OpenRowSet and OpenDataSet without sysadmin rights

Question

Is there any way to use the OpenRowSet and OpenDataSet commands in SQL Server 2008 R2 without having to have SysAdmin rights?

I\'m trying to load data from an Excel

Answer 1

You don't necessarily require sysadmin rights, just the ADMINISTER BULK OPERATIONS permission (which is a server level permission but not quite sysadmin).

If this isn't an option, you can try setting up a linked server connection and follow the method in this post.