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This article will explain how to export data from SQL databases to Excel file format by using two methods:
- SQL Server Import and Export Wizard – Microsoft’s native way to copy data from a source to a destination
- ApexSQL Pump – a third-party SQL data pump tool for importing and exporting SQL Server data to different file types