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Microsoft Access

Microsoft Access is often used as a front end for line-of-business data that eventually needs to be shared by more users or moved into a centrally managed service. This section focuses on the practical decisions involved in that transition: which tables should remain local, which data types or Access features need review, how permissions affect the result, and how to validate that forms and queries still work after the move. The current migration guide covers moving shared table data to SharePoint Online while keeping Access as the desktop front end, with emphasis on backup, compatibility checks and post-migration testing.

Practical guides

Using these guides

Test changes before production use, use least-privilege permissions, and verify version-specific steps against current vendor documentation when the interface or product has changed.