After a quiet time of late, Microsoft has finally got busy again. Excel 2016's Get & Transform / Excel 2010's or Excel 2013's Power Query for Excel add-in have been updated.

In total, six new data transformation and connectivity features have been announced. For Excel 2016, they are available as part of an Office 365 subscription. For earlier versions, you simply need to download the latest version of the add-in (see link above).

These updates include the following new or improved data connectivity and transformation features:

• New OLE DB connector
• Enhanced “Combine Binaries” experience when importing from any folder
• Maximize / Restore buttons in the Navigator and Query Dependencies dialogs
• Support for percentage data type
• Improved “Function Authoring” experience
• Improved performance for OData connector.

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