The company is using the Anaconda Python distribution — running in Azure — to bring the most popular Python libraries to Excel, including the likes of Matplotlib and seaborn for data ...

Image: wachiwit/Adobe Stock. Python in Excel is now available on a rolling basis for Microsoft 365 Insiders program beta channel members, the Redmond tech giant announced on Tuesday.

Most of the previous integrations between Excel and Python have allowed Excel to interoperate with Python as a data source, ... Python 3.14's new template string feature. Jun 6, 2025 5 mins.

As a secure operation, Microsoft says Python in Excel runs on the Microsoft Cloud with enterprise-level security within the Microsoft 365 experience.

Python and Excel can only really talk to each other through limited functions—xl() and =PY()—that can only return code results, not macros, VBA code, or other data, Microsoft claims.

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You can use Python to dynamically insert, calculate, and update formulas within your Excel worksheets. This is a huge ...