strategies that maximize conversion while respecting contact preferences. This approach directly addresses common challenges such as over‑messaging low‑intent contacts and missing opportunities with high‑intent but low‑engagement audiences.

What's included

1 video2 readings1 assignment

Pull email metrics into Power BI, analyze segment performance against baseline, identify underperforming segments, and recommend optimization or consolidation to stakeholders. This measurement loop is iterative—ongoing analysis informs continuous segment refinement, not just one-time reporting. Each measurement cycle informs the next segmentation update, ensuring campaigns evolve with audience behavior.

What's included

3 videos2 readings2 assignments

Apply your customer intelligence skills to a comprehensive segmentation analysis project. You'll document your data architecture, build a strategic segmentation framework, analyze segment performance, and present recommendations to leadership in a portfolio-ready deliverable. This is a synthesis and storytelling exercise: you're assembling and presenting prior work, not re-executing tool configurations. If you’re missing outputs from earlier modules, you may use placeholder or summarized data as long as you provide a brief justification explaining assumptions and data limitations. Who this is for: Designed for marketing analysts, CRM specialists, lifecycle marketers, and marketing managers who need to demonstrate end‑to‑end customer intelligence capabilities.

What's included

2 readings1 assignment

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