Download and install the Excel OLEDB 2007 driver

Download OLEDB Driver for Excel 2007 allows to read Excel files from applications using ODBC or OLEDB connections. The driver for Excel 2007 is needed for example to load Excels files from SSIS. Here are the 3 steps to follow to use your files from ODBC or OLEDB connections.

How to download and install the Excel OLEDB 2007 driver?

First of all, you have to download the driver for Office Excel 2007. Secondly, install the driver with the file AccessDatabaseEngine.exe on the server. Then set up the connection, and finally use the driver by building a connection string for example from an SSIS package.

1. Download the OLEDB driver for Excel 2007

First, download the Office Excel 2007 driver installation file, available below. The ZIP file contains the AccessDatabaseEngine.exe file.

Driver Excel 2007 AccessDatabaseEngineDownload

The source file comes from the official site of Microsoft, the version 2007 of Excel is not supported today in 2020 so the link is not accessible anymore. However for newer versions of Excel, the 2010 version of the Excel driver is available here.

2. Install the driver

Secondly, install the driver on the server or on the machine to use it for connections.

Double-click on the AccessDatabaseEngine.exe file to install it on the target server.
Follow the instructions on the screen until the installation is complete.

3. Use the OLEDB driver for Excel 2007 in a connection string

Thirdly, build and use connection string with the following formats to call the driver.

If you use applications that use OLEDB, you must specify the argument “Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0” in the ConnectionString property.
To connect to Microsoft Office Excel type databases, add “Excel 12.0” in the connection string properties (also ConnectionString).
For ODBC connections, it is possible to connect to Excels files: XLS, XLSX, XLSM and XLSB types. You have to specify the elements: DRIVER={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)} as well as the element DBQ=”D:\Folder\Excel_File.xlsx” which is the location of the file for example.