MicrosoftAccess
Microsoft Access is a database management application used to enter, search, sort and report on information. Microsoft Access is easy to use and tightly integrated with Microsoft Office software applications. Access databases can be customized as complete applications using development tools such as Microsoft Visual Basic and can scale up to more advanced products including Microsoft SharePoint Portal and Microsoft SQL Server.
How does a Microsoft Access database work?
Microsoft Access works in the same manner any database does, by storing related information together, and letting you create connections (commonly called relationships) between different things. The relationships between two different things in MSAccess can be very simple (such as a contact at a customer and the customer itself) or complex.
Quick and easy to create database systems.
Microsoft Access is an excellent tool for creating bespoke systems that have a database at their heart. It includes various wizards to speed up the process of creating a database application, and a vast array of readily available functionality. For an expert programmer specialising in MS Access, we find that development time is approximately half that needed for creating the same system using a different platform. This is a huge advantage. It translates directly into a cost-saving for you and it means that turn-around times are usually a matter of a few weeks from inception through to delivery.
Microsoft Office Integration
Microsoft Access is popular with Microsoft Office users since it is based upon the familiar "drag and drop" method used with other Microsoft Office products . Access information can be designed to tightly integrate with other Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, Project and Outlook. It is easy to import, link and update data between these applications using dynamic data exchange and object linking and embedding. Word documents can be easily customized with contact and supplier records within an Access database, and Excel can be used as a front end to enter and update Access database information in real time.
Benefits
Microsoft Access is important because it dramatically decreases the amount of time required to exchange and leverage information between Microsoft Office applications. Access provides database management functionality for novice end users and is highly extensible with enterprise systems by professional developers.