Can multiple people Access Access?

Can Access be used by multiple users?

Make sure that Access is set to open in shared mode on all of the users' computers. This is the default setting, but you should check to be sure — if a user opens the database in exclusive mode, it will interfere with data availability. Start Access and under File, click Options.

Can multiple users edit Access database?

The "over all" settings you are playing with don't change anything here (well except the option to open databases as shared - but that's already the default and already a given since more then one user is able to edit the data. So change the form in question locking setting to "edited" record.

How many people can use an Access database?

MS Access is not suitable for team use However, Access has been designed for single user use. It experiences severe performance issues when multiple people try to access it through the network simultaneously. Though the technical limit is 255 concurrent users, it becomes terribly slow even with 5-10 users.