# Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-access/microsoft-activex-data-objects-ado-api/  
**Provider:** Microsoft Access — https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-access/

Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) API is one of 8 APIs that [Microsoft Access](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-access/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include ActiveX, ADO, Data Access, and OLE DB. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) enable client applications to access and manipulate data from Access databases through OLE DB providers, supporting features for building client/server and web-based applications with extensions for multidimensional data (ADO MD) and schema management (ADOX).

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/microsoft-activex-data-objects-reference
- **OLE DB Providers Reference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/ole-db-providers

## Other Microsoft Access APIs (7)

- [Microsoft Access Database Engine API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-access/microsoft-access-database-engine-api/)
- [Microsoft Graph API (for Access Online)](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-access/microsoft-graph-api-for-access-online/)
- [Microsoft Access VBA API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-access/microsoft-access-vba-api/)
- [Microsoft Data Access Objects (DAO) API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-access/microsoft-data-access-objects-dao-api/)
- [Microsoft Access SQL API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-access/microsoft-access-sql-api/)
- [Microsoft Access Macro Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-access/microsoft-access-macro-actions-api/)
- [Power Automate Access Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-access/power-automate-access-actions-api/)

## Tags

ActiveX, ADO, Data Access, OLE DB

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