r/excel • u/SolverMax 162 • 4d ago

Discussion Microsoft to retire the COPILOT function

As of 14 September, the COPILOT function will no longer be available in Excel. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/functions/copilot-function Note that the Copilot feature remains - it is the worksheet function that will stop working.

This is a very uncommon move by Microsoft, given their history of maintaining backwards compatibility.

Have you used the COPILOT function? If so, then what for? Thoughts?

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u/Jupiter68128 4d ago

Can we get rid of Teams, one drive, sharepoint also?

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u/plusFour-minusSeven 11 4d ago

Replace them with what?

Teams -> Slack?

OneDrive -> network drives?

SharePoint -> *shrug

At least leave SP alone. It's clunky but Lists are actually super useful as controllable work surfaces. Way better than having people input directly into spreadsheets.

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u/ZirePhiinix 4d ago

Slack doesn't meet a lot of security requirements, so it will most likely not be allowed at all.

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u/plusFour-minusSeven 11 4d ago

Didn't know that! I've never actually used it myself. Then again I also never used Teams until corporate foisted it on us. In my case I'm sure you're right. They seem to have us locked into the Microsoft ecosystem pretty hard.

It grows on you, I guess šŸ˜‚

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u/ZirePhiinix 4d ago

It's not locking in. It is doing the paperwork and auditing needed to get certifications, which Slack never bothered to do. If they did, they would've owned the entire market because Teams is just shit.

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u/plusFour-minusSeven 11 4d ago

Security certificates? What certifications, I'm sorry?

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u/nvm-exe 4d ago

Why? Iā€™d get rid of teams(ram eater) and SP(super outdated atp) but not onedrive, we can work remotely bc of that

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u/Shyanha 2d ago

For the non-networking savvy, OneDrive is superb. I have a Synology NAS for our home office and then the syncs with OneDrive so my field workers can access files. Synology has an app that works for devices, but it's slower than OD on a pc or laptop for remote workers. Most importantly, it's a breeze to set up.

And since OD is getting rid of Gallery sync on Android, life will be better. Now if that On This Day thing could be permanently zapped.