What's new in Microsoft Power Query for Excel 1.5.3296.2082

Oct 10, 2013
  • Improved error in the case where a query is trying to connect to a non-existent file
  • Implemented more robust protection against out of memory issues when loading data into the workbook
  • Improved behavior for disabling Online Search in restricted markets
  • Other non-user facing bugs were fixed too

New in Microsoft Power Query for Excel 1.3.3296.143 (May 11, 2013)

  • Support for connection encryption when connecting to database sources.
  • Automatic column type detection when importing data from text sources.
  • Support for importing text data represented in localized formats.
  • Many quality improvements and bug fixes.