Microsoft today announced the public preview of Python in Excel, which will allow advanced spreadsheet users to combine scripts in the popular Python language and their usual Excel formulas in the ...

The Python calculations will run on Microsoft’s cloud servers and be delivered back to the Excel sheet. Python plots and libraries will be capable of manipulating and exploring data in Excel.

Jared Spataro, Corporate VP of AI at Work for Microsoft, commented: “It’s like adding a skilled data analyst to the team.” The tool, Copilot in Excel with Python, is currently in public preview.

Microsoft Corp. is releasing a new version of Excel that will enable users to write and run Python code directly in the spreadsheet editor’s interface. Stefan Kinnestrand, a general manager for ...

(You can read more about Microsoft’s data security practices regarding Python in this support documentation.) To get started, you must be part of the Beta channel for Insiders, and running Excel ...

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 native Python integration with Excel, users will be able to use the new “PY” function to input Python code directly into Excel cells. Microsoft has partnered with programming language ...