Microsoft (MS) Access and SQL are different database applications with pros and cons. But, instead of choosing between them, you can, as it turns out, make them work together.

How to: MS SQL to MS Access. Microsoft Access provides tools that make it relatively easy to load data from a variety of external data sources and in many different formats.

While Microsoft Access (MS Access) has been a popular choice for small to medium-sized enterprises for years, it may no longer meet the demands of a growing organization. This is where converting to ...

Microsoft said its upcoming hosted database service will switch from standard Web programming interfaces to the same relational one used by its on-premise counterpart.

This tool is ideal for professionals who deal with MS Access databases and need to migrate, integrate, or back up their data in SQL format: Data Engineers: Simplify ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) ...

If you are interested in the fastest performance, don't use Access as a front-end to a SQL Server database. While Access is relatively easy to learn and fast to develop in, its performance is poor ...