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Teaching with Access
March 15, 2021

Teaching with Access

Balázs Kiss | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Access

We use Microsoft Access in some of our projects, and for educational purposes mainly. The graphical interface seems to help students understand RDBMS concepts a bit easier, and also allows quick database design. This is a nice tool for smaller projects and bigger products as well - being able to download it from the cloud and part of Office 365 makes it an excellent candidate for "first database".
  • Graphical interface makes design easier.
  • Good introduction for database design concepts.
  • GUI allows less room for errors.
  • Concurrent users accessing a database makes it really slow.
  • Requires Windows, and Office.
  • Lot of our training required Access as part of our toolkit for teaching, where companies use Windows.
  • We were able to do courses for non-programmers with it about databases.
Being a similar "Windows application" it's easier to start to use as part of Office. Also, the GUI capabilities are much more advanced than other high-performance databases.

Do you think Microsoft Access delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Access's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Access live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Access go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Access again?

Yes

For educational purposes, creating and maintaining an Access database can be a good introduction for new learners. The GUI allows to visualize RDBMS concepts like table, connections, queries. Non-programmer personnel can understand how this math model works without writing SQL, but also allows a smooth transition from WYSIWYG to SQL-based commands.

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