# Microsoft Access

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: MS Access, Access database

A desktop [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) app from [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft) for building small databases with forms and reports. Many older business systems were built with it.

**For example:** A startup replaces a client's Microsoft Access tracking system with a [web app](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/web-app-mobile-app) the whole staff can reach.

Official site: <https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/access>

## Connects to (4)

- [Database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database): Organized storage for your app's information, such as users, orders and messages, so it can be saved and looked up later.
- [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft): The company behind Copilot and Azure.
- [Spreadsheet](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/spreadsheet): A grid of rows and columns for numbers and lists, with formulas that calculate totals.
- [Technical debt](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/technical-debt): Shortcuts taken while building software that save time now but make later changes slower and riskier until someone cleans them up.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft-access