Brian Jones(@brijones):Finance teams help the business understand what's happening and decide what to do next. That takes expertise, and a lot of routine work to get to the insights. Today we're introducing more than 25 new finance skills and plugins in Microsoft Copilot, across Excel and Cowork, to take on more of that work and give you more time for the insights. Copilot understands accounting workflows and can work the way you do. Here's a variance analysis in Excel, using the formulas and layout you want.

Brian Jones

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I lead Excel at Microsoft. Thinking about the role spreadsheets play when people and AI work together.

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Brian Jones@brijones

2026.10.29 15:15

Finance teams help the business understand what's happening and decide what to do next. That takes expertise, and a lot of routine work to get to the insights. Today we're introducing more than 25 new finance skills and plugins in Microsoft Copilot, across Excel and Cowork, to take on more of that work and give you more time for the insights. Copilot understands accounting workflows and can work the way you do. Here's a variance analysis in Excel, using the formulas and layout you want.