Diarmuid Early won first place in the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. He has some pointers for using Excel at work.

Ever since Microsoft introduced Python in Excel, I have treated it as a ‘someday’ project. I knew Python integration was the ...

FORECAST.ETS applies an exponential triple smoothing (ETS) algorithm to create forecasts that can include trend and seasonal ...

Microsoft Excel is practically synonymous with spreadsheets, but the cost, along with being trapped in Microsoft's ecosystem, ...

Microsoft Excel. Yes, the software you use to make spreadsheets at work and hope your boss likes what they see. Did you know that Excel esports is actually a thing? And that the Microsoft Excel World ...

With the open-source Dataverse SDK for Python (announced in Public Preview at Microsoft Ignite 2025), you can fully harness the power of Dataverse business data. This toolkit enables advanced ...

Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop.

mssql-python is a Python driver for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family of databases. It leverages Direct Database Connectivity (DDBC) that enables direct connections to SQL Server without ...

What if you could turn Excel into a powerhouse for advanced data analysis and automation in just a few clicks? Imagine effortlessly cleaning messy datasets, running complex calculations, or generating ...

Microsoft Excel is used for a wide range of tasks pertaining to data organization and analysis. It’s a powerful tool for creating spreadsheets, managing budgets, and tracking changes in data. Many ...

I'm gonna be so real with you right now: the most coding I've done in the last year is tinkering in narrative tools like Twine and Ink—both of which are programs geared towards writers such as myself ...