
Large Address Aware (LAA) Memory improvement for 32-bit ExcelĪlthough 64-bit Excel has extremely large virtual memory limits, 32-bit Excel has been limited to 2 Gigabytes (GB). This post discusses some of the features that have been introduced in Excel 2016 that you can use to improve performance with large or complex workbooks.

The timescale that updates become available to you depends on which update option you are using:įor more details on the Office 2016 release cadence names see Slow – Fast Level Names. These improvements were rolled out as part of the Office update cycle.

The Excel team has made a number of performance improvements to Excel 2016.
