Both Excel and SQL databases have their pros and cons. But most people are more familiar with Excel than a database. For this reason, you might want to turn your Excel into a sort of SQL database ...

Importing data from Excel to SQL Server requires going back in time, so to speak. Yes, back to 32-bits at runtime. As much as it can be a pain, a lot of projects still require that you import data ...

Microsoft's Big Data solution integrates Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) components with Apache Hadoop clusters deployed in HDInsight. An example is the ability to connect Excel to the Hive data ...

Data, data, data … data is everywhere these days, but how hard is your business data working for you? Are your people connected to your enterprise data? Can they contribute in real-time? Are your ...

Guys I am working with an Excel home brew application that connects to an Access back end. I did not write the app and access would not have been my choice for a data store since we have full blown ...