Microsoft Excel Version History and Why Experience Matters

🕰️ Nearly 40 Years of Evolution

Excel has come a long way since its initial release in 1985. Each major version brought improvements that made Excel more powerful, flexible, and user-friendly for businesses of all sizes.

Milestones in Excel history include:

• ✔ Excel 5.0 – Introduction of VBA (1993)
• ✔ Excel 95 – 32-bit Office integration
• ✔ Excel 2007 – Ribbon UI, XLSX format
• ✔ Excel 2016+ – Power Query, Pivot improvements
• ✔ Excel 365 – Features like XLOOKUP, LAMBDA, and Python support

WSI has worked with Excel since version 2.0. Our deep experience enables us to modernize legacy spreadsheets, maintain existing tools, and build Excel systems that are future-ready.