Workbench is a free tool for MySQL but it is collection of issues in working environment. So I came back on SQL Server management studio. But think if our requirement is something like what , data will be at same place in MySQL and we have to access from SQL Server. Then we can use SQL Server's Server object’s Link server . Today I am going to share 7 steps how I have made linked server from SQL Server to MySQL.
Connecting, Sharing and Discovering