Updating a SharePoint list from Excel can streamline data management, eliminate manual entry errors, and ensure real-time synchronization across teams. Microsoft offers several ways to achieve this integration, with Power Automate (formerly Microsoft Flow) being one of the most efficient and user-friendly solutions.

Power Automate allows users to create automated workflows between Excel and SharePoint, enabling data from an Excel file (stored in OneDrive or SharePoint) to update or populate SharePoint list items. This is especially helpful for organizations that maintain structured data such as employee records, task lists, inventory logs, or customer information in Excel spreadsheets.

To get started, users need to define a flow in Power Automate that triggers when an Excel row is added or modified. The flow then maps the Excel columns to the corresponding SharePoint list columns. This process ensures that any updates made in the Excel file are automatically reflected in the SharePoint list, without manual copying or pasting.