Is Microsoft Access being phased out in 2022? (2024)

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Is Microsoft Access being phased out in 2022? ›

Is Microsoft Access still available in 2022? Microsoft Access is still available and continues to be supported.

Although Microsoft once considered discontinuing Access, the company now intends to continue supporting it. The tool isn't included as an online app in the Office 365/Microsoft 365 productivity suite. However, subscribers can download the Access software from the Office 365 console and run it on a PC.

Apache's OpenOffice Base is an open-source, free Microsoft Access alternative. Therefore, it offers broadly similar functionality to its COTS equivalent. Base is built around a dedicated wizard for creating database designs, tables, views, forms, reports, and more.

Access desktop database maximum size remained 2 GB (as it has been since the 2000 version). Microsoft Access is no longer included in the one-time-purchase version of Microsoft Office 2021, but remains within the Microsoft 365 counterpart, as Apps for business and Business Standard editions.

Microsoft Access is effectively a Database Engine and Database Viewer all-in-one. Google does not have a direct equivalent of a product. The best equivalent would be a Google Cloud Database running MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL engines and MySQLWorkbench/pgAdmin/SSMS as the viewer/management.

One of the key disadvantages of using Microsoft Access is its limited scalability and performance. While Access is suitable for small to medium-sized databases, it may encounter limitations in terms of scalability and performance when dealing with large, complex datasets.

In general, Access is better for managing data: helping you keep it organized, easy to search, and available to multiple simultaneous users. Excel is generally better for analyzing data: performing complex calculations, exploring possible outcomes, and producing high quality charts.

The most up-to-date version of Microsoft Access is always available with a Microsoft 365 subscription. Microsoft Access 2021 is the latest version of Access available as a one-time purchase.

Frequently Asked Questions. Can I replace MS Access with PowerApps? Yes, especially if you want to create cloud-based applications to suit evolving business needs. However, using MS Access with PowerApps is also possible if you want extra data storage and integration or advanced automation and workflows.

You can download a one month free trial of Microsoft 365, which includes Access. After that, you'd have to pay.

Does Office still include Access? ›

Microsoft Office is a productivity suite developed by Microsoft. It includes various products like Word, Outlook, Excel, Access and Publisher.

There is no version of Access that works on a Mac, tablet, or smartphone. Also, you can't use Microsoft Access online in the way that they do for Word and Excel. So, for the question: Is Access part of Microsoft 365? The answer is yes, but only from a licencing perspective.

The one time purchase versions of Office Home and Student, or Office Home and Business, which are what normally comes if you purchase a bundle with a computer, do not include Access. You'd have to purchase that separately, or subscribe to Microsoft 365 Personal.

Visitors often compare Google Cloud Bigtable and Microsoft Access with MongoDB, MySQL and Firebase Realtime Database. Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.

Although creating databases isn't really the first use of this platform that comes to mind, it's doable. That's because Google Sheets has decent storage and retrieval options, customization, and collaboration. Plus, it's free and works fine for small-scale databases.

FileMaker is probably the best known database application for the Mac. It has a feature set comparable to Microsoft Access, but with a strong focus on forms (layouts) as the primary way of accessing databases. Similar to Access, FileMaker stores your database logic and all the data in a single file.

To install Access (and other apps that do not appear), click on your initials in the top right hand corner and select “View account”. In the “Office apps” option, click on “Manage”. You will see a screen similar to the below. You will see Access in the listing.