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 ...

Excel has been the go-to tool for data manipulation and analysis for years. However, Python, with its powerful libraries and ...

Microsoft is adding the Python programming language to Microsoft Excel, allowing users to create powerful functions for analyzing and manipulating data. The public preview of the feature is now ...

Back in late 2023, Microsoft announced Python integration in Excel. Like many, I was skeptical at first and continued to rely on VBA and built-in Excel formulas for data analyses and visualization.

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.