Access Benefits

Microsoft Access provides users with one of the simplest and most flexible relational database management system (RDBMS) solutions on the market today. For a small group of users, Access should be your database of choice, especially if Microsoft Office is your preferred office software suite.

Cost Access Database comes packaged with the Microsoft Office Professional and Ultimate suites and may already be part of your standard operating environment. If not, it is easily obtained as a stand-alone product and does not require any other program to run or use.
Ease of use Access Database has a user-friendly interface, similar to the other programs in the Microsoft Office Suite, as well as many other Windows based software products. Version 2007 has a new "ribbon" interface.
Multi-User Access is designed to operate on local networks with numerous concurrent users, allowing for data manipulation by many users at the same time (unlike Word and Excel). We recommend a limit of 15 to 20 simultaneous users.
Rapid Application Development Access' object oriented model allows you to build attractive, functional, and easy-to-use applications. It is fast, consistent, and reliable. Rapid development speed means lower project cost.
Integration Access has been designed to work seamlessly with other products in the Microsoft Office suite.
Scalable In the future, if performance suffers from an ever increasing number of users or records, you will be able to upgrade to a SQL Server back-end, thus retaining your user-friendly Access front-end.
Legacy data Access can import data from numerous formats, saving you many, many hours by transferring your existing data.
Ad-hoc reporting With proper Access training, the advanced user can go beyond the designed application to do ad hoc reporting
Access is not required to run the database Your customized solution can be packaged in a "Run Time" environment, thus negating the need to have Access Database installed on your computer.