Introduction to Microsoft Access Introduction to Microsoft Access Microsoft has provided an affordable medium to control and utilize the vast amount of information used throughout our lives. This tool is called Microsoft Access. The latest version is 'Access 2000'.
Access is an amazingly robust, yet powerful database engine.
Custom solutions using Microsoft Access can be rapidly developed and the end result is friendly and easy to use. In addition to all this, Access offers a reasonable concurrency model, security features, out of the box replication, ODBC and a number of database utilities for easy administration. Access 2000 supports web integration, a valuable capability for any organization. Access is ideal for many business applications, which can be developed for a fraction of the cost and time required to develop an application using a different database platform. Although Access is one of the world's most rapid database development environments, it still takes tremendous skill and energy to deliver a system that can be used seriously in a professional environment.