access

Microsoft Access is a member of the Microsoft Office suite of business applications. As a standalone database product, Access is relatively inexpensive to own and use. Advanced users can relatively easily setup their own databases with minimal training. All of the database components can be kept in a single file for ease of management and made accessible to multiple simultaneous users. Access contains several excellent wizards for users to start building tables, queries forms and reports.

The theoretical maximum size of an Access database is 1 gigabyte, though the practical limit is usually somewhat less.

Access is a highly recommended database product where the size of the final database is not huge. For a small company that does not maintain its own systems staff, Access can be easily supported by an advanced user. Management of the database and edits/additions to forms and reports is relatively intuitive. Access also interacts very well with the rest of the MS Office suite, allows for powerful web publishing, and of course is scalable up to more powerful databases like SQL Server.

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