A new Agent Mode comes to Office apps today, alongside an Office Agent in Copilot chat. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Despite millions spent on financial software, many finance teams still rely on Excel to close their books and reconcile numbers while preparing them for audit. Two former Microsoft executives view it ...

Microsoft is introducing Agent Mode in Excel, part of its new approach to “vibe working,” where Copilot can analyze data, generate visualizations, and iterate on results through multi-step tasks.

Microsoft will pay Anthropic for access to its AI models. They'll go toward new features in Office 365 platforms. Microsoft and OpenAI are distancing themselves from one another. Microsoft will ...

We’ll take you through a step-by-step guide on how to open an XML file in Excel, Word, Chrome, and Edge. Let’s get started. It may sound strange, but MS Excel can handle XML data. It allows you to ...

Imagine opening Excel and no longer needing to wrestle with complex formulas or spend hours manually analyzing data. What if you could simply type a question, like “What are the top-performing ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is launching Copilot AI for Excel, a new feature that uses advanced language models to help users analyze data, summarize information, and generate ideas directly in their ...

A new COPILOT function in Excel lets you use AI in a formula. The new skill is now available to Microsoft 365 insiders. Reduces some of the complexity involved in creating formulas. Get more in-depth ...

Copilot is on the way to Microsoft Excel. Or rather, more Copilot is being packed into the popular spreadsheet program. A new COPILOT function is rolling out now to users in the Beta Channel and ...

Microsoft has announced that it will start disabling external workbook links to blocked file types by default between October 2025 and July 2026. After the rollout ...

Today is Microsoft's May 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 72 flaws, including five actively exploited and two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday ...

At the Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, there was stardust in the air as 12 finance guys vied to be crowned the world’s best spreadsheeter. Reporting by Yan Zhuang Photographs by ...