If you’ve been frustrated with Microsoft Access’s limitations or wondering if it’s still worth using in 2025, you’re not alone. With businesses moving towards more scalable and flexible solutions, SQL Spreads Excel Add-In is a powerful, user-friendly alternative. In this article, we’ll explore why Access is losing popularity and how this lean tech stack alternative …
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The Best Alternative to Microsoft Access in 2025
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Top Alternatives to Microsoft MDS in 2025
Johannes Åkesson - Nov 22, 2024Are you looking for an effective solution for master data management as Microsoft Master Data Services approaches its end of life? We’ll walk you through these top alternatives as MDS replacements that offer robust features tailored to your organization’s unique data management needs – and show you how SQL Spreads not only makes the transition …
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Top Alternatives to Microsoft Power Apps for SQL Data Management in 2024
Johannes Åkesson - Nov 15, 2024Looking for a way to simplify SQL data management? Check out these top Power Apps alternatives that make it easier to build SQL data management solutions without requiring excessive technical skills and suited to your organization’s unique needs. Microsoft Power Apps – a major market player Microsoft Power Apps is a development platform that – …
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How to Export Data from SQL Server to Excel
Andy McDonald - Nov 08, 2024For organizations that use SQL Server and Excel extensively, there is often a need to export data from SQL Server to Excel. In this article, we’re going to look at how to export data from SQL Server to Excel using 3 methods. We’ll also introduce a valuable feature in the SQL Spreads Excel Add-In that allows …
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Excel GROUPBY Function – Guide and Examples
Andy McDonald - Nov 06, 2024Microsoft recently released two new aggregation functions in Excel – GROUPBY and PIVOTBY. Both these functions are useful when you want to quickly summarize data in your Excel spreadsheet. In this article we’re going to look at how to use the GROUPBY function, and in the next article we’ll cover the more powerful PIVOTBY function. …
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SQL Spreads release 7.5.6
Johannes Åkesson - Sep 17, 2024SQL Spreads 7.5.6 is now available for download. Resolved an issue with the new setting for lookups, enabling the creation of dependent drop-down lists. Download the latest version of SQL Spreads »
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SQL Spreads release 7.5.5
Johannes Åkesson - Sep 13, 2024SQL Spreads 7.5.5 is now available for download. Fixed issue with connecting to Azure using Azure AD Authentication Download the latest version of SQL Spreads »
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SQL Spreads release 7.5.4
Johannes Åkesson - Sep 03, 2024We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Spreads 7.5.4, which focuses on improving the Tree Filters and Intro dialogs, as well as addressing various bug fixes. New Features and Enhancements Redesigned Introductory Dialogues: We have redesigned the introductory dialogues to provide a more intuitive user experience. This includes a new option to restart the …
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Power BI Dashboards: Examples & Use Cases
Andy McDonald - Aug 30, 2024Power BI is a Business Intelligence (BI) platform. With Power BI, users can get data, analyze it, and create visualizations that help turn data into actionable information for their business. In this article, we’re going to look at creating Power BI dashboards and reports, and give some examples of how and when to use them. …
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How to Update an SQL Table from Excel
Johannes Åkesson - Aug 06, 2024SQL Spreads solves some common data management problems for Microsoft SQL Server. It makes it fast and simple to update an SQL table from an Excel spreadsheet. And it gives you the control you need to manage data entered by various users on a collaborative team. End users love working in Excel End users love …
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