Microsoft Excel now lets you run Python scripts on images to detect sharpness, edit visuals, and analyze metadata.

Until now, users had to run Python code on Microsoft Azure’s cloud servers. To provide Python in Excel locally, Anaconda used Microsoft’s existing Excel plugin capabilities combined with their own ...

How is it different from native Python in Excel? Some of you may be aware that you can run Python in Excel natively. However, it is dependent on a cloud-based Anaconda environment to execute code.

M icrosoft just announced new feature for Python in Excel that lets you analyze images in your spreadsheets. You no longer ...

Excel’s built-in Python support should simplify the workflow. According to Microsoft, users can add Python code to a spreadsheet without leaving the Excel interface.

Points of Interest : Anaconda Code allows local execution of Python code within Microsoft Excel. Eliminates reliance on external compute services, enhancing flexibility and control.

The cumbersome process of using Python code in Microsoft Excel data-driven projects will soon be eased by the company's new "Python in Excel" initiative, currently in public preview.

In terms of security, the Python-Excel integration offers enterprise-level security automatically. The code runs securely, at high scale, within the Microsoft Cloud.