Microsoft Office remains the default ecosystem for most of that work, which is why perpetual licenses are still worth the investment.

Excel's native Analyze Data tool provides instant visual data summaries without the added cost of a premium chatbot ...

Users aren't happy about Excel's unremovable floating Copilot button, which is blocking spreadsheets.

Have you ever wished Excel could do more of the heavy lifting for you? Imagine transforming hours of tedious data cleaning and analysis into just a few clicks. That’s exactly what Microsoft’s ...

Microsoft has acknowledged that the new floating Copilot button in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint was getting in the way of ...

Microsoft Is All-In on Agentic AI and Vibe Coding Now That It's 'Working' ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Data lookups have always been a fundamental aspect of Microsoft Excel, allowing users to retrieve and match information across datasets. However, traditional methods like VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP often ...

After a couple of recent social media posts, which claimed Microsoft was training AI on user’s Word and Excel data sent users into a frenzy, Microsoft has responded. According to the software giant, ...

These tricks show how AI tools, new import formulas, and classic features improve productivity. Excel has outlasted many tech trends, and in the age of AI, it remains very much in the mix. While new ...

Anthropic is making its most aggressive push yet into the trillion-dollar financial services industry, unveiling a suite of tools that embed its Claude AI assistant directly into Microsoft Excel and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. If your resume still says “proficient in Microsoft Excel,” you ...