We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...

Microsoft recently announced that they are adding a feature to Excel that will allow Python code to be embedded and used for advanced analytics. That made me wonder if it might be possible to create ...

The ability to automate tasks in Excel for the web has been a long wait—but it’s finally here, and it was worth the wait. One thing users have clamored for is web apps that support code (macros or ...

Let’s be honest— Microsoft Excel is a powerhouse, but it can also feel like a time sink. Whether you’re formatting endless tables, sorting mountains of data, or generating the same reports over and ...

Office Scripts in Excel offer a structured way to automate repetitive tasks, making it easier to manage large datasets or streamline workflows. Built into the “Automate” tab of Excel’s ribbon, this ...

Amanda still remembers the Tuesday when everything failed. She was a QA engineer at a mid-sized fintech startup. The release had gone live just hours earlier, and within minutes, support tickets ...

With more than 20% of organizations deploying updates multiple times per day, according to my company's study, the complexity of test authoring has grown significantly. Test authoring is the process ...

Scenarios are never the same, and neither should be your Pester scripts to test those scenarios. There are a couple of ways to account for these different scenarios. You could create a separate test ...