Is Microsoft Access necessary?

Is Microsoft Access needed?

If your database is large enough that you require help doing the data entry, or if it's going to grow over time, making an ongoing data-entry process likely, Access is the tool for you. The fact that it offers simple forms of data entry/editing is reason enough to make it your database application of choice.

Is Microsoft Access still useful?

The current version of Microsoft Access, Version 2019 goes end of life in 2025, and our expectation is that the next version will be supported until at least 2028. However, if you are planning for beyond that it's worth considering that many people are still using Access 2010 or earlier.

Is it worth learning Microsoft Access?

If you're looking for, as you said, an "intro to the world of databases" courses, Access is a pretty good choice. It's demonstrates all of the basics for database design, provides easy to use tools for organizing and manipulating data, and can come in handy for personal applications for your own use as well.

Does anybody use Microsoft Access?

It comes bundled with the ubiquitous Microsoft Office suite, and might not be as popular as its productivity cousins (Office, Powerpoint, Excel etc.) but is almost universally known amongst the technical IT community. According to research firm Enlyft over 83,000 organizations still use Access at an 11% market share.