Copilot in Excel is getting a smarter web search system that runs parallel lookups and cross-checks sources before answering.

Power Query replaces risky and time-consuming manual edits with a safe, user-friendly system that speeds up everyday ...

The new features, including connectors to third-party data sources, are aimed at making the AI assistant more useful for ...

Power Query and Power Pivot help Excel users manage large datasets more efficiently. Power Query focuses on cleaning and preparing data, while Power Pivot handles analysis and reporting. Together, ...

Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said Wednesday that its user base and engagement are growing for the AI tool that’s baked into M365 apps like Word, Excel, ...

Also, users can take snapshots of handwritten notes and, with the Gemini AI app, can turn it in to a PDF with simple, legible texts for easy understanding.

DuckDB is an amazing tool with deep integration with Python and R, but sometimes you just need data in Excel. xlDuckDb allows DuckDB SQL to be run within Excel. Query results are returned as regular ...

Learn how to pull data from another Excel sheet based on specific criteria. This video demonstrates four methods to extract data, such as retrieving transactions where hours worked are less than 10. - ...

So far Excel users had three ways to invoke Copilot. Microsoft has now decided that was three too many. In February 2026, the company retired App Skills entry points from the Excel ribbon and context ...

New laptops with ARM processors (such as some Surface models) run older software through an emulation layer, which can cause Power Query to crash. Installing the native ARM64 version of Office allows ...

Microsoft’s January 2026 update puts Excel back in the spotlight. After a brief pause late last year, the company has resumed its monthly feature recap, and this time the bulk of the changes land ...