# Microsoft Access

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-access/  
**Website:** https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365  
**APIs profiled:** 8

Microsoft Access is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software development tools.

## Kin Score — 32.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 53.7 |
| Contract Quality | 35.2 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 18.4 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (8)

- **Microsoft Access Database Engine API** — API for programmatic access to Microsoft Access databases through various interfaces including ODBC, OLE DB, and DAO.
- **Microsoft Graph API (for Access Online)** — API for accessing Microsoft Access databases stored in SharePoint or OneDrive through Microsoft Graph.
- **Microsoft Access VBA API** — The Access Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) object model provides programmatic access to all Access objects, properties, methods, and events for developing custom solutions a...
- **Microsoft Data Access Objects (DAO) API** — 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, TableD...
- **Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) API** — ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) enable client applications to access and manipulate data from Access databases through OLE DB providers, supporting features for building client/serve...
- **Microsoft Access SQL API** — The Microsoft Access SQL reference provides documentation for the Access SQL dialect, including data definition language (DDL) for creating and modifying database structures and...
- **Microsoft Access Macro Actions API** — The Access macro actions interface provides a set of programmable actions for automating database tasks including data operations, form management, navigation, filtering, and sy...
- **Power Automate Access Actions API** — Power Automate for desktop provides built-in actions for automating Microsoft Access databases, including launching Access instances, reading tables, running stored queries, exe...

## Security (3)

- **Microsoft Access Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Microsoft Access Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Microsoft Access Trust Center** — GDPR

## Plans (1)

- **Microsoft Access Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Access Database, Database, Desktop Database, Microsoft, Relational Database

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-access/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.