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adamhlavaty
Oct 14, 2024Copper Contributor
Capabilities of Copilot in Web Browser vs. in Excel
Hello, I have noticed differences of Copilot capabilities of M365 Copilot in web browser vs. in Excel itself. For example, I want to count the number of lines in Excel file based on some paramet...
Jul 04, 2025
Hi adamhlavaty ,
Thanks for the test file and for the prompt. It allowed me to try to reproduce the behaviour.
I saw you wrote this post in Oct. 2024.
Here are my test results:
- Copilot in Excel (on Desktop): Count of VTT was 109 ✅
- Copilot in Excel (on Web): Count of VTT was 0 ❌
- Copilot Chat (Web mode on Edge): Count of VTT was 109 ✅
- Copilot Chat (Work mode on Edge): Count of VTT was 109 ✅
The test results lead me to the assumption: Copilot in Excel on Web App may be unable to access the entire data set in the Excel file.
I would expect Copilot in Excel (on Web) to say in such case:
"Sorry, I cannot give you the count 'cause of a lack of access to the data set. BUT I will give you a formula."
Here's some feedback worth sharing with Microsoft. 💪
Find attached screenshots showing the results of my tests.
AndreThiemannMS frankfalvey, This may be interesting for you too.