The 2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components (often referred to as the 2007 Office Connectivity Components or Office 2007 Driver Pack) is a set of data access components that enable connectivity between external applications and Microsoft Office 2007 files (e.g., Excel 2007 workbooks, Access 2007 databases) as well as other data sources.

These components are essentially the 2007 Office version of the Access Database Engine (ACE) , previously known as Jet (Joint Engine Technology). They provide read/write capabilities to Office files from external applications without requiring Microsoft Office to be installed.


This driver acts as a bridge. It allows developers and applications to read and write data to Office files even if the computer does not have Microsoft Office installed.

Common use cases include:

If you have decided to use the 2007 components, here are the correct connection strings for various languages.