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What is Microsoft Access?
Microsoft Access is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.
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Microsoft Access
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| Deployment Types | On-premise |
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| Operating Systems | Windows |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Microsoft Access is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.
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Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of Microsoft Access are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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January 03, 2020
Microsoft Access Positive Aspects
Score 10 out of 10
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Microsoft Access is being used only by a department of the company, which is responsible for working with the information databases. It has not presented problems.
The grouping of data in an organized way adapts to the company designed a set of real strategies aimed at improving the profitability of the company. To date, the results have been positive because since they agreed it was implemented, the company's profit has improved. Microsoft Access adapts well in departments where databases do not have much content, or where we do not have to have completed programs or require working with many variables. It is a program that has all the work tools required by the organization to function properly and fulfill the planned tasks.
The grouping of data in an organized way adapts to the company designed a set of real strategies aimed at improving the profitability of the company. To date, the results have been positive because since they agreed it was implemented, the company's profit has improved. Microsoft Access adapts well in departments where databases do not have much content, or where we do not have to have completed programs or require working with many variables. It is a program that has all the work tools required by the organization to function properly and fulfill the planned tasks.
- Ability to manage all information
- Tables to store data
- Consult to search and retrieve only the data you need
- Forms to view, add and update or analyze the internet data
- Volume of data or users
- Among its biggest drawbacks are that it is not multiplatform
- The access databases work very well with many of the programs for Windows-based software development. You can also use your tables in products such as Microsoft SQL Server and in others not based on Microsoft such as Oracle and Sybase.
- Easy to install and use: To create access databases, just install Microsoft Access and this is something that any database administrator can do in just a few minutes, leaving a fully functional relational database management system. Like many other Microsoft applications, Access contains wizards that guide you through every step of the way. The user interface is intuitive, speeding up data recovery.
- It can be placed online: Although it still has limitations on the number of users with simultaneous connection, when there is a need for remote users, it can give full control and functionality to an access database so that teleworking can become a viable option for database administrators.
You save money: Microsoft Access is hundreds of dollars cheaper than other larger systems; offering similar functionalities and usage.
It is a program that has all the work tools that the organization requires to function properly and fulfill the planned tasks.
In the company it is necessary to continuously import data to perform the respective data analysis for decision making, and access offers an easy-to-use and pleasant option that matters without difficulty.
50
1. Access, fast and simple storing, managing and sharing data. The interface of Access, Microsoft Office Fluent, is designed so that any user without specialized knowledge of databases, can work professionally. Many times the information we handle has to transcend our local hard drive to be shared with other users, a task for which Access is specifically designed to solve very easily its connection with Microsoft Office SharePoint, being able to easily share files, perform audits and consultations , or backup copies.
2. Start quickly using predesigned solutions. Access comes with a complete library of predesigned solutions that will allow us to track the immediate information, without the need to design the forms and reports, valuable Access tools. Once we have gained access to Access, we can modify these templates and create our own. The learning process is natural and brings great benefits.
3. Different formats of the same report for different recipients. Access allows us to present information in very different and personalized ways, an advantage from which we will derive much benefit when we want to present a group of data in different ways for different recipients. The possibilities here are very broad, which guarantees that it will meet practically the total of our needs.
10
Make your data more attractive, Having advanced knowledge of Excel can help you make more powerful spreadsheets and one of its most important features is the creation of graphics to visualize information in a simple but attractive way, with Power Graphics.
Solves complex problems. A data analyst has so much information available that they have an unprecedented ability to solve even the most demanding challenges. Mixing tools such as Power BI, Excel Power Add-ons, Macros and advanced functions in Excel can help you obtain the information and reports needed to make simpler decisions in a short time.
Learn advanced techniques. Even if you have basic knowledge of Microsoft data services, a tool like Access can teach you the best practices for data management and the basics of managing a database to be more efficient.
Solves complex problems. A data analyst has so much information available that they have an unprecedented ability to solve even the most demanding challenges. Mixing tools such as Power BI, Excel Power Add-ons, Macros and advanced functions in Excel can help you obtain the information and reports needed to make simpler decisions in a short time.
Learn advanced techniques. Even if you have basic knowledge of Microsoft data services, a tool like Access can teach you the best practices for data management and the basics of managing a database to be more efficient.
- Use Access forms with Excel data.
- Reason Filtering, sorting and queries in Access are similar to Excel. 3. Perform a mail merge or create labels
- Perform a mail merge or create labels
- Anticipate that many users will work in the database and want robust options that securely handle data updates, such as record locking and conflict resolution.
- Anticipate the need to add more tables to a data set that originated as a flat or non-relational table.
- Want to execute complex queries.
- Want to create different reports or postal labels.
- Create a database using a template
- Create a database without using a template
- Copy the data from another source into an Access table
No
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They work very well with many of the Windows-based software development programs
I would evaluate the application and the importance of it
- Implemented in-house
No
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled
That it is an easy-to-use and important tool for a company, since databases are managed
- there were no problems during the implementation
No
The Online Technical Support Service can help you resolve, by remote and real-time control, any questions or problems related to the routine use of any electronic device without having to move from home or office.
- Capture, management, communication of data in a professional manner and for the administration of databases
- It provides a series of easily accessible work tools that staff can quickly understand their tools
- Organization of the information, homologation of the information for the analysis of data necessary for the decisions that facilitate the growth and development of the company.
- Microsoft access does not adapt well in organizations that require the handling of large information content or where many variables have to be included, or large companies that require continuous results management.
- I believe that they can extend the option of the amount of user allowed so that large organizations can use it.
- Microsoft access is not the best database tool for immediate use but for long-term jobs.
November 15, 2017
Dump your data
Our Organization uses Microsoft Access for all of our databases, volunteers, donors, and for reporting and analyzing all information.
- Creates forms and reports
- Database
- It has built-in wizards making it easy to use
- Make database more stable
- It is useful for small organizations or businesses but beyond 2GB you will find problems.
Zoho Creator is an online database only. Microsoft Access is desktop available so it is easier to share information throughout the agency.
Yes
Zoho Creator was replaced because it is an online only software and sharing is difficult if the one you're sharing with is not part of your team.
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The Usability, it is very important, the ease of use for all staff to participate and update information on a regular basis.
I would not.
December 17, 2014
Microsoft Access 2010 - A Great IT Solution for a Small Team
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Currently our department uses Microsoft Access to create ad hoc application tools that are needed by our business. Our application tools are used by all users of our Infusion and Respiratory business but not by other lines of business. It addresses the business problems of needing a solution that promotes data integrity of user inputs, and needing a solution quickly that regular application management methodologies cannot meet the needs of. It's easy and simple to use and provides a user-friendlytool for our users to use on daily basis.
- Once tables are created, it is fairly easy to generate queries within Microsoft Access, even if the user is not proficient at SQL or MYsql. Users are presented with a visual way to create queries based on the tables that have been created for the project.
- Importing data into Microsoft Access is very easy to accomplish and is a quick way of creating a database. Access even has the ability to analyze your data and to suggest ways of compacting your database. Again, this is useful if an organization doesn't have the funds for an established database team; a single person can manage small Access databases if needed to.
- Microsoft Access provides a streamlined way of managing data within databases to ensure data integrity. An example of this is that user fields can be locked down or restricted to only allow certain inputs (such as 10 digits for a phone number field) which increases the reliability of the data stored within a database.
- With all of the user support for creating database tables, macros, queries and objects, Microsoft Access lacks the same level of support for writing code in Visual Basic. This code acts as the glue between the visual objects and the database. I feel that additional visual tools could be available to users to help them write the code needed for their applications.
- Applications and databases created within Microsoft Access can only be used on a local computer; they do not have the ability to be web hosted where concurrent users can access it at a given time. We have run into this as an obstacle where we had to go through converting the code from an Access application over to a .NET application just so that we could allow more than one user to access it at the same time. In this case we wanted multiple people to collaborate on the same project and each person working on their own local copy of the application could not accomplish that.
- Users who are proficient at SQL will actually find that writing queries within Access will be harder than in other tools such as Toad, Golden, etc. This is because Access wants the user to use their visual query creation tool and not to free-write their own queries, as these are not always willing to run correctly within Access.
- Our department has seen a vast increase in patient satisfaction by providing our customer service representatives with a quick and easy-to-use tool written within Microsoft Access that helps the patient decide which location is closest to them where they can get their service provided from.
- Employees have had increased efficiency by using the tools that we have provided within Microsoft Access because our tools perform all of the legwork for our employees. They no longer have to perform various look-ups or comparisons of data to get the answers that they were looking for. This allows our employees to take more calls and to enter more orders during the course of a work day.
- Employees are already familiar with Microsoft tools so using a published Microsoft Project already reduces the learning curve necessary for a user who may not be computer-savvy.
- FileMaker Pro,DB2,Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Access can be used on the Windows platform, which most organizations use, especially our own, which is one of the reasons why we selected Microsoft Access. Access was also part of the standard Windows image that our company uses when imaging desktops and laptops so our users already own licenses for Microsoft Access so it was cost effective in that front. We could only dedicate 1-2 resources at any given time to managing our solution, so Microsoft Access allowed us to do that instead of SQL Server which would require more of a standard database management team. Lastly, using a desktop solution such as Microsoft Access allowed us to reduce the security risk by not having to host a server on the network for our database; the Microsoft Access database wraps up into a simple file which can then be placed anywhere on the internal network.
No
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The most important factor in our decision to select Microsoft Access for our solution was the price. Our company is focused strongly on cost savings so anywhere where we could use existing tools at no cost would be the best choices for our decision. Microsoft Access fit into this category as well as it was part of the MS Office suite that our team already had.
If we had the funds to select a new product, we might have gone with another product that allowed us to have more flexibility where it would not have to be a single desktop application. We would like to expand our applications but Access lacks the ability for us to do so without porting it to another language.