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Introducing the new Get Data dialog and OneLake catalog in Excel for Windows

Gal_Zivoni

Microsoft

Jul 08, 2025

Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! My name is Gal Zivoni, and I’m a Product Manager on the Excel team. I’m excited to share a new, modern experience for Power Query in Microsoft Excel for Windows that also ...

The Get Data (Preview) option in the Get Data dropdown menu highlighted in Microsoft Excel for Windows.

Updated Jul 07, 2025

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Harm_Hoeksema

Copper Contributor

Aug 19, 2025

I do hope Get Data within Excel will give us the ability to to load Parquet files.

SergeiBaklan
Diamond Contributor
Aug 20, 2025
Harm_Hoeksema , Get Data (Preview) does nothing but provides new interface to connectors you may reach from traditional menu. Except that it adds no new functionality.