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Microsoft Access Description

Effortlessly develop personalized database applications in formats that align perfectly with your business requirements, though compatibility is limited to PC users. Access simplifies the creation of business applications, whether you choose to start with templates or build from the ground up. With its user-friendly and visually appealing design tools, Access enables you to craft attractive and highly functional applications quickly. You can customize your applications to suit both your business goals and customer needs, with the flexibility to make adjustments as those needs evolve. By leveraging Visual Basic for Applications, you can automate various business processes, enhancing the functionality of forms and reports. The Access connector library allows for seamless integration of data between Access and other business applications, enabling you to produce comprehensive visuals and insights within the familiar Access environment. Additionally, you can store your data securely in SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL, ensuring that your applications are reliable, scalable, secure, and manageable over the long term, thus providing a robust solution for your database needs. This capability not only streamlines operations but also helps your business adapt to changing market dynamics.

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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
Types of Training
Training Docs
Customer Support
Online Support

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: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Recruiting Coordinator
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    I am just so confused

    Date: Feb 09 2022

    Summary: I saw others understand with some struggle. But I was not able to get this program down. I much prefer to just use excel for what I need.

    Positive: I don't have a lot to say that is good about this product but might be because I didn't understand it.

    Negative: I went through a full training for this program and by the end of the last day, I still didn't understand it.

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  • Name: Shishir D.
    Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 20,000 or More
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Not very good for managing databases

    Date: Aug 08 2021

    Summary: Have completely stopped using this since we got PowerQuery embedded into PowerBI and Excel got query tools in-built.

    Positive: Not many pros for using this. Access is used only when we have no option such as restriction on other apps.

    Negative: Buggy, lags when importing even simple DBs. Excel, SQL and even python's microsheet are better than Access.

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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
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    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
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    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
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    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
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    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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  • Name: Sundar Y.
    Job Title: Data Scientist
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1,000 - 4,999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Easy to use data management tool.

    Date: Apr 14 2021

    Summary: Overall, Microsoft Access is an easy-to-use database tool with a non-complex interface and it is abundant in features.

    Positive: - It can be easily integrated into different data formats.
    - It is a structured and easy-to-use database tool for all entry-level works.
    - There is a lot of room for customization.

    Negative: - It is only limited to work with smaller to medium size databases.
    - Graphs and charts are difficult to implement.

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  • Name: Kunal J.
    Job Title: Android Developer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Easy To Use Software For Relational Databases.

    Edited: Feb 27 2021

    Summary: Overall, Microsoft Access is ideal for the easy creation of databases efficiently. It can also be used in the front end of the organization. It has lots of features and functionality that can be used to improve the productivity of the organization.

    Positive: - It provides a GUI to input your data to tables easily.
    - The user side mask is very straightforward to operate.
    - You can use your SQL query on the query writing tool present in the software.
    - You can easily import spreadsheets, images, and documents.
    - You need an internet connection to create the database.

    Negative: - The software is very difficult to operate at first because of the complexity, it would be great if they provide in-app tutorials.
    - It is not an ideal software for larger databases.

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  • Name: Micheal R.
    Job Title: Communiation Assistant
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 5,000 - 9,999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Amazing Program for Planning and Computation

    Date: Feb 18 2021

    Summary: Microsoft Access ensures resources and time, are well planned, and there is transparency in everything that a firm requires. Microsoft Access also helps even for individual activities.

    Positive: Microsoft Access helps in keeping things or projects in order. Furthermore, Microsoft Access increases the efficiency of the firms resources.

    Negative: Microsoft Access is connected with other Microsoft Office program, and I suggest the developer to make it a stand alone tool.

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  • Name: Afsana K.
    Job Title: Back End Developer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1,000 - 4,999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Database Solution For All Companies.

    Date: Feb 09 2021

    Summary: Overall, MS Access is a great tool for anyone comfortable with Microsoft's Ecosystem. It is quite a famous and used application, so if you get stuck anywhere, there will always be an article or video on the internet to help you out.

    Positive: -It is a compelling and versatile app to crate databases in almost any category.
    -You can import data from other Microsoft Office apps like excel and use it in data entry.
    -The User Interface allows creativity and customization in templates, tables, etc.
    -It is very cheap if we compare it to other database tool applications.

    Negative: -You will first need to be trained to use this tool because of the intricate architecture and Interface.
    -The major con is that it is not a multiplatform tool.
    -You can only use files up to 2GB and fields up to 255, which is significantly less.

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  • Name: Mohd T.
    Job Title: Full Stack Developer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Best Database Tool.

    Date: Feb 01 2021

    Summary: Overall, Access is the best tool available out there if you know the depths of databases. Otherwise, it will be very tough to use it because of the complex features and language.

    Positive: -It is by far the best introductory database management software available out there.
    -It is very cheap in price if we compare it with other database software.
    -It gives a wide scope of customization by creating custom inputs, reports, and forms.

    Negative: -It is very complex to use. A beginner in the field of database won't be able to use it because of the complexity.
    -Sometimes, it becomes challenging for the user to develop queries if you don't know the right terminology.

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  • Name: Zayna A.
    Job Title: System Engineer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 500 - 999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Database access is easy

    Date: Nov 27 2020

    Summary: Overall Microsoft Access gives a good feel if we are dealing with some data and want to manage it in better way by creating a secure database.

    Positive: It is convenient for everyone to create a manageable database and having access for it at times of desire and Microsoft Access does well to fulfill this purpose.

    Negative: It is good for managing basic databases but does not have supportive tools to cater big and messy databases.

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  • Name: Linda A.
    Job Title: Instructor
    Length of product use: 1-2 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

    Good for creating personal database and backup

    Date: Nov 27 2020

    Summary: Overall it is helpful in times when we lost our main data in any case of accident or other issues, as we can easily backup and recover our databases through Microsoft Access.

    Positive: Microsoft Access gives a lot of basic features for creating small or big personal and business databases, which can be used for data management, data backup & recovery and multi user collaborations.

    Negative: It doesn't provide mobile access and data security features.

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  • Name: Rajesh .
    Job Title: Counsellor
    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

    Complete data base application

    Date: Oct 28 2020

    Summary: Overall MS Access provide huge database management system and data refining & data mining is very easy with its usage. Multiple forms can be created and user can enter the respective fields only. Bit technical but user can use for layman usages and generate the charts, reports and tables as per his requirement.

    Positive: Any organization need reports and well maintained database. MS Access has all the features of entering the large data base and organizing in very better way. Its forms and pivot charts helps in updating the data in connection. Can provide the links to other access databases and update the same.

    Negative: Detailed knowledge is required for management of records and data connection. Major tools are available however the nomenclature is might different from MS excel and hence training is mandatory.

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