Microsoft's Access team shows the development status of two upcoming features: Monaco SQL editor and Modern Chart improvements, which according to the M365 roadmap will be launched in a few months. The videos are excerpts from their presentation at Access DevCon Vienna on 18 April 2024.
Software engineer Sachin Arunkumar shows the integration work of the Monaco framework as the new SQL editor in Access:
Tushar Shain and Courtney Owen show their improvement work on Modern Charts:
In my opinion, both are important topics. The Monaco Editor especially for advanced users and developers. The chart improvements serve a wider public. I keep hearing from developers that automating Excel or switching to Power BI etc. is enough, but many more Access users would much rather use powerful and easy-to-use built-in charts. For me, this is apparent from many discussions as well as the number of hits on videos dealing with fundamental chart topics.
Let's hope that the Access team can keep to its release plans for August/September 2024 and that the Access community receives two highly usable features for practical everyday work.