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Additionally, if you’re using a security-enhanced Access database, make sure that the users who open the database also have the Read and Write permissions on the folder. The folder contains the workgroup information.

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Issue: This article explains how to install the bit Microsoft Access database engine on a machine that is running bit Microsoft Office , , or When trying to do so an error similar to the below appears example is for , but a similar one appears for : Microsoft Access database engine English Setup You cannot install the bit version of Microsoft Access Database Engine because you currently have bit products installed.

If you want to install bit Microsoft Access Database Engine , you will first need to remove the bit installation of Office products. It is just so easy and intuitive to use and allows me to attach local and online links to entries.

So arrogant to drop Microsoft Access, i have been a supporter since Access2, Using large amounts of VBA and automation some bespoke programs can be created, totally not available off the shelf, and a far cry from a contact database. Standalone databases not on the web still have a place in business.

Keep Access going we have made you a fortune over the years. They want everything online.. You cant very well protect your data by having nothing but intranets and closed systems can you? How dare you! We used Access in the same way for many years, but moved away from it, favoring SQL scripts over GUI-based operations because scripts allow better repeatability, modifiability, QA-ability, self-documentation, and version control.

I expect to see it in future antique shops and museums much like the toys from my youth are now displayed…. Google Forms for what I catch is a single table form presentation for a spreadsheet, by nothing a database handling and linking different tables. The only real downside to MS Access is that it cannot be effectively deployed via a browser.

This limits internet access to an Access application to a virtual Windows desktop environment like a VM or Citrix. Access is a great front-end GUI and report-writing solution for small to medium companies as well as departmental apps.

The new direction of Microsoft to the Power platform is great and Access can to some degree work within that framework. Over the past two years I have been developing a robust data modeling and administrative system that integrates across numerous functions and applications. It uses Access a conduit for data transformation and publishing. I completely agree with you Phil, and to add, I think that MS Access has become one of the most underestimated tools over the past few years.

Where I live almost every medium sized company and quite a few large companies have moved over to O and are beginning to take advantage of SharePoint, PowerApps and Flow.

I always create my relationship based tables in Access and then upload to SharePoint. This gives me the ability create a fully relationship based data-sets in SharePoint within minutes. And as you mentioned, the mere act of opening Access with an internet connection automatically backs up the data and also gives users the ability to perform offline tasks… Amazing! It is imperative that MS Access is supported for Microsoft NET6 on VS, as the demand for such developers is growing day by day and we will be able to use Access skill for next 10 years.

It is easy to link to multiple Excel or. CVS files and do regular, right and left joins using Access. If there is a cheap or free tool that does it as well and easily, would love to know about it, but until I find a replacement, for this tool alone, I would truly miss it if it were gone!

The article completely ignores the online support angle. The level of crowd-sourced support is just astounding. You Google the problem and get nothing. Oh, and the fact that Access has changed so little over the years?

It means that the subroutine you find online from will work today. Same with the instructional videos. Makes you realise in the end these new features are just not worth spending the time learning. Show me any other product out there where you can develop complex DB application from analysis to deployment in less 15 minutes.

I do hate it, but will miss it if Microsoft nix it. I am sometimes amazed that some of these databases even work when I see how badly the tables are designed, and the associated VBA, queries etc. Access is unique, because it is a database that comes with a full set of tools to build a functional application. Or you could call it an application builder, that comes with a database! There are many of these legacy applications running well under current versions of Windows and many clients who would be lost without them.

They have a very large customer base that depends on it. One thing about Access that many developers love: it has a small footprint and is highly efficient.

New highly specialized applications can be developed quickly and relatively cheaply. The downside with Access is security, but when it is deployed on a network, network security takes over and these applications run securely.

Access rocks. The ribbon sucks. Microsoft totally blew it with the later versions that it developed. Access could have evolved into an extremely powerful tool for small to midsize applications using SQL Server as its database.

I used to work for a company that was developing applications in dot net using C sharp. I am still clinging to Office for that same reason.

At work I use Access desktop version to store and combine data from different sources f. To me, storing data in Excel is like summoning the evil one. MS query in Excel is painfully slow and data integrity… number stored as text, oh my! Access does all that, the query builder is terrific, and you can build and automate reports in no time. You have no idea how much time I save with reporting only.

Btw, try sharing data with an external company via Sharepoint, Teams, Onedrive if your global sysadmin acts like Mordac, the preventor of information services. Mail an Access report or exported query and everybody is happy. Hello there! One thing Assess in not that good is a security. And this is not discussed in length or not even mentioned.

Security this days is a paramount and no matter how much Access is good as a tool, it is not safe for anything more than a home usage. Yes, the SQL Server can be used, but than it is not a standalone database, and multiple licenses are needed.

Still, one can connect and dump the data which is exactly against the security principles. So, decisions, decision, is Access for domestic usage or corporate? I am getting daily questions on how to move Access to the Web. The interest is huge. I contributed to the invention of Information Engineering. I have experience. I started using Access version 1 in and was impressed by how easy it was to use. I developed the SQL Server back-ends, wrote the stored procedures, etc.

You can develop a simple, single-user app, using wizards, to do something useful. You can also develop slightly more complex, multi-user systems by splitting the Access database into two: back-end and front-end.

This is where simple VBA usually comes in. Someone in England developed a successful Access version 2 system with simultaneous users. You can make it efficient. SQL Server. I was called in to look at a VB6 system with an Access database. Response time going from tab to tab on the main data entry form was around 10 minutes. The network was heavily overloaded. Government department with no money to spend on IT. But the problem was the way that the database was used to add a new record.

The SQL statement to open the new record read every record in the contact table, over , of them. That reads every contact into the front-end. That got the response time down from 10 minutes to 5 seconds. One line of code. I changed a few other things and eventually got the response time to around 1 second. There are idiots everywhere. You can do some interesting things with VBA. I did a fingerprint booking system for a police department a few years ago.

The system popped up multiple booking forms so that an operator could see all the machine and ink available spots for a location on one screen, and could enter the new appointment on any of them. That required the booking form to be an object that could be replicated as many times as needed across a screen. Sort of. Access fits a niche. That niche to me is a rapid development solution. Hey want to proto type a phone app idea for a qucik brainstorm with a developer?

Need a certain task done or noted, need some form of database type information stored, sorted or printed? It is basically a digital swiss army knife. Add tot he fact that you can build a front end for a SQL Backend or other and you unleash any more power.

Myself I use Filemaker Pro Advanced and Powershell for my rapid development or tool generation needs but when it comes to small to medium businesses Access is the easiest to purchase, license, and deploy using E3 license and since it is Microsoft, updates, support, and learning curve of ease of use is much easier to adopt than other third party options.

Microsoft knows this. Businesses know this. Microsoft has such a stronghold on this niche that few companies choose to compete head to head.

Access is here for a long time. Now changes they may make? I could see Microsoft adopting more of a C than VB path down the road. I could see Access gaining more updated tools to deal with larger file sizes when using 64bit, better graphics storage, stability improvements, speed improvements in the engine, and maybe some GUI design overhauls to modernize created solutions.

But a coffin nail? Not for long way down the road. It is too ingrained into too many businesses to let it die on the vine. Sadly, your article is flawed and biased. Microsoft deprecated Web Databases from Access, one of its components. They never said they were doing away with Access as a whole. Access remains the most commonly used applications from fortune companies to small mom and pop businesses alike and this is due to its extreme flexibility, compatibility.

While it does have its shortcomings, no doubt there, your proposed alternatives cannot compete with Access, not even close to being potential replacements! Well said! I disagree with most of the comments here. Access is outdated, difficult to use, prone to crashing, and not suited to much of anything other than a personal sandbox or very limited application with a very small user base. The reality is that younger developers have no desire or need to work with this product, and users have become so accustomed to point and click web applications that the idea of opening Access, which has the look and feel of software, is a joke.

If you have small data and just need a quick form, SharePoint Online functions just fine. Yes, I hear this a lot from people with no coding skills or basic knowledge. It crashes when the database is not in stable state or an operation is running while things are running. There are techniques to minimize these incidents.

Yes, that is what we are doing. Using Access for the GUI front-end only. We are currently looking for a GUI based web development platform to migrate over. We compile to an ACCDE for deployment for our users who access it through a Terminal Server connection only one single version of the front-end is used from the Server.

Never any locking issues as there is no record-locking necessary as all the data and queries are running on SQL Server. I picked up much of my understanding on my own through the Step by Step series so am clearly self-taught. I see your revision. I would love to see any links to articles directly quoting Microsoft as having made this announcement.

I have been an Access developer and trainer since , and a Microsoft MVP in and , and I have stayed up-to-date with everything Access related. Web apps, yes. Those deserved to die. But the desktop Access application has always been vehemently supported at Microsoft.

Hi, Richard, Here is a page from the Microsoft website that talks about Microsoft Access being removed from Office in with all traces of Access taken out of all Microsoft web applications by April I did say in the article that Microsoft always intended to continue developing and supporting the desktop version. Did you even look at the MS stack and think about their commitment to Power Platform as the approach do get databases online? Hi there, thanks for the article.

Hence, this debate is really about the MS Windows and the rest. How about Web and the Desktops debate? And than welcome to Python for Web, for example Jam. If one can design the App with Access, than moving to Jam. Just like Jam. And it is free.

Access is not free. It is still bugged by comdlg And SQL Server price? Not cheap by no means. Claris International Inc. Claris FileMaker is a low-code tool that helps problem solvers create, share, and integrate custom apps that address their unique business challenges.

I find the comments more interesting to read than the article. I have been searching for an online database with forms and reports capabilities to replace my Access database for a few years with previously limited funding and now no funding from my company.

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