# Copilot for finance expands accounting skills in Excel

By Steven Van · 2026-10-29

Microsoft expanded finance skills on October 29. Accounting work in Excel is on Frontier, and a wider set of finance skills is generally available.

On October 29, [Microsoft Copilot](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/copilot>) posted new accounting skills in Excel: match transactions, flag exceptions, and trace calculations back to their sources, with a person making the final call. The blog the post links is a wider finance announcement.

![Microsoft Copilot for finance announcement image](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/images/blog-media/copilot-finance-accounting-official.jpg>)

Official Microsoft Copilot for finance announcement image.

Microsoft says it is expanding Copilot for finance with more than 25 new finance skills and partner-built plugins. The blog describes reconciling accounts by comparing balances and transactions, identifying discrepancies, and tracing what changed in a workbook's history. It does not use the X post's exact phrases for every step.

On the blog's get-started list, accounting in Excel and Cowork is on Frontier, and finance skills in Excel are generally available. Capital markets and finance plugins in Cowork are generally available. A Dynamics 365 ERP plugin and partner plugins are beginning to roll out. The post does not list a price.

Sources

[Microsoft Copilot's announcement](<https://x.com/MSFTCopilot/status/2115842462937960820>) and [Microsoft's Copilot for finance post](<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/blog/2026/10/29/microsoft-copilot-for-finance-purpose-built-for-the-way-finance-teams-work/>).

[Read Copilot for finance expands accounting skills in Excel on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/copilot-finance-accounting-excel>)

---
Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/copilot-finance-accounting-excel