This guide gives you a smooth start to your SQL Server journey, helps preserve Access front-end solutions you created, and hopefully motivates you to use Access for future database solutions.

When you link to data, Access creates a two-way connection that synchronizes changes to data in Access and the SQL Database. When you import data, Access creates a one-time, copy of the data, …

ADO is straightforward to learn and enables client applications to access and manipulate data from a variety of sources, including Access and SQL Server. Its primary benefits are ease of use, high …

Learn how to retrieve data from an Access database by using Structured Query Language, or SQL

Upsizing is the process of migrating some or all database objects from an Access database to a new or existing SQL Server database or new Access project (.adp).

This is one of a set of articles about Access SQL. This article describes how to write a FROM clause, and uses examples to illustrate various techniques that you can use in a FROM clause.

Use the Linked Table Manager in Access to manage external data sources and to refresh, relink, edit, or delete linked tables due to changes to the data source location and table name or schema.

Access data types are differently named from SQL Server data types. For example, a SQL Server column of the bit data type is imported or linked into Access with the Yes/No data type. The following …

The Access team is pleased to announce an updated Monaco SQL editor available to all customers in the Microsoft 365 Current Channel. The Monaco editor supports essential features such as syntax …

Even though you can create a union query by directly writing the SQL syntax in the SQL view, you might find it easier to build it in parts with select queries. You can then copy and paste the SQL parts into a …