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Microsoft Access Description

Easy creation of database apps in formats that best suit your business. Only for PC. Access is an easy-to use tool to create business applications from templates or from scratch. Access's rich and intuitive design tools will allow you to create highly functional and appealing applications in a short time. You can tailor your apps to suit your business and customers by easily editing as necessary to meet changing needs. Visual Basic for Applications allows you to automate business processes, create more useful forms, and report. Access connector library allows you to integrate data between Access and line of business apps. This will allow you to generate aggregated visuals, insights, and visuals in the familiar Access interface. Store data in SQL Server or Microsoft Azure SQL for improved reliability, scalability and security.

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Free Trial:
Yes

Integrations

Reviews - 32 Verified Reviews

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Company Details

Company:
Microsoft
Year Founded:
1975
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
products.office.com/en-us/access

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Microsoft Access

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Product Details

Platforms
Windows
Type of Training
Documentation
Customer Support
Online

Microsoft Access Features and Options

Database Software

Backup and Recovery
Creation / Development
Data Migration
Data Replication
Data Search
Data Security
Database Conversion
Mobile Access
Monitoring
NOSQL
Performance Analysis
Queries
Relational Interface
Virtualization

Relational Database

ACID Compliance
Data Failure Recovery
Multi-Platform
Referential Integrity
SQL DDL Support
SQL DML Support
System Catalog
Unicode Support

Spreadsheet Software

Analytics
Audit Trail
Calculators
Charting
Multi-User Collaboration
Templates
  • Name: Shristi B.
    Job Title: VR Developer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 10,000 - 19,999
    Features
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Amazing software for database

    Date: Jul 23 2021

    Summary: Microsoft Access is a really easy to use with great interface application for maintaining your database.
    It's a data management tools for your small and large business.

    Positive: Helps you to maintain and manage your database easily.
    Easy to use and has a great interface for the users.
    Really simple to configure.

    Negative: No cons, it's a simple and plain database application.

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  • Name: Ashish S.
    Job Title: Cloud Developer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1,000 - 4,999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Affordable and Customisable.

    Date: Mar 09 2021

    Summary: Overall, a considerable and reliable option for all the databases needs for any organisation. Other than the complex UI everything else is amazing.

    Positive: 1. It is very inexpensive if you compare it to other database software options.
    2. It is customisable and extremely versatile in use, you can create database in almost any category.
    3. The data in Microsoft Access can be linked to any other Microsoft's software to further process it, this comes out as a very good use of the integration by Microsoft.

    Negative: 1. It is not very user friendly in terms of user interface and takes a lot of time to learn the functionality in the initial phase.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Marketer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User, Deployment
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Lively

    Edited: Feb 23 2021

    Summary: Overall I loved working with Microsoft Access. It is very nice to experiment with databases and practice.

    Positive: Microsoft Access is a very good tool indeed for database management. Very good for beginners and amateurs.

    Negative: No cons as such. It is a good place to learn and experiment.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Assistant Principal
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
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    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Microsoft Access

    Date: Nov 20 2020

    Summary: I would highly recommend Access to other users looking to increase efficiency and those who are in need of data to drive decisions.

    Positive: I like the Microsoft package units entirety and any product that comes from it is well designed and streamlined to provide efficient solutions for users.

    Negative: The learning curve for my team was longer than I expected when I trained them.

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  • Name: Betty C.
    Job Title: Teacher
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Easy organization and management of database

    Date: Nov 12 2020

    Summary: Overall Microsoft Access is a big help in organizing big database of organization and abstracting detailed and comprehensive reports from that.

    Positive: Microsoft Access is great application for organizing small or big databases, and helps users in managing and abstracting needful reports and charts in multiple manners. It needs a little laborious work to provide inputs but once done, it gives a great results.

    Negative: Microsoft Access is not a commonly used application like other Microsoft products as it needs a bit technical knowledge to work on it.

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  • Name: Linda I.
    Job Title: Owner
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Very in depth software

    Date: Oct 16 2020

    Summary: Overall a great software for data gathering and creating reports. It is also great at automating functions for you when you need to worry about other things.

    Positive: This software was allowed me to do everything I ever wanted with my data when it comes to organizing. I could also automate with the forms functions which cut many man hours for my office.

    Negative: The only thing that I could find was you need to take a class if you want to really utilize the software to its full potential.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Service Engineer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 20,000 or More
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    User friendly database

    Date: Aug 25 2020

    Summary: Microsoft Access is a great database for beginners and experts alike. It offers quick and easy way to work with database without being the need to be SQL expert.

    Positive: Microsoft Access is a user friendly database which is easy to learn and use. It provides a 'wizard' to help draft queries if you are not fluent in SQL. For more advanced users it supports VBA scripting for advanced data manipulation tasks. Access is also quite affordable and available as a part of Microsoft 365 subscription.

    Negative: Access has some limitations on supported file size and lacks advanced reporting features as well.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 5,000 - 9,999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    One of the easiest relational database to use

    Date: Aug 14 2020

    Summary: Microsoft Access is one of the most simple yet effective relational database. It provides built in templates, graphical queries and VBA to develop custom solutions.

    Positive: User friendly and easy to use Ribbon interface
    Built In templates and good options for customization
    VBA for building custom solutions
    Search bar & Reporting features
    Available as standalone or with Microsoft Office 365

    Negative: Supports only Windows OS which limits its use case.

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  • Name: Kunal R.
    Job Title: Manager
    Length of product use: Free Trial
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Powerful Database Manager

    Edited: Jul 01 2020

    Summary: Microsoft Access offers incredible data management tools. It makes large databases into easy to understand. It helps to remove duplicate data and makes sure the data is error-free.

    Positive: Microsoft Access is a powerful database manager. It helps to remove all the errors present on the database. It gives you meaningful reporting which serves accurate insights.

    Negative: Microsoft Access offers me good features and the ability to manage a database. No cons to share.

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  • Name: Chet N.
    Job Title: Ceo
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
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    Awesome

    Date: May 05 2020

    Summary: Overall it's a really cool program you can use to sort through large amounts of data and pull out info.

    Positive: Very cool way to manipulate data into databases and create dynamic tables based on rules and specifications.

    Negative: There is a strong learning curve for using this.

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  • Name: Shaunaq M.
    Job Title: Backend Developer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Powerful and straightforward database that gets the job done.

    Date: Aug 16 2021

    Summary: Overall, Microsoft Access is a straightforward and widely used database that could be customized as per user preferences. The operational part of the software is easy to get started if the user has a prior knowledge of any relational database like SQL.

    Positive: - Microsoft access can be highly customizable according to the user's preference and needs.
    - It is a widely used software, so the community support is tremendous.
    - For using Microsoft Access, there is no need to learn a new language, just knowing SQL queries does the job.

    Negative: - It is not a suitable database option for handling a large database or multiple users.
    - There is a lot of room for improvement in the user interface of the software.

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  • Name: Gage A.
    Job Title: Customer Care Coordinator
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
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    Ease
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Access is the best database software

    Date: Jun 21 2021

    Summary: Microsoft Access has nothing wrong with the software it works as advertised with complete connectivity to all other Microsoft applications.

    Positive: This software is amazing and allows you to organize your databases within one application! I highly recommend this software.

    Negative: It is a part of Microsoft 365 and sadly need to buy the whole system to get access to access.

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  • Name: Radhika S.
    Job Title: IOS Developer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
    Features
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    Manages your data professionally.

    Edited: Jun 04 2021

    Summary: Overall, Microsoft Access is an easy-to-use and management tool for small to medium databases. It has all the necessary features and a good UI.

    Positive: - It has pre-built templates for almost all the database requirements, which saves a lot of time.
    - It can be directly liked with other Microsoft tools for a seamless workflow.
    - It is easy to configure and has a good interface.

    Negative: - It is not an ideal solution when you are working on a large database.
    - It does not supports all the data sources and formats.

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  • Name: Prakriti C.
    Job Title: IT Consultant
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Simple and effective database solution.

    Date: May 18 2021

    Summary: Overall, It is an all-in-one solution for database management. it is equipped with all the relevant features required for database management. The tool is also very affordable compared to the values it provides.

    Positive: - It is an easy-to-learn tool with a simple layout.
    - Data queries are conducted in split seconds time.
    - It can easily be tailored according to the user's needs.
    - It requires the least amount of programming and has a user-friendly UI.
    - The price of the tool is very affordable.

    Negative: - Developing queries can be a difficult task for a newbie.
    - The security should be improved more to prevent data from being compromised.

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  • Name: Sharmishtha G.
    Job Title: Principal
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    A Robust and Powerful Database tool.

    Date: Apr 30 2021

    Summary: Overall, Microsoft Access is an excellent application because of its integration with other Microsoft software. The UI is fluid and very responsive to use.

    Positive: -It is a straightforward tool to use if you are familiar with databases.
    -It is one of the oldest database tools, so the interface is almost perfectly refined by years of regular updates.
    -Anyone can do the installation and set up of the software within minutes.

    Negative: -It is not a suitable software for extensive databases because of the limitation of storage.
    -The price of the software is a bit higher than other alternatives.

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