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Many will argue #Excel is NOT a database.🥊 But, at our Nov 5 Vancouver #PowerBI and Modern Excel meet-up, Richard Nero will show how in a few clicks you can turn Excel workbooks into cloud based #SQL databases that fuel #AIAgents. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/vancouver-po... (Session will be recorded.)

meetup.comExcel as A Database and AI Agent Fuel | Richard Nero, Thu, Nov 5, 2026, 9:00 AM | Meetup**SESSION TRACK:** Excel **SESSION OUTLINE:** Many will argue Excel is not a database. Well, Microsoft MVP Richard Nero will show how in a few clicks you can turn Excel wo

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Patrick Matthews

@matthewsp.bsky.social

"Excel is not a database." "Well, not with that attitude it isn't..."

Gorilla Republic

@gorillarepublic.co.uk

Excel is not an RDBM, certainty not in the traditional sense. But it's certainly used in that way by organisations worldwide, by end users rather than IT teams. Sadly, risk is poorly managed and you often get a single person who's the SME. Don't get me wrong, it's a great tool.

B. David Tyler

@drbdt.bsky.social

Excel is not a database. Excel is the most used database in the world by a huge margin. Both things are true, unfortunately.

B. David Tyler

@drbdt.bsky.social

For example, I just finished teaching a class with this workbook. You can see the tabs at the bottom for each table.