Microsoft has announced that it will start disabling external workbook links to blocked file types by default between October 2025 and July 2026. After the rollout ...

In the company’s Microsoft 365 admin center message, it explained that the default behaviour on Excel will now prevent it from adding such references, and recommends users to stick to this setting.

All details in this article are correct as of October 7, 2025. Accessibility to some of the latest Excel features depends on ...