Open SSMS Query Results in Excel with a Single Click

The problem One of the tasks that I often have to complete is manipulate some data in Excel, starting from the query results in SSMS. Excel is a very convenient tool for one-off reports, quick data manipulation, simple charts. Unfortunately, SSMS doesn’t ship with a tool to export grid results to Excel quickly. Excel offers some ways to import data from SQL queries, but none of those offers the rich query tools available in SSMS. [Read More]