Microsoft Access

A major Health Department was running a data system that had been expanding over the years. Eventually, they ended up with a highly outdated and inefficient environment with thousands of Microsoft Access and SQL Server databases. This outdated system presented a number of risks such as performance, scalability, manageability, security issues and frequent database corruptions. This lead to revenue losses because of poor performance. Moreover, such environments are usually not cost-effective with increased operating expenses due to a great number of unnecessary licenses. So, our customer decided to modernize their system, and they turned to DBBest to analyze their complex system and build the most effective Access modernization roadmap.

After analyzing the customer’s system we developed a financial model, where we compared the overall cost of three different modernization scenarios, including the migration to Azure cloud. After that, we built a modernization roadmap for the outdated Access environment.

We categorized Access applications according to the business value and then delivered the best modernization strategy for each category.

Ultimately, our modernization roadmap provided the highest performance for mission-critical apps by migrating them to SQL Server. At the same time, the customer saved money by leaving non-critical apps on an upgraded Microsoft Access.

As a result, our customer obtained an agile Microsoft Access modernization roadmap that allowed for the building of a highly scalable and performant system. With our instructions, they could greatly optimize and upgrade their environment with an opportunity to take advantage of Azure cloud. Moreover, our solution allows a substantial reduction in operational costs.

Check out our video to see how we helped our customer to improve operational efficiency and performance with reduced costs and minimized business risks.