I’ve been saying this for years, MS Access databases is simply far better than Excel. In fact Access is just Excel on steroids!

As the following link to this article says “…we are all Excel-aholics who can’t get through the day without busting out a spreadsheet…“. 

Here’s the article link: http://goingconcern.com/post/accountants-should-dump-microsoft-excel-database-software

Accountants Should Dump Microsoft Excel for MS Access Database

The default reaction is to lean towards Excel and that’s understandable but that’s because it’s how we are all first taught to use this application and the ease of how a spreadsheet  can be to manipulate data and analyse out.

But where data integrity and security protection  is key to the maintenance and workflows of a system, you simple have to consider MS Access databases.

There’s also a compromise where both could be used and this maybe a fair outcome to get the best of both using their strengths and dismissing the weaknesses at the same time.

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