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In an effort to eliminate MS Access from the current software landscape, the IT department where I work continues to espouse the fact that Microsoft has announced the End of Life for Access, not just a particular version but rather eliminating Access altogether. Is there any truth to this?
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None whatsoever. This rumor has been going around for decades and has never been true. In fact, the Access development team has announced a new dedication to improving the desktop (see my blog). Ask your IT department to provide any statement from Microsoft to support their contention. Feel free to show them this response.
How come Access 2016 is not part of the Office 365 Business Plans? The standalone version apparently will not work with those plans. Perhaps Microsoft don't want us to use it?
Microsoft is not above making head scratching decisions. Clearly, not including it in the Business plans is one of those. How Office is marketed is above the level of the Access team. On the other hand, Access drives a large percentage of Office sales. So killing Access is far from MS's plans. Using Access to drive higher cost plans is the more likely thinking.
All I can think is that some machines are not automatically switching to the new plans - I have had to uninstall/reinstall a few of them, including mine. Even then mine says Business when it should say Business Premium. I might have to raise a support call!
Hmm, that is strange, no explanation as to why?
Actually the Admin Subscriptions page says that I'm ineligible to switch plans, so I can't tell! Probably still settling down after switching from the Small Business plans.
Edit: It's because we've got more than one plan, apparently.