Everything small businesses need to know about Microsoft Access in 2026 — support status, corruption risks, migration options, and when it’s time to move to Power Apps or SQL Server.
Discovering that your Access database won’t open — or opens with errors, missing data, or strange behavior — is one of the more stressful moments in database management. The good news is that Access corruption is usually recoverable, and there’s a clear sequence of steps to work through before you conclude that data is lost. […]
Is Microsoft Access Being Replaced? If you search “Is Microsoft Access dead?” you’ll find a dozen blog posts from software vendors trying to sell you their replacement product. They’ve been declaring Access obsolete since about 2010. Meanwhile, Access is still shipping with Microsoft 365, still getting security updates, and still running business-critical applications in thousands
