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RPA hosted bots - default VM image

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Posted on by Jack0071 34

Hi,

 

Does default VM image can handle excel actions or it is required to use custom VM image in this case?

 

Thank you in advance for claryfing.

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    momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    It can if you will have Excel installed in the VM / gold image used for creating clones

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