It's Microsoft Build 2021! This year, we have an exciting set of new features and announcements from across the entire canvas of Microsoft 365 that we’re thrilled to share with you!

Today, we are excited to announce general availability for custom keyboard shortcuts for Office Add-ins in Excel.

Learn about the latest changes in Office's use of web runtimes as well as the runtimes that we've used on various platforms in the past. 

Jedox is on a mission to optimize value creation through Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions, helping organizations outperform their competition and enabling people to effectively collaborate. Microsoft Excel has always been the key front end for delivering this mission.

Tips for using the shared JavaScript runtime in your Office Add-in to simplify your code. Share data and functionality, access the task pane DOM from anywhere, keep running even when the task pane is closed, and more.

FactSet delivers flexible, open data and software solutions which help investment professionals see and seize opportunity sooner. The FactSet for Excel add-in enables users to bolster their Excel models and workbooks with dynamic, refreshable FactSet content including financials, estimates, prices, ownership, credit analysis, and more.

Learn how Sheetgo uses add-ins to connected Excel spreadsheets to build custom, automated workflows.

This blog is the first of a series highlighting the shared runtime feature of the Office Add-ins platform. 

Today, we announce that Office applications on Windows have added support for UI Automation custom properties in PowerPoint and Excel so that assistive technologies have access to application-specific information through UI Automation.

The Office Add-ins developer platform team has new updates to share this month on Office Add-ins Patterns and Practices.