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Explore and edit Microsoft Access databases (.accdb / .mdb) directly from VS Code.
- Sep 12, 2026
I guess it depends, in part, on how the work is done and how it is validated. As you point out, Development should be done on a Development instance. Work should not be moved into Production until it's validated and approved.
But that's no different than the way we've been working for a long time. It's only a tool change, not a process change.
Use Access Explorer for convenience and modern editing, but never on production databases without backups. For daily development, it is stable enough if prerequisites are met, but treat it as a productivity enhancer but not a replacement for Access VBE reliability.
https://github.com/gvijaikumar9/UserAccessExplorer
I guess it depends, in part, on how the work is done and how it is validated. As you point out, Development should be done on a Development instance. Work should not be moved into Production until it's validated and approved.
But that's no different than the way we've been working for a long time. It's only a tool change, not a process change.
- fmsap1968Sep 17, 2026Brass Contributor