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Excel Power Query isn't just for experts or big data—it's an everyday tool you should be using

Power Query replaces risky and time-consuming manual edits with a safe, user-friendly system that speeds up everyday ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I built my own Excel toolbar using basic VBA, and it works in every spreadsheet I open

VBA may have a bad reputation, but it's still one of the most effective ways to automate repetitive actions in standard XLSX ...
VentureBeat

Enterprise AI agents keep creating data silos. Microsoft's Build answer is Microsoft IQ and Rayfin.

Every new AI agent your team deploys starts from scratch: no memory of how the business works, where data lives, or what rules apply. And as agentic coding tools spin up applications faster than ...
TechSpot

Microsoft is rolling out its Windows 11 CPU-boosting update – here's how to enable it

What just happened? Remember the Low Latency Profile feature that Microsoft has been working on? The frequency-boosting update is rolling out to eligible Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 users, promising up ...
The Next Web

Microsoft’s quiet Claude Code retreat and the real cost of enterprise AI

In December of last year, Microsoft told thousands of its engineers, product managers and designers that they could use Claude Code, Anthropic’s command-line coding agent, on the company dime. By ...
Reuters

Microsoft’s African data center falters on payment demands, Bloomberg News reports

May 10 (Reuters) - A Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab data center site in East Africa has been ‌delayed by disagreements with the Kenyan government over the company’s request for guaranteed payments, ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals

Microsoft is weighing whether to delay or scale back one of its most ambitious clean energy goals as its rapid buildout of AI data centers puts pressure on its ability to meet those targets. Microsoft ...
Digital Trends

Microsoft Copilot can now do actual work inside your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files

Microsoft is rolling out a useful feature for Office users this week. The company has introduced Agent Mode inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, a more powerful version of the Copilot experience that ...
Forbes

Microsoft Warns PC Users—New Windows Update May Lock You Out

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. New warning for Windows users. Barely 48 hours after Microsoft’s new security update went ...
Seeking Alpha

Microsoft edges up as new Fairweather data center goes online early

Microsoft (MSFT) continued its multi-day rally on Thursday as CEO Satya Nadella revealed their Fairweather data center in Wisconsin has gone online ahead of schedule. Shares were up nearly 2% by early ...
ZDNet

Why Microsoft is forcing Windows 11 25H2 update on all eligible PCs

Microsoft is forcing eligible Windows 11 PCs to update to 25H2. Support ends for Windows 11 24H2 in October, so you'll need 25H2. Windows 11 25H2 is stable, so there's no reason not to update. Are you ...
PC World

Microsoft will force-update PCs to Windows 11 25H2. You can’t opt out

Microsoft is forcing Windows 11 Home and Pro users to update to version 25H2 using machine learning algorithms, with no opt-out option available. PCWorld reports this mandatory update occurs because ...