Microsoft Access is a relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools. It is available with Microsoft Office Suite applications included in professional and higher editions.
It was first released in 1992 for windows applications and its version is 1.0, it was then improved in compatibility and was again released in 1993 and included Access basic Programming Language with version 1.1. This version worked well initially but later on it caused data corruption with files more than 10MB.
Microsoft Access Versions and their year of releases:
| Date | Version | Version number | Jet version | Supported OS | Office suite version |
| 1992 | Access 1.1 | 1 | 1.1 | Windows 3.0 | |
| 1993 | Access 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | Windows 3.1x | Office 4.3 Pro |
| 1995 | Access for Windows 95 | 7.0 | 3.0 | Windows 95 | Office 95 Professional |
| 1997 | Access 97 | 8.0 | 3.5 | Windows 9x, NT 3.51/4.0 | Office 97 Professional and Developer |
| 1999 | Access 2000 | 9.0 | 4.0 SP1 | Windows 9x, NT 4.0, 2000, XP | Office 2000 Professional, Premium and Developer |
| 2001 | Access 2002 | 10 | 4.0 SP1 | Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP | Office XP Professional and Developer |
| 2003 | Access 2003 | 11 | 4.0 SP1 | Windows 2000, XP, XP Professional x64, Vista | Office 2003 Professional and Professional Enterprise |
| 2007 | Access 2007 | 12 | 12 | Windows XP SP2, XP Professional x64, Vista | Office 2007 Professional, Professional Plus, Ultimate and Enterprise |
| 2010 | Access 2010 | 14 | 14 | Windows XP SP3, Vista, Windows 7 | Office 2010 Professional, Professional Academic and Professional Plus |
Jet base Engine 3.0 and 3.5 that are used in Access 7.0 and in Microsoft Access 97 has severe issues that made it unusable with computers more than 1GB of memory. It was fixed post release of Access 97 version.
One most important feature in transition of Microsoft Access from 97 to 200 version is it is not backward compatible with its earlier versions. All the above versions support Access 2000 format.
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