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Where does Copilot actually fit in your Excel workflow?
I’ve been experimenting with Microsoft 365 Copilot for some of my Excel-related work, especially for quick analysis, formula generation, and summarizing data. Right now, I’m mainly using it for firs...
Use Copilot when you're unsure what to do. Use Excel when you know exactly what you want. 😎
I suspect the biggest value isn't replacing PivotTables or Power Query.
It's compressing the discovery phase.
Instead of spending 20 minutes figuring out what questions to ask, Copilot gets you to the first useful question in 2 minutes.
After that, I'd still hand the work over to structured Excel features for anything that needs to be repeatable, auditable, and production-grade. That's where Excel's native tools remain hard to beat.