M icrosoft just announced new feature for Python in Excel that lets you analyze images in your spreadsheets. You no longer need outside tools—you can manipulate, analyze, and pull information from ...

How is it different from native Python in Excel? Some of you may be aware that you can run Python in Excel natively. However, it is dependent on a cloud-based Anaconda environment to execute code.

Until now, users had to run Python code on Microsoft Azure’s cloud servers. To provide Python in Excel locally, Anaconda used Microsoft’s existing Excel plugin capabilities combined with their own ...

Microsoft is integrating Python into its Excel app. A public preview is available for Microsoft 365 subscribers now and all the Python code runs on the Microsoft Cloud.

Some members of the Microsoft 365 Insiders program can now try out the combination of Python, Excel and the Anaconda Python repository.

Excel gets containerized, cloud-based Python analytics and visualization powers Visualization and analytics tools available in preview, but may be paywalled.

This will enable users to perform complex statistical analysis, advanced visualizations, predictive analytics, and machine learning in Excel.

“Excel is the backbone of data analysis in business; with Python in Excel,” said Benoit Barabe, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Excel. “We’re extending what is possible for our community and ...