8 new features in Microsoft Excel (October 2025)

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October 29, 2025
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This Microsoft Excel tutorial will show you 8 Microsoft Excel new updates in the MS Excel 365 Desktop version. These Excel tips and tricks include Copilot Chat in Excel, PivotTable Auth Refresh, Focus Cell, new REGEX functions and lots more. These time-saving new features in Microsoft Excel are rolling out now for Microsoft 365 subscribers, and some may still only be available for M365 Insiders in October 2025. To join M365 Insiders and get the latest updates in MS Excel 365 Desktop and web, go to https://insider.microsoft365.com

? What’s New in Excel March: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelblog/whats-new-in-excel-march-2025/4387484
? What’s New in Excel May: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelblog/whats-new-in-excel-may-2025/4410861
? What’s New in Excel: June: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelblog/whats-new-in-excel-june-2025/4418856
? What’s New in Excel September: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelblog/whats-new-in-excel-september-2025/4448368

✅ PivotTable refresh: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/keep-data-updated-with-pivottable-auto-refresh-in-excel/4436409?previewMessage=true
✅ Copilot Chat in Excel: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365copilotblog/copilot-chat-comes-to-the-microsoft-365-apps/4453349
✅ Focus Cell: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelblog/focus-cell-is-now-generally-available-everywhere/4303454
✅ New Pen Tools and Draw: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelblog/whats-new-in-excel-august-2025/4437351
✅ Value tokens: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft365insiderblog/introducing-value-tokens-in-microsoft-excel/4398092
✅ REGEXREPLACE function https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/regexreplace-function-9c030bb2-5e47-4efc-bad5-4582d7100897
✅ REGEXEXTRACT function: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/regexextract-function-4b96c140-9205-4b6e-9fbe-6aa9e783ff57from

NOTE: This is a personal project and the opinions expressed in this video are my own, not those of my employer (Microsoft)

? Table of contents
0:00 Introduction
0:16 PivotTable refresh (M365 Insiders)
2:08 Copilot Chat in Excel (M365 Insiders)
5:14 Focus Cell
6:22 New Excel icon
7:07 Drawing tools updates
8:23 Value tokens
10:04 REGEXREPLACE function
12:37 REGEXEXTRACT function

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