How to access SQL Server from VBA in a non-deprecated way?

Question

It appears that all ways to directly access an SQL Server database from a VBA project have been deprecated:

• DAO with ODBCDirect: Support has been dropped with

Answer 1

When initializing an adodb.connection in vba we replaced

          .Provider = "sqloledb"
          .Properties("Data Source").Value = sServer
          .Properties("Initial Catalog").Value = sDB
          .Properties("Integrated Security").Value = "SSPI"

with

           .ConnectionString = _
               "DRIVER={ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server}; " & _
               "SERVER=" & sServer & "; " & _
               "Trusted_Connection=Yes; " & _
               "DATABASE=" & sDB & "; "

That uses .Provider = "MSDASQL.1" but you don't have to add that.