Microsoft updates for Excel in January 2026 introduce Agent Mode with Copilot, new import tools, clearer error messages, Power Query on Mac and Web, and Office Scripts automation to ease daily tasks.

Once data is loaded into Excel, Copilot allows users to ask questions in natural language instead of building new formulas.

At this year's Ignite event, Microsoft has announced some improvements coming to Excel in the coming weeks and months. Some of these were already known about, such as the new XLOOKUP function and ...

Let’s be honest—Excel can feel like a double-edged sword. On one hand, it’s an incredibly powerful tool for organizing data, crunching numbers, and making sense of the chaos. On the other, mastering ...

Microsoft is considering adding Python as one of the official Excel scripting languages, according to a topic on Excel's feedback hub opened last month. Since it was opened, the topic has become the ...

Microsoft introduces a new COPILOT function in Excel. It will allow users to create formulas using simple language. This feature is currently available to Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers in the Beta ...

Excel’s formula bar has limitations that make writing, debugging, and managing complex formulas challenging. A new tool, the Advanced Formula Environment (AFE), developed by Microsoft for Excel 2019 ...