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

The company is using the Anaconda Python distribution — running in Azure — to bring the most popular Python libraries to Excel, including the likes of Matplotlib and seaborn for data ...

This will enable users to perform complex statistical analysis, advanced visualizations, predictive analytics, and machine learning in Excel.

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

Excel automation has historically been done with VBA, but is Python ready to take up the mantle?