Back in late 2023, Microsoft announced Python integration in Excel. Like many, I was skeptical at first and continued to rely on VBA and built-in Excel formulas for data analyses and visualization.

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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.