Microsoft will retire Power Query support for Python in Excel for the web on October 16, 2026, potentially breaking existing workflows.

Reshaping wide data makes it easier to use familiar Excel tools like PivotTables and charts.

What if the tools you already use could do more than you ever imagined? Picture this: you’re working on a massive dataset in Excel, trying to make sense of endless rows and columns. It’s slow, ...

With this new feature, users can type in Python code in the Excel app. The calculations are then run on a Microsoft cloud server and are returned to the Excel app, with plots and visualizations.