ACCESS FOREVER

Microsoft informed us that the old IE web browser control will be phased out in 2026, 3 years earlier than expected. Let us know if you have a problem with this!

At AEK27, Microsoft's Access team informed us about its current work and plans. Here is the technical work plan for the coming months.

This showcase demonstrates how Microsoft Access can act as an ETL/ELT orchestrator between ERP exports and Azure SQL. Access/VBA handles scheduling, retries, logging, and a simple UI, while heavy transforms run in T-SQL.

This month: the 100th AFo article, a major update to VBA, roadmap delays, support cycle reminder, conferences, and more

VBScript Regular Expression are replicated in VBA and a lot of FUD over the VBScript deprecation is resolved.

We expect a full house with more than 100 participants at the German Access Developers Conference AEK27 in mid-October. New features, Microsoft, AI, SQL Server 2025... some background information.