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 ...

SQL Server supports dates from Jan. 1, 1753, to Dec. 31, 9999. Access supports dates from Jan. 1, 100, to Dec. 31, 9999. You can’t upsize Access tables that contain dates earlier than January 1 ...

Project Huron will support Microsoft Access, SQL CE, SQL Express and SQL Server relational databases. It will also enable data access by remote and mobile workers, as well as business-to-business data ...

Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core.

Last Tuesday's MS14-066 causes some servers to inexplicably hang, AWS or IIS to break, and Microsoft Access to roll over and play dead MS14-066/KB 2992611 was rolled out the automatic update chute ...

Microsoft announced that it is seeking customers willing to test their databases in a cloud-based data connectivity project.