While Excel is renowned for its versatility in calculations and data visualization, it can also do the job just fine as a database. Small businesses, non-profits, and even departments within ...

Open your Excel workbook and create a new sheet. Enter your store regions. Move to your main sheet and select the Store region column. Go to Data > Data tools > Data Validation.

Excel is structured in a way that makes it easily compatible with databases. At the very least, a database is simply a collection of items which are connected, according to PC World.

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.

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.

Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links to subordinates called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables.

Not anymore: Excel 2013’s table tools include features that make it easy to link charts and cells, perform searches, and create dynamically updated reports, just like—yes—a relational database.