This white paper is addressed to information workers, business decision makers, and IT managers and shows how you can use Microsoft Office Access to meet your organization’s data-management needs. The white paper describes how customers find Office Access valuable and summarizes the key capabilities and benefits of the product. The paper also describes several investments Microsoft is making in the future of Office Access.

Included in this document:

• Executive Summary
• Meeting the Varied Database Needs of an Organization
• Broad Market Success
• From Lists to Relational Databases
• Microsoft Office Access, SQL Server, Visual Studio, and the .NET Framework
• How Office Access Empowers Information Workers
• Native and Linked Tables
• Tables in Office Access 2007
• Office Access as a Developer Tool
• Microsoft Office Access and Enterprise IT
• Access 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services
• Office Access is a Strategic Microsoft Product

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