Microsoft has expanded Excel’s Copilot with new interactive modes, including a chat/edit switcher and a plan mode for previewing multi-step changes before execution. Updates also add Python ...

The two worlds of Excel and Python are colliding thanks to Microsoft’s new integration to boost data analysis and visualizations. The two worlds of Excel and Python are colliding thanks to Microsoft’s ...

Microsoft has expanded Excel’s Copilot with a new editing mode, multi-step planning, and Python integration, allowing the AI to directly modify spreadsheets and run advanced analyses. The April 2026 ...

Microsoft April 2026 update expands Copilot in Excel as agentic AI features roll out across Microsoft 365 with Cowork ...

Microsoft 365 Insiders can check out a new version of Excel in Windows that now includes the Python Editor inside the app. It will also continue to be available as an add-in via Excel Labs. In ...

With this new feature, users can type in Python code in the Excel app. The calculations are then run on a Microsoft cloud server and are returned to the Excel app, with plots and visualizations.

With the newly introduced 'PY' function, you can write Python scripts directly in cells, and the written scripts will be executed on the Microsoft Cloud and the results will be displayed in the sheet.

If you’re decent in Python (or aspire to be) but don’t have the chops for advanced data work in Excel, Microsoft now offers the kind of peanut butter-and-chocolate combination that you may consider a ...