# Microsoft Data Access Objects (DAO) API

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

Microsoft Data Access Objects (DAO) 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 DAO, Data Access, QueryDef, Recordset, and TableDef. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Data Access Objects (DAO) provide a programmatic interface to create, query, and modify the structure and data of Access databases, with objects like Database, Recordset, TableDef, QueryDef, and more mapping directly to database constructs.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/microsoft-data-access-objects-reference
- **Database Object Reference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/access/desktop-database-reference/database-object-dao

## 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 ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-access/microsoft-activex-data-objects-ado-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

DAO, Data Access, QueryDef, Recordset, TableDef

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