Microsoft Access

Microsoft Access is a database management system included in the professional editions of the Microsoft Office suite. It is the successor to Embedded Basic.

Access is a data manager that uses relational database concepts and can be managed through queries and reports. It is adapted to collect data from other utilities like Excel, SharePoint, etc.

The application allows the collection of information related to a particular matter or purpose, such as tracking customer orders or maintaining a collection of music, video games, time zone, etc.

Very simple to use, it is a program with a database that is used to store important information in different cases.

History

It was called EB ("Embedded Basic"), a name that would be used in most Microsoft software until the advent of VBA. Omega was also intended to function as a front-end for Microsoft SQL Server. Omega required a huge amount of resources from the 386 processors available at the time for commercial use, delaying its arrival from the first quarter of 1990 until January 1991. Parts of the project were later used for other Microsoft projects. Cirrus (code name for Access) and Thunder (code name for Visual Basic, which used the Embedded Basic engine). Following the Access preview, Omega was demoed to several journalists in 1992 and Access featured features it didn't have.

After Omega was cancelled, some of its developers were reassigned to the Cirrus project (most went to the Visual Basic team). His goal was to create a competitor to products like dBase and Paradox in the Windows environment. The project seemed doomed with the purchase of FoxPro (a completely different database app from Access) by Microsoft, but the company decided to continue development of Cirrus. At first it was assumed that the product would use the Extensible Storage Engine (Jet Blue) but it was eventually replaced by another engine called Microsoft Jet Database Engine (Jet Red). The project used parts of the code written for Omega and a pre-released version of Visual Basic. In July 1992, the final version arrived under the name of Access, which continues to this day.

Requirements for versions

Hardware Requirements

• A personal or multimedia team with an intel 486 or higher microprocessor.
• 8 megabytes (MB) random access memory (RAM) to run on Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 98 or 16 MB RAM to run on Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows 2000. You may have more memory to run more applications simultaneously.
• CD-ROM drive or high-density 3.5-inch disk drive. If you want to receive Microsoft Access 97 on 3.5-inch discs, you will need to redeem an attached coupon in the CD-ROM version.
• VGA resolution or superior video adapter (Super VGA (SVGA) is recommended 256 colors.
• Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse or compatible pointer device.

Hard disk space

The following hard drive space requirements are approximate:

• 44 MB for a typical installation
• 60 MB for custom installation with all options
• 32 MB to run from installation CD-ROM

Requirements for additional uses

9600 baud or higher modem (14400 baud or higher is recommended).

If you plan to create dynamic Web pages, the "Publish to the Web" requires Internet Information Server (IIS) or Microsoft Personal Web Server software for Windows 95 on the computer where the Web pages reside. This does not have to be the same computer where Microsoft Access 97 is used to create the Web pages.

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2013 version requirements

• Processor x32 or x64 bits at 1 GHz or faster with SSE2 instructions.
• 1 GB RAM (32-bit Windows) or 2 GB (64-bit Windows).
• 5 Gb disks

Requirements for the latest version

Access Versions