Microsoft Access Reviews & Product Details

Recent updates have made Access friendlier for hybrid setups. The improved Linked Table Manager is a standout because it lets us filter, relink, and repair multiple ODBC links in one pass, which cuts downtime when connection strings or server names change. The Dataverse connector has been useful for teams dabbling in Power Platform. Being able to publish tables to Dataverse or link to them lets us prototype forms and reports in Access while exposing the same data to Power Apps and Power Automate.

Modern charts are a nice upgrade over the legacy graph objects. The cleaner visuals and easier formatting make quick dashboards inside a front end feel less dated. Support for the Large Number type and better handling of SQL Server data types like DateTime2 reduce the odd conversion issues we used to see when mixing Access with backend SQL. Small quality-of-life tweaks help too, like property sheet search, tabbed document interface improvements, and dark theme options that keep long sessions comfortable. Overall, these changes make Access a more credible front end for small line-of-business apps that still need to talk to cloud services and SQL backends. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Access would benefit from stronger multi-user concurrency on shared backends. Front ends still lock up or throw record conflicts under moderate load, especially over VPNs or high latency links. A more resilient caching layer and clearer conflict resolution would help.

Version control remains clunky. Storing forms, reports, and macros as text for Git is possible but awkward. Native export and import to a text-friendly format, plus a diff viewer for objects, would make team development far easier.

Deployment is fragile. Packaging and updating compiled ACCDE front ends across desktops needs a first-class updater with checksum validation and rollback, not just custom scripts. Broken references after Office updates are still too common.

Modernization of the UI stack would help adoption. More responsive form controls, better HiDPI handling, and consistent dark theme support in designers would make apps look current without heavy custom code.

VBA is powerful but isolated. Tighter integration with Power Platform, modern authentication libraries, and official support for async HTTP calls would reduce custom wrappers and improve reliability for API work.

Connectivity is uneven. ODBC linking to cloud databases and Dataverse works, yet type mappings and pagination quirks cause surprises. Better drivers, clearer guidance on data types like DateTime2 and decimal precision, and more stable long-running connections would reduce maintenance.

Security and governance could be simpler. Easier ways to apply Sensitivity labels to linked data, a template for least privilege patterns, and audit-friendly logs for data changes originating in Access would help regulated teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft's database solution to start playing with to checking data relationships to be implemented in a second step with more advanced tools such as SQL Server and SQL Database Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Handling with number formats, comma and points as separation characters; challenging when handling data from US and using settings in Europe Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Access is a fantastic tool to learn basic SQL, DB management and visually oriented querying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Access is extremely limited in what it can handle and process. It's a great starting point but should never be used as a serious solution to managing large amounts of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The look and feel are very similar to Excel, but this tool is much more powerful. I use it almost every day to simplify my work, and I find it very convenient for accessing SharePoint, which makes updating information much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing much. However, for the sake of visualisation, I might like the better formatting option. Currently it is limited Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a software that is very versatile and user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It doesn’t quite have the capacity and bandwidth for my company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love using MS Access to organize data and to make nice reports and display data in a professional manner. It's a more powerful data solution than excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like more wizards for different types of queries and reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's easy to use, and very powerful. You can even connect to APIs using VBScript. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a bit lacking in cloud support. It's not as modern. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MS Access allows you to create places to store data in an easily retrievable fashion, allowing multiple users and form views for display and data entry, reporting, and data analysis. Easily mitigable to SQL Server, as you continue to grow. I've turned many an Access database into a front-end for SQL Server. The Application looks and behaves like the other Office products, making it's introduction to new users fairly simple and straight forward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is unfortunate the Microsoft has chosen to leave the programing language behind with VBA, and not update to VB.NET. Natively, it does not handle more than a few simultaneous users, and though it says databases up to 2GB in size, it becomes hard to use any table over 200K records. In both of these situations, I moved my data to SQL Server, and then reconnected through Linked Tables, turning it into a front-end application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like other tools in Microsoft Office bouquet, MS Access is simple and easy to learn and use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's nothing that keeps me away from using MS Access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great tool included with the right software for word processing, proposals, spreadsheets and presentations. Use it to integrate people into documents like proposals, prospecting lists, and sales routes with mapping services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stayed a solid piece of software but has not talked to me about advances. I recently started to use the service to keep track of a recent database that I want to isolate out of my other work environments and it really is intuitive and works well considering how long it has been around. Like the mapping feature for contacts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.