You can directly run SQL queries on a database from Excel. The traditional method was to create a Macro and write a long Visual Basic code by using ADO connection to get connected with the source.

A list of current database connections displays. Click the "Add" button to create a new connection and start the connection wizard. Click the "SQL Native Client" in the list of drivers.

This guide by Excel expert Chandoo will walk you through the ins and outs of Power Query, from web scraping to connecting to local network files, making your data transformation tasks a breeze.

At this point, the Queries And Connections pane opens on the right-hand side of the Excel window, where the connection you just created is listed.

Highlighting or even deleting duplicate records in Excel is simple but listing them isn't as easy. Fortunately, you can use Power Query to easily display a list of duplicate values or records.

In that situation, you can use Microsoft Excel Power Query. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Microsoft Excel Power Query to combine values into a single cell, within groups.