If you have a Microsoft 365 subscription, you can access Python within Excel, and you don't need to use Python as a separate app. Instead, you can visit the Formulas tab in Excel and select the Insert ...

There is an alternate way to open Python in Excel. Enter =PY into an Excel cell. Select PY from the function AutoComplete menu. Enable the preview using the dialogue box.

Users will be able to enter Python code directly into cells using the new =PY function, as Python will be integrated directly into the Excel grid, with no need to install additional software.

The new PY function allows Python data to be exposed within the grid of an Excel spreadsheet, ... Python in Excel is available now as a public preview for Microsoft 365 Insiders in the Beta Channel.

Python and Excel can only really talk to each other through limited functions—xl() and =PY()—that can only return code results, not macros, VBA code, or other data, Microsoft claims.