Microsoft Access allows business and other large, data-sharing entities to create databases storing vast amounts of information. Anyone using Access can share these database files with one another.

Access uses wizards to simplify the process of creating reports or queries that select and retrieve information from your databases. Queries are instructions to the database that ask for information.

Get an overview of Microsoft Office Access, along with Tutorials, Training, Features, Tips and How-To on this database management system.

Microsoft Access faces competition on multiple fronts, including from other Microsoft platforms. There is always Microsoft Excel for simple databases and querying, which most people are already ...

Encrypt and password-protect your database in Microsoft Access. Learn how to set a Password on an Access Database.

Microsoft Access gains BigInt support, which can be turned on or off for use with current database applications.

Don't have access to Access? You can use Excel to open the database you want, using the MS Query Wizard. Here's how to multitask using Office's versatile spreadsheet program.