How SQList exports SharePoint lists and libraries to SQL Server tables

SQList exports your SharePoint lists as fully synchronised SQL Server tables. Querying your SharePoint list data from SQL tables will also have a dramatic effect on how quickly and efficiently you can query your data.

But for something that will save your organisation a lot of time and money, it is very simple to achieve.

Here’s how you do it:

  • Create a database in SQL Server, then configure your SharePoint connections and database connections within SQList.
  • Select the SharePoint lists you want to export from SharePoint to SQL Server.
  • SQList will start to replicate your SharePoint data and will continuously update them, so you’re always querying live data.
  • You’ll find tables in your SQL Server database corresponding to each SharePoint list you selected. You’ll also see a table for every lookup column with an auto-generated database relationship to the parent table.

That simple set up process gives you everything you need for unlimited live queries of your SharePoint data at lightning-fast speeds.

Watch a step-by-step demo of this process or read this detailed article, sign up for FREE 30-day trial to see SQList in action with SQL Server.


There is a wealth of business intelligence to be found in your SharePoint data. Using SQList to sync that SharePoint data with SQL Server puts all of your data in easy reach.

You’ll already know the pitfalls and frustrations of trying to query SharePoint data (in any situation, never mind live). With SQList and some basic SQL Server know-how you can make those frustrations a thing of the past.

Limitless querying. Lighting-fast responses to your queries. Live and using up-to-the-second data from SharePoint. Get the answers you need to the questions that matter more quickly and more efficiently than ever before.

SQList connects to SharePoint via HTTP/HTTPS and to SQL Server via TPC connections, so there are no changes that have to be made to the your firewall and security policies.

How you can use SQList

Using SQList with Power BI

SQList makes it incredibly easy to generate Power BI reports on up-to-date SharePoint lists and libraries. That means you create reports more quickly and more efficiently using real-time SharePoint data created from SQL tables.  

Use SQList with SQL Server

Turn your SharePoint lists and libraries into fully synchronised SQL tables by using SQList with SQL Server. You will be able to query your SharePoint data live, without limitations, and at lightning-fast speeds.  

Use SQList with your LOB systems

Since SQList turns your SharePoint data into continuously syncing SQL Server tables, it’s easy to integrate live SharePoint data with systems you use every day. Make meaningful business intelligence part of your team’s regular workflow.