There are two new translation functions out in Preview now, TRANSLATE and DETECTLANGUAGE. Be careful using these: their signature and results may change substantially before being broadly released, based upon feedback from those fortunate enough to be able to access them. Therefore, we strongly recommend you do not rely on these functions in important workbooks until they are Generally Available.

Checkboxes are finally released to production in Excel. These are useful for checklists (obviously!), managing tasks and visualising your data quickly. With just a few clicks, you can insert Checkboxes into any cell, making your spreadsheets more dynamic and user-friendly.

This month sees you able to prompt Copilot in Excel to work with columns and formulae in Excel for web, Windows and Mac...

Amongst other announcements, you can now download large semantic models, there is a Power BI enhanced report format (PBIR) and there is also now Subfolder support in Power BI Report Builder...

It’s a little quieter on the Excel front this month, but I suppose it’s more about quality than quantity. This month sees two key announcements...

Today sees the release of three [3] new Excel functions to the Beta versions of Excel...

This month’s updates see new On-object Interaction updates, DAX query view now Generally Available, and you can find out how to view reports in OneDrive and SharePoint with live connected semantic models...

Back in November last year, Microsoft announced several new functions, including PIVOTBY, and eta lambdas such as PERCENTOF. On the quiet, they have added a new argument which makes PIVOTBY just that little bit more powerful...

Generating multiple formula columns, creating complex formula columns that span across multiple tables and new ways to engage with Copilot in Excel are now all available to Excel users on web and Windows (subject to roll out)...

This month’s updates see line enhancements, supporting folders in workspace, dynamic subscriptions for Power BI and paginated reports, amongst other newbies.