What happened to Microsoft Access?

"No one in an enterprise environment is going to use Access in any event. It was made for casual (read family) users."

Really?

One of the benefits of a 25+ year career working with clients in the Fortune 500, and clients with fewer than 20 users, is that I got the chance to implement Access relational database applications for a wide range of organizations, large and small. I retired 8 years ago, but I can't imagine that every one of those organizations has thrown away all of their existing enterprise-level Access relational database applications.

But I'll defer to the greater current knowledge of Access developers, like Karl, still making a good living serving the needs of their clients with Access relational database applications. Not all of whom can possibly be "family users".

Who is Albert?

The people who have responded in this discussion, including myself, are all volunteers. We are not employees of Microsoft. We are Access developers who volunteer our time and experience to offer advice, suggestions and referrals to help others solve problems using Access. Sometimes we are more successful, sometimes less so. But we always try to offer the best advice of which we are capable.

There are other forums where volunteers also try to address questions from other developers in a community. In fact, several of the people responding in this thread also participate in multiple other forums. It's a large community made up of people who care a lot about the product they use to make a living.

To your specific point: I don't know why someone would tell you, "...[you are] not allowed to have Access." Perhaps you simply misinterpreted some comment, but you can have any product you want and can afford to purchase.

If you purchased a version of MS 365 which doesn't include Access, then, well, you didn't purchase it. If you purchased a version which does include Access, then you purchased it.

Microsoft direct support is probably more helpful in other ways, but if you need assistance using Access for your own database projects, the volunteers here are a good source of experience and knowledge.

... No one in an enterprise environment is going to use Access in any event. It was made for casual (read family) users.

For heaven's sake! How do I gently convey this to my customers?

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Hi Tina,

According to the Microsoft 365 Family subscription, you do receive Access (PC Only) version:

Microsoft 365 Family

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/microsoft-365/p/microsoft-365-family/cfq7ttc0k5dm?activetab=pivot:faqtab

Notwithstanding your total mischaracterization of Access as viable database development platform for business use. How are you trying to use Access? Access, unlike Word, Excel, etc. is a desktop only application. It has to be installed unto the desktop first before it can be used. Did you doo that?