You can even create custom functions using VBA. Python shines with its vast ecosystem of libraries. It’s an excellent choice for tasks that involve integrating Excel with other systems.

As the Python scripts will run in an isolated container, they will not have access to any local resources, including the local network, computer, files, and a Microsoft 365 authentication token.

Python and Excel can only really talk to each other through limited functions—xl () and =PY ()—that can only return code results, not macros, VBA code, or other data, Microsoft claims.

Microsoft today announced the public preview of Python in Excel, which will allow advanced spreadsheet users to combine scripts in the popular Python language and their usual Excel formulas in the ...

Type "excel.exe" into the Run input box. You can also click the "Browse" button, and then navigate to and click on the Excel EXE file to load the command into the Run box.

Microsoft is integrating Python into its Excel app. A public preview is available for Microsoft 365 subscribers now and all the Python code runs on the Microsoft Cloud.