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Office Scripts in Excel

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Office Scripts in Excel

Office Scripts is Microsoft's modern automation language for Excel — what it does, where it runs, and how it compares to VBA.

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Runs in

VBA: Windows desktop Excel · Office Scripts: Excel web (and increasingly desktop)

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Language

VBA: Visual Basic · Office Scripts: TypeScript

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File location

VBA: Embedded in .xlsm · Office Scripts: Stored in the user's OneDrive

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Sharing

VBA: Email the file · Office Scripts: Share scripts independently

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Distribution

VBA: Local install · Office Scripts: Tenant-wide via admin

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Power Automate integration

VBA: Limited · Office Scripts: Native

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Best for

VBA: Legacy automation, complex desktop scenarios · Office Scripts: New automation, multi-user scenarios, Power Automate flows

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