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{{Short description|Database manager part of the Microsoft 365 package}} {{Use American English|date=August 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox software | name = Microsoft Access | logo = Microsoft Office Access (2019-present).svg | screenshot = Microsoft Access (database management system) screenshot.png | caption = Microsoft Office Access 2021 running on [[Windows 10]] | collapsible = | author = | developer = [[Microsoft]] | released = {{start date and age|1992|11}} | discontinued = | ver layout = stacked | latest release version = {{Latest stable software release/Microsoft Office}} | programming language = [[C++]] (back-end)<ref name="C++ in MS Office">{{Cite web|date=July 17, 2014|title=C++ in MS Office|url=https://cppcon.org/bonus-talk-cxx-in-ms-office-2014/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107064047/https://cppcon.org/bonus-talk-cxx-in-ms-office-2014/|archive-date=November 7, 2019|access-date=June 25, 2019|publisher=cppcon}}</ref> | operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]] | platform = | size = | language = | genre = [[Relational database management system|RDBMS]] | license = [[Trialware]] | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''Microsoft Access''' is a [[database management system]] (DBMS) from [[Microsoft]] that combines the [[relational database|relational]] [[Access Database Engine]] (ACE) with a [[graphical user interface]] and software-development tools. It is a member of the [[Microsoft 365]] suite of applications, included in the Professional and higher editions or sold separately. Microsoft Access stores data in its own format based on the Access Database Engine (formerly Jet Database Engine). It can also import or link directly to [[data]] stored in other applications and databases.<ref name="ms-import">{{cite web|title=Introduction to importing and exporting data|url=https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Introduction-to-importing-and-exporting-data-08422593-42dd-4e73-bdf1-4c21fc3aa1b0|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=October 15, 2010}}</ref> [[Software developer]]s, [[data architect]]s and [[power user]]s can use Microsoft Access to develop [[application software]]. Like other Microsoft Office applications, Access is supported by [[Visual Basic for Applications]] (VBA), an [[object-based]] programming language that can reference a variety of objects including the legacy DAO (Data Access Objects), [[ActiveX]] Data Objects, and many other ActiveX components. Visual objects used in forms and reports expose their methods and properties in the VBA programming environment, and VBA code modules may declare and call Windows [[operating system]] operations.
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