Join Us for an Intro to Access with SQL Server On Tuesday September 8th, 2020 at 6:30 PM CST we are back from summer vacation to start the new season! We will start with introduction to Access with SQL Server, you can learn more at https://accessusergroups.org/sql-server-with-access/event/375 [...]
How to Consistently Earn a Microsoft Access MVP Award I often get asked, "how does one become an Access MVP?" 9 Years of MVP Awards When I first started nine years ago, we had over 30 MVPs. Now we have less than 20. Each year, I need to compile my accomplishments and submit them for review, [...]
How to Fix the New Data Type That is Causing Problems to MS Access [UPDATE: now with Access team link to fixes] Recently the Access team starting working on a new data type called Date & Time Extended, here’s Ebo Quansah, Access program lead: Very soon, we will ship a new data type, known [...]
Free Field Hospital Database to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic Field Hospital Inventory System During these grave times we see field hospitals going up everywhere: Central Park in New York, churches, gyms, parking lots, and more. The COVID Supplies Database is our way of helping humanity in this time o [...]
Curious About the Latest Microsoft Access Features? If you're on Office365 you have a choice in regards to how often you see new features, (some refer to these as rings): Semi-Annual: You get new features every six months, we recommend this channel to all of our clients Semi-Annual Targeted: [...]
Access Experts' View on the 2020 MVP Summit Last week we had our virtual MVP conference, where I huddled with MVP’s from around the world as we heard and gave feedback to the Access team. Here are some takeaways: I miss sharing with friends I only get to see once a year, but being virtual did [...]
New Microsoft Access Features Coming Your Way! Never discount looking at the What’s New section in Microsoft Office to get a first hand look at goodies coming your way! A fellow MVP pointed out to me how you can see new features by going to backstage, (File menu), clicking on Account and then [...]
Learn How to Performance Tune Microsoft SQL Server Please join me on February 11th, 2020 when I'll have special guest Jacob Golden from https://www.imyourdba.com/ to discuss how you can improve the performance of your database on SQL Server, can't miss talk! Learn more here: https://accessuse [...]
The Microsoft Office Product That Refuses to Die Several of you have sent me an article on Medium.com asking my thoughts on it: Microsoft Access: The Database Software That Won’t Die I agree with some points and am amazed that the author completely missed one point in particular. Access is sooo easy [...]
You Can Now Use Access with Microsoft Azure MFA! With the latest release of the OLE DB driver Access developers can now implement Azure multi factor security into their applications, (previously the latest version of SQL Server ODBC was the only supporting the technology), allowing them to run code [...]
7 Step Guide to Using Access with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication One of our clients wanted to use Azure multi-factor authentication with Microsoft Access and Azure SQL, requiring users to authenticate when they launch Access through a second validation at least once every 60 days. Step 1: Extend [...]
