The Connection Properties dialog opens. For my sample ITworld application, I changed the data source to Microsoft SQL Server (SQLClient), and entered the necessary Server, Log On, and database values.

Some users are seeing an error, We’re having trouble connecting the server while accessing an Excel file from SharePoint. In this guide, we have a few solutions that can help you fix the issue.

Not surprisingly, Microsoft itself uses this to provide Big Data services right within Excel – Excel is one of the primary clients to enable big data analytics on Microsoft platforms.