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Diarmuid Early Wins Extreme Outdoor Microsoft Excel World Championship Battle

Competitors faced weather and public onlookers at the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben, while Early secured a 1060 to 1020 victory using a 'core-first' strategy. Spreadsheet esports are now doubling as extreme hardware stress tests....

Jul 16, 2026 11

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Why Uploading Raw Excel Files to ChatGPT Is a Major Security and Data Risk

ChatGPT struggles with hidden sheets and complex formulas, often hallucinating data relationships. Learn the exact four-step workflow to sanitize your spreadsheets before AI analysis....

Jul 13, 2026 22

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How to Build Custom Excel Functions Without VBA Using LAMBDA

Replace fragile VBA macros with native formulas, sort sales tiers automatically, and clean messy text imports in seconds. The LAMBDA function turns your most repetitive calculations into permanent, one-click tools....

Jul 10, 2026 23

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Stop Manually Combining Cells: How Excel's TEXTJOIN Function Automates Data Cleanup

Stop wasting hours fixing broken ampersand formulas. Excel's TEXTJOIN function lets you merge entire ranges with a single delimiter and automatically skips blank cells, transforming messy data prep into a one-step process....

Jul 03, 2026 18

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How the New Excel Copilot Update Finally Fixes Your Formatting Frustrations

Microsoft is finally letting you banish 'Merge & Center' forever. The new Excel Copilot update learns your exact formatting preferences - from XLOOKUP defaults to custom date layouts - saving hours of repetitive spreadsheet tweaking....

Jun 30, 2026 13

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Microsoft Transforms Excel into a Finance Powerhouse with Copilot Skills and Live Data

Save a SKILL.md file to automate DCF models, pull live data from PitchBook, and track every AI edit. Excel is quietly becoming a Bloomberg Terminal rival....

Jun 26, 2026 24

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How to Replace Excel Pivot Tables with the New GROUPBY and PIVOTBY Functions

Excel's new GROUPBY and PIVOTBY functions eliminate the need for manual refreshes. By turning summaries into live dynamic arrays, they fix the biggest flaw of traditional pivot tables....

Jun 23, 2026 45

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Excel Copilot Finally Gets Custom Rules to End Repetitive Formatting Prompts

Microsoft is ending prompt fatigue in Excel. Copilot now features ChatGPT-like memory and hidden .Rules sheets to enforce corporate formatting standards automatically....

Jun 20, 2026 18

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6 Excel Security Settings You Must Check Before Sharing Any File

Lock critical formulas, make sensitive sheets 'Very Hidden' via VBA, and strip hidden metadata before sharing. Excel's native security settings prevent accidental data disasters....

Jun 17, 2026 30

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6 New Excel Functions That Eliminate Manual Data Cleaning and Power Query

Skip Power Query with IMPORTCSV, mask sensitive IDs using REGEXREPLACE, and auto-translate customer feedback in a single cell. Excel is quietly replacing external data tools....

Jun 14, 2026 37

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Stop Shipping Broken Semantic Models: Automate Power BI Tests with UDFs

Catch duplicate rows and broken relationships before production. UDFs allow reusable DAX testing, while Fabric Notebooks unlock Row-Level Security impersonation. Power BI is finally treating DAX like real code....

Jun 03, 2026 23

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The Ultimate Power BI Tutorial: Build and Publish Your First Interactive Dashboard

Transform messy CSV files into a fully interactive, cloud-hosted dashboard. Learn how to clean data with Power Query, build a star schema data model, write DAX measures, and deploy your insights to mobile devices....

May 09, 2026 44

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AWS Transform Launches AI-Powered BI Migration Agents for Power BI and Tableau

Ditch the manual rebuilds. New AWS Transform BI migration agents use AI to convert Power BI and Tableau dashboards to Amazon QuickSight in days....

May 04, 2026 27

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How to Monitor 2026 Secure Boot Certificate Expirations with a Power BI Dashboard

Track the upcoming 2026 expirations with a new Secure Boot Certificates Power BI Dashboard designed for Microsoft Configuration Manager....

Apr 30, 2026 31

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Power BI April 2026 Update: Copilot Expansion and Direct Lake Modeling

The Power BI April 2026 update introduces expanded Copilot mobile features, Direct Lake modeling capabilities, and crucial visual enhancements....

Apr 23, 2026 35

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How to Fix Power BI DirectQuery Performance and Stop SQL Server Overload

Fixing Power BI DirectQuery performance issues is critical when dashboards lag and SQL Server CPUs spike without warning....

Apr 20, 2026 38

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The Grafana SSRS Integration: Unpacking the SQL Server April Fools' Prank

A highly anticipated native Grafana integration for SQL Server Reporting Services turns out to be an elaborate April Fools' joke....

Apr 02, 2026 12

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How to Prevent Future Date Spillage in Power BI Visuals Using DAX

Date spillage in Power BI causes time intelligence measures to project flat lines into future dates. Learn four DAX-based approaches to stop charts at the last available data point....

Mar 23, 2026 25

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SpreadJS v19J Integrates Generative AI for Automated Spreadsheet Analysis

Mescius has announced SpreadJS v19J, bringing generative AI capabilities to its JavaScript spreadsheet library. The update enables natural language data aggregation and automated analysis....

Mar 11, 2026 15

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Top Microsoft Excel Functions Every Data Analyst Must Master in 2026

Discover the most powerful Microsoft Excel functions, including XLOOKUP and dynamic arrays, designed to streamline data analysis and improve accuracy....

Mar 04, 2026 30

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How to Fix Broken Conditional Formatting in Microsoft Excel: A Performance Guide

Fragmented conditional formatting rules can cripple Excel performance. Learn why copy-pasting breaks your spreadsheets and how to consolidate rules efficiently....

Feb 26, 2026 38