Microsoft Access Development

Windows development services…

Microsoft Access is the ideal solution for single-user and small workgroup applications to manage and share information.

Established and popular

Microsoft Access has long been the database application of choice for individuals, small businesses and workgroups. As part of the Microsoft Office Professional (and upwards) suite, many businesses already possess a copy, thus making it a straightforward selection when it comes to tracking, reporting and sharing information.

Capable and versatile

Don’t be deceived into thinking that Access is just a simple database offering simple solutions. It’s a relational database that is capable of being shared by a number of users and is underpinned by the comprehensive VBA development language. As well as working with its own database engine (Jet in older versions and a new compatible Access engine in Access 2007), Access can also interface with high-end databases such as MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle and Sybase. At the other end of the spectrum, Access can interface with older desktop databases such as FoxPro, dBase and Paradox.

In the right place

Having said that, Access should not be seen as an alternative to highly scalable, high concurrency, client-server databases such those previously mentioned. Nor is it a replacement for sophisticated multi-tiered or service oriented or web-based architectures that are better handled by products such as MS Visual Studio and the MS .NET Framework. Those platforms are for larger, more costly systems that require high stress performance and high volumes of users.

Access is ideal for the rapid development of a multitude of cost-effective data management applications in a simple, straightforward Windows operating environment for workgroups of less than 10 users.

MS Access development services include…

Requirements analysis
Database design
Report design
Functionality design
Data migration
VBA development
Integration
Testing
Documentation
Project management
Training
Support