
Learn through a video-based Microsoft Access course with downloadable exercise files, unzip instructions, and guidance on high-definition playback, playback speed adjustments, and optional course reviews.
Explore setting up the Northwind sample database in Microsoft Access 2019/365, enable content, log in, and save to course files, then dive into data sheet view in the next module.
Master datasheet view in Access 2019, covering update queries, navigation shortcuts, and adding, changing, and deleting records, plus managing dates in the North Wind orders table with find features.
Explore data sheet view formatting, column reordering, and advanced sorting and filtering in Access, then apply a totals row for sums, minimums, maximums, and other calculations.
practice adding a sub data sheet to the genre table in advanced access 2019 to display the biopic movie names for exercise 1, with a solution in the exercise folder.
Link tables to other access databases, contrast importing with linking, and manage relationships and links using the linked table manager, including unlinking when needed.
Acquire and install SQL Server Express for use with Access 2019, and learn to set up ODBC connectivity, install SSMS, and load the Wide World Imports sample database for practice.
Restore the wide world importers database to a local SQL Server Express, explore it with SSMS, and connect to Access 2019 via an ODBC DSN to create a linked table.
Explore advanced autoexec macros in Access, including trusting the current project, a login dialog, hiding the navigation pane, and bypassing autoexec, while noting embedded versus external macros and security considerations.
Explore macro and code security in Access 2019 by configuring macro settings, managing trusted documents, locations, and publishers to ensure only trusted code runs.
Create a separate front end and back end from version 23 of night movies database, and configure a modal welcome screen with a clapper board using settings and autoexec macro.
Learn to tailor Microsoft Access ribbons and the quick access toolbar, including adding, removing, and rearranging commands, creating custom tabs and groups, and exporting or importing ribbon customizations.
Exercise five adds a 10-second splash screen with a timer and double-click close, uses a background image, and shows and updates database version from a backend settings table on startup.
Explore switchboards and navigation forms in Access 2019/365, learn event-driven coding, error handling, and user interface controls like message boxes, exit buttons, and switchboard manager.
**This course includes practice exercises and LIFETIME access**
Microsoft Access remains an amazing tool for when your data outgrows spreadsheets. Unlike many other database tools, it’s far more user-friendly and ideal if you’re not a developer.
In this Microsoft Access advanced course, we start where the beginner’s course finishes and dives straight into more advanced Access features. In this course, we assume you know the basics of Microsoft Access, including how to set up a table or database, create a basic form and run a simple query.
In this advanced Access course, we look much more at using Macros and VBA in MS Access as well as ODBC and SQL Server. This course is ideal if you've been using Access for a while but are looking to take your knowledge to the next level.
In this course you will learn:
All about Primary Keys and Indexes in Access
About customizing and filtering on the Datasheet View
How to link to other databases
All about using ODBC and SQL Server
How to split an Access database into front and back-end
All about Macros in Access including AutoExec
How to do basic VBA in Access including code and error handling
More advanced techniques around creating forms in Access
Advanced queries including “multiple where” criteria
***Exercise files included***
This course includes:
7 hours of video tutorials
46 individual video lectures
Exercise files to practice what you learned
Certificate of completion
Here’s what our students are saying…
“Great course so far! Starts off at a very basic level and explains all the functions of the access program which for a novice like me is very helpful. I like how the student works on the project with the instructor and I find this very effective in learning and retaining the material”
- John Fife
“Yes. Being a novice to Access, I appreciate getting all the detailed basics under my belt as we gradually progress into this powerful data base. I really enjoyed my journey through this Access course with my instructor . His presentation through all the modules was well explained and very in-depth with related examples and chances to practice what was taught.”
- James Habersham
“Fantastic course. Very well presented. Perfectly paced and thoroughly explained topics.
Really enjoyed learning access with this course.”
- Daniel Bleakley
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