Just don’t let Microsoft trick you into thinking standalone doesn’t exist anymore.
For millions of people, Excel still lives entirely on a local hard drive. No internet required. No Teams integration. No automatic saves to SharePoint. Just a .xlsx file, saved to a folder you control (or don’t). standalone excel
It’s now a for control, privacy, and offline certainty. If that’s your world, keep your local copy close. If you’re collaborating daily? The cloud won, and that’s mostly okay. Just don’t let Microsoft trick you into thinking