Microsoft has SQL Server Express Edition, also a free download, which can be used for small projects. Today powerful database server software is available as open source and can be downloaded for free. At the time, it was considered an innovative application, since most relational databases were either expensive database servers or DOS applications. The Microsoft Access database application has been around since version 1.0 in 1992. Please contact Hallam-ICS Manufacturing Intelligence group for details. We encourage using alternatives to Microsoft Access. We no longer support development of new projects in Access, except as a user interface to a back-end database such as SQL Server. Notice: Since this blog post was first published in 2018, the evolution of software tools for databases now warrants a change in our position on Microsoft Access databases. Most of these databases are still in use at client sites and others are still used within Hallam-ICS on projects. ![]() Over the years from the mid-1990s until the present, I have developed many Microsoft (MS) Access database applications for clients and for in-house projects.
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