If you are interested in the fastest performance, don't use Access as a front-end to a SQL Server database. While Access is relatively easy to learn and fast to develop in, its performance is poor ...

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an application with ADO access to an SQL database.

Project Huron will support Microsoft Access, SQL CE, SQL Express and SQL Server relational databases. It will also enable data access by remote and mobile workers, as well as business-to-business data ...

How to Use SQL Statements in MS Excel. With most Excel spreadsheets, you enter data manually into cells and then use formulas or other functions to analyze it or perform calculations.

Microsoft announced that it is seeking customers willing to test their databases in a cloud-based data connectivity project.

Leon McCalla on the Microsoft Connect forum says that KB 2992611 breaks ODBC access in SQL Server 2008. Mike G on the Citrix forum reports that KB 2992611 breaks XML.

You must have key connection information to connect any application with a data source (database), including Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle RDBMS, and others. The connection information includes ...

Learn how to master Microsoft Access with this comprehensive guide to database management, from core features to advanced tools and best ...

The technology combines Microsoft's Sync Service with its SQL Data Service, all of which is hosted using Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform. One of the purposes of Project Huron is to make it ...