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Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are A lifesaver. You taught me this in 31mins and my teacher couldn't in 3hrs. I have a test coming up on database and this helps me greatly. Thank you!!!!!!!!

I’m more of a watcher and rarely give comments but I had to speak on how helpful this video was, and how much it will help me at work.

My name is Sumani Kudus and I'm watching this video from Ghana, West Africa. I'm a student of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Your video has really made Access soo simple for me. I'm having a presentation on Access and with the help of your video I'm pretty sure everything will be easy for me. Thank you!

Thank you, Kevin! You show everything without showing too much, and you explain things very succinctly for those of us who have NO clue, but you also don't talk down to us. You are a great instructor, and I will seek you out for other training!

Oh my ....! It is absolutely fantastic to see how you managed to pack our 2 months of Access academic course in just 31 mins. Thank you so much, Kevin! 😍🥰

I feel confident enough to call this KZfaq channel ''Kevin University." Thanks, Kevin.

How dare Excel limit me to a million rows?!?! All jokes aside, this was incredibly useful since I've not used Access before. Thanks Kevin!

This was an excellent course! I've been tasked by my customer to create a database using Access, but I have never used Access before. I watched a few other tutorials, but they were either outdated, over simplified, or targeted to a user not familiar with a computer at all, providing more information than a generally experienced Windows user needs. This course is streamlined with clear, concise directions and lots of hands on examples. I created a database alongside Kevin, during the video and it's easy to pause or rewind if it gets ahead of you, or you need further clarification of a step. I will definitely subscribe to more of these videos. Great direction, thanks Kevin!

Kevin is a great educator. Very informative - not too short, not too long - just the right size. Very helpful. It has been ages since I last time used Microsoft Access and Kevin's video was a great refresher! Cheers and thank you

It's been a long time since I have used Access. I needed a great refresher from start to finish for the basics. This is by far one of the best technical tutorials I've seen on KZfaq. Thank you!

This is amazing... truly a work of art. With your help Kevin, you are going to help me be SO successful in the early stages of my career. The lack of this knowledge throughout companies is mindblowing and you're really giving so much information in such a great and digestible way. Thank you sincerely.

Kevin, i am an Office Trainer in Germany since 1999. I have to say, that you are realy impressing me with your very deep knowledge and the very kind and genius way to make everything easy to understand. You are how an excellent Trainer should be!👍

This was an amazing tutorial to refresh my brain on my Microsoft Access class from 2001. I am an independent bookseller and have an affiliate site where I can get an Excel report of all of the info, and way more than I even need. Now I have all of my customers entered, the books they've purchased, dates, sales, commissions, etc. It's so nice to just click their name and see their entire order history rather than scrolling through a bunch of cells. Thank you!!!

I used access 30 years ago to create lots of databases and in a half hour you restarted my journey back to the next chapter in creating a grant writing database... Smooth teaching, easy to follow, thorough and no over talking.... That's what I call a great tutorial!!! Thanks a million 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Thank you so much for this video Kevin! I'm trying to take a large, unwieldy spreadsheet and create a database that will tell me what 3rd party vendors are going to be at which site and the date. You've given me enough information to take a crack at it. Your style of explanation is easygoing and understandable. You truly have the heart of a teacher! I've subscribed and liked!

FINALLY! I understand Access. Couldn't image learning anything in just 30 minutes but you nailed it. 20 years of struggling on my own and giving up ... and this video is like life!!

Thanks Kevin. We need part 2 on how to import data from different sources like Excel and others. More Access tutorials would be so nice.

You made MS Access easy to learn. You are amazing. Thank you very much!

I was so nervous about my interview as an analyst but your videos gave me the refresher and confidence I needed! Thank you!

This is by far the best introduction to Access I've seen so far. This will actually get me started in creating some very useful databases.

my college professor made us watch this instead of teaching it himself to the class.

WOW! In half an hour I have learnt so much than what I was thought in college several years ago. Thank you Kevin

I used access when I was working at an airline. I was great for building reports, data an etc. Love it.

I've tried to make sense of this program off and on over many years. You just helped me to finally begin to grasp it which I never even came close before. Always gave up out of frustration. :) Thanks so much! Truly!

I work in public health and we're trying to track pathogens and ngl your tutorial has helped a lot in trying to create our own database tracking/reporting! thank you so much!

Hi I’m Raghad I’m a 8th grade student and i had an exam in this os u saved my life thanks ❤

Wow! Really good tutorial and encouraging to get started! Concise, informative, and simple. Well done!!

You have made Access look so simple and easy! Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial Kevin : )

I have to admit that by watching excellent programmes that my knowledge of both Microsoft Access/Excel is of absolute perfection-impeccably flawless and immaculately excellent to the highest degree! People may sound that I am cocky/arrogant, but you have to AGGRESSIVELY believe in your ability to make it! Thank you very much for the perfect videos, it has benefited/inspired me!

I just started to explore Microsoft Access. all this while I used Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. This tutor helps me to understand how to use Microsoft Access and its use. I hope to be able to use this Database apps in the future. Thank you Mr Kevin!!

That's the most succinct and clear Access tutorial I've watched! Really appreciate it! Hope to see more videos on executing SQL batches in MS Access.

12:50 "This will allow you to ACCESS this database." That reminded me of when characters in movies say the movie's name 😂

I have a interview tonight , have never used Access before ....Nw after 31 mins i feel i can convince anyone that i have months of experience in access... Thanks kEV...

Very concise Kevin. No too much unnecessary wording and description added for the learning of a beginner like myself. I could just learn what Microsoft Access Database is from the short vedeo. You are a great instructor. Keep it up.

Thank you, Kevin! Can you go more into detail regarding queries, forms and reports? MUCH appreciated!

Fabulous intro! I was given a massive Access database (expected a way smaller Excel sheet, which I'm fairly proficient in) for work and was clueless. This was a lifesaver for the nonprofit I work at!!!

I have been struggling for such a long time on how to design a database. This is very simple and easy to understand. By following along I managed to create my database.

This is excellent! What an amazing teacher you are. In just 31 minutes, it is like a whole package taught.

Beyond super! everything's just perfect - from the tutorial narrative to the presentations to the logic of actions, and that calm, kind voice! Makes everything so easy to grasp. Your video is heaven-sent. Thank you so much Kevin!

Wonderful tutorial for beginners with Access. Access is so powewrfull tool, I used it a lot in the past for work. It will be nice if you create another video for more complex databases. It will show the power that Access has. As always thanks for sharing Kevin

Another great tutorial! Thank you. Is it too soon in an introduction tutorial to mention some best practices? *Create field names w/o spaces - this will be of value / ease in queries. *In each table, create a record ID field that is separate / unique from any User readable ID code. *In each table, create a Date_Created field. You may never need to look at it, but it's very handy when troubleshooting. *Name the table with tbl_ prefix. This will create clarity when the database eventually has a Customer table, a Customer form, a Customer report, etc.

As someone has pointed out, Kevin University is the best expression for this Channel, thank you!!! I now finally understand Access even by having a mental block for the last 20 years

Thank you for this Kevin. I've been an Access *user* for years and this simple instructional video has inspired be to do some Access design for my business. Oh, and "Orders Form"/"Customers Form"... nobody caught that ;-)

Thanks for this video, Kevin. You have helped me a lot. I have had to learn how to utilize Access in one week, and because of your tutorial, I'm well on my way. I would love another video on Access. I am in the health profession, so I obviously need some help with the database part of my brain. Thanks so much. I really appreciate your videos.

This channel is best of the best, which never fails you. I have been struggling with Access in books and videos. However, this video pinpoint the essentials in half an hour and take you by the hand the necessities all you need to know. Then it leaves up to you to delve into deeper understanding thru other resources. Excellent. This, all in all, unlike others, that give you a huge info and bog you down. HEY, this succinct and effective principle also apply to his other videos that I watched. He's a genius in teaching, and knows the wants of greenhorns. Two thumbs up!!👍👍

Words are not enought to say thanks with how simple you made this, starting a new job requiring producing reports from databases, you are a life saver😃

Thank you so much for this short tutorial. I have never used Access but am interviewing for a Non-Profit job tomorrow. I feel like I could pick this program up very quickly. Thanks!

You saved me on my final project for college. Thanks man.

Excellent introduction! I am a programmer who works with databases on daily basis but this time needed something simple for my personal task. Your course answered all my questions in 30 minutes! Thanks a lot.

Kevin, this was SUPER HELPFUL! I am a beginner using access. Your tutorial was easy to follow, descriptive without being boring. Thank you. I am now proficient 🙂

Hey Kevin, this is me from India! You cant imagine how simple you make it for people to learn such cool softwares. Thank You, Keep it up and all the best

This was a long-awaited tutorial. Thank you Kevin!

Just subscribed, this was really helpful, I have been tracking customers and orders in separate excel sheets and it is quite clunky. This is a huge help toward getting this all consolidated. Thank you Kevin!

Yes. A great short but informative beginner's guide. I accomplished way more from this short tutorial than all the textbooks and class lecture videos I've had to sort through which takes time.

From not knowing anything about Microsoft Access to knowing everything through this video, it was very helpful!

Very good introduction to Access. Well done, sir. :)

Extremely useful tutorial, great job - thanks! Would love more on MS Access, please. Especially wrt different kinds of data (not just sales) and different relational options.

Infact your channel is now going to be my computer lecture room Thanks for the good work looking forward to having greater heights in the field of ICT

For someone that has been out of the IT business for over 20 years, your beginner tutorial was so helpful at remembering what I used to do decades ago. Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much, Kevin. You are so great at explaining. It would be great if you could show more about queries, forms and reports. How to and what they can be used for. Also, if you could explain how to use Drop Downs and Mulitple choices for Drop Downs, it would be highly appreciated. Thanks :-)

This was an amazing tutorial, you held my attention throughout. Thank you very much, I've learned quite a bit.

As an absolute beginner, I loved this tutorial. So, thank you so much Kevin !

This has helped me like crazy! I got dropped into my current position with little to no help learning how to track certain Data we need and this just saved my life and possibly my job :D I now know how to use Access Database better than the people over in IT!!😆

Really like your instruction style: fast, practical and concise. 👌

I have to say this, you are absolutely amazing and have done such an outstanding job of explaining this in a small amount of time along with so much detail. It was easy to follow along.

Thank you so much. It has been so long since I used access that I had forgotten how it worked. I feel ready now to make my gigantic database for my small business.

Love it mate! Short and Simple and covered everything in less than 30 mins. Absolutely brilliant!!!

Thank you so much Kevin. A very informative, organized, and easy to understand explanation.

This video is just what I was looking for! I have taken many comp sci courses but my last class, which was an intro to bioinformatics, did not cover this software. I have a new opportunity for work and I need experience with Access and this video was so helpful. Just the right amount of detail, loved the examples. Thank you so much.

Thank you Kevin!! Your videos are helping me so much to pass my database and computer information systems courses 😊

Really solid introduction and also refresher. Hope you go on to do some slightly more advanced MS Access topics, like follow-ups to this great introduction. Thank you, sir.

Thank You, Mr. Kevin, for this Amazing Video. Please make a video on "How we can use MS Access online together collaborating as a team?"

Kevin, you're the very best! Thank you!❤

Access exam in literally 2 hours. This was the perfect refresher! Thank you

This video is so helpful! Tomorrow is my computer exam and I didn't know anything regarding MS Access! But now I do!

oh snap! that intro though! 😎 Love the microsoft access tutorial.

Great tutorial and even for the people who know how to use MS Access it is a good reminder of keeping it simple. I only miss the warning of filling in the id number. In this way it is very easy to fill in a duplicate order ID and maybe a duplicate customer ID too

This was so fun and easy! I haven't had to use Access since I learned it some 20 years ago. Thank you for making it so easy to follow.

Very well done, completely cleared up the basics for me, thank you so much

You are simply amazing Kevin. I've become more valuable and productive on my job based on what I've gleaned from watching your videos. Thanks for sharing 🙏

The way you explained every part, is very rare to find in other tutorials. Keep up the good work man❤❤

You ability to explain everything so clearly and easily is out of this world.

18:00 MIND = BLOWN. I always thought constructing these nice ER diagrams was some sorcery that you need special software for, but you can actually build these with a few clicks in DBMS tools like Access. Very interesting - thanks Kevin!

Thank you so much for the video. I always wanted to see how you can use Access. No video in this world was briefly explained except this video. Learnt a lot and now I think I am gonna start loving access just like the way I love PowerPoint. You are such a great person. Also for the first time I have heard Kevin saying "Hey Everyone Kevin Here" instead of "Hi Everyone Kevin here". 1000 thank you's from me. :)

Kevin, you're an excellent teacher! You took a complex subject matter and broke it down to a level that we all can understand in record time. Great job!👍

Great video as usual Kevin. I love everything about all your videos. Quality content, great editing, different chapters and all those little details. Keep making these videos !

This was a great training video for a true beginner. Thank you very much for taking your time to make this video. It helped me tremendously. More tutorials for importaing data and other Access functionality would be great.

Thank you Kevin. I got a lot out of this! The pace was great. It was super clear and easy to understand!

This is a good intro to Access or a refresh for those beginners who stopped using Access and are coming back to use it. Thanks!

I’m just ready for you to provide us with a tutorial on how to make amazing cookies

Great intro to Access--much more clear than my first attempt. Do you have one yet for importing external sources, and things like graphics? That would be great!

Just starting to learn Nursing Informatics and this was very helpful as my classes are online. Thank you for taking time to create this video

Kevin, you are the man. From my deep heart I really want to thank you very much for these efforts - much appreciated, good man. Please, keep on doing these amazing tutorials

6:28 - Fields in Access = Columns in Excel Records in Access = Rows in Excel 11:48 - The field of "Customer_ID" is also refered to as a primary key. A primary key is a column designated to uniquely identify a table record.

Great intro to Access, Kevin. And it'll work fine provided you're willing to stay away from writing actual program code. But you're setting up people to have serious problems with field names if they decide to go deeper into programming in Access - with the underlying MS Office coding language, VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). As I'm sure you know, when referencing field names in your code you should make them easy to type in AND make their actual data type recognizable within the code. Putting spaces in field names, for example, creates problems. The 'space' in the field name "Customer ID" you created would create problems for the built-in compiler. A better strategy is to use common linking characters (like we used to have to do in DOS or Windows file names). So simply using "Customer_ID" as the field name will make coding MUCH simpler. Also, it's useful to use a prefix to imply the data type. I use lower case single letters. But many programmers use three lower case letters, which gives you even more flexibility. I use n (numeric), s (string [straight text]), lower-case l (logical - yes/no) etc .... So, the numeric customer ID field name would then by "nCustomer_ID" (I'd probably just use "nCustNum" or "nCustID"). I recognize there's no real need to do this at the level you're starting at. But if you want to build a real-world useful system in Access you're likely to want to branch out into VBA at some point. So best to start off on the right foot to avoid having to rewrite the whole application (database) again. Using field names like you've done results in queries written like this: SELECT Customers.[Customer ID], Customers.[First Name] FROM Customers WHERE (((Customers.[Customer ID])=1) AND ((Customers.[First Name])="Fred")); Note the [ and ] brackets that must be used each time you try to reference a field. Using the fields nCustID and sFirstName instead makes the same query a lot easier to read; and makes code much easier to write - SELECT tblCustomers.nCustID, tblCustomers.sFirstName FROM tblCustomers WHERE (((tblCustomers.nCustID)=1) AND ((tblCustomers.sFirstName)="Fred")). AND, you can tell immediately what KIND of data type each field is. Note: I also used the prifix "tbl" to identify the data table, too. This will then distinguish it from other Access objects like queries (qry), forms (frm), reports (rpt) etc. Otherwise you can end up with a table named Customers, a query named Customers, a customer form named Customers and even a report named Customers. So which one is being referenced when you simply code using the name Customers? Very confusing! Much better to use some kind of identifier in your naming to distinguish the object type.

Awesome tutorial. Even though Access is being used less and less every year, I still recommend that any aspiring database admin, data engineer, data analyst or data scientist learn its basic uses. Even if you have no intentions of using it long term, It's a great little desktop database tool that to learn the fundamentals of any database tool be it on prem or on the cloud!

Next week Im starting on a new workproject. This gives me the edge to be well prepared and have a good edge. I already found a solid book in the library but these types of knowledge is best to learn when practicing. Thank you so much!

Excellent tutorial! Concise, to the point, and well organized. Very non-threatening for someone such as myself, who's tech experience is limited.

Hi, Kevin. Thank you for another great tutorial. I really like your videos - always straight to the point: I learned a lot in a short time. I use MS Access quite a bit and it makes all kind of data-tracking a lot easier for me. I build my own databases. There is one thing I have been trying to figure out: database sharing, and, specifically, sharing over Internet (not just on a local network). So far, I have only done sharing while having a back-end of the database sitting on the local server and the front-ends being on my colleagues' individual computers, connected with each other over LAN. That seem to work OK, but only while being on the local network. With the current situation, when many people work from their homes, all over the World, connected with each other over Internet, what would be the best way of sharing an Access database? What are the limitations? For example, can the database have all types of data type (i.e. pictures), fields such as attachments (which normally would allow multiple documents and types of files attached), etc. Could you please show a step-by-step example? Thank you so much for your great channel!