Security Microsoft Access Tutorials

Remove Users from Security Groups
Learn how to remove users from security groups.

Delete User Account
How to Delete a Microsoft Access security user account.

Assign Default Permissions
Assign default permissions for new tables, queries, forms, reports and macros.

Convert Old Version Workgroup File
Convert workgroup information file from a previous version of Microsoft Access.

View or Transfer Ownership
View or transfer ownership of individual tables, queries, forms, reports and macros in a secure database.

Create or Change Security Password
A security account password is created to make sure that no other user can log on using that user name. By default, Microsoft Access assigns a blank password to the Admin user account, and to any new user accounts you create in your workgroup. Start Microsoft Access by using the workgroup the user account is stored in, and log on using the name of the account for which you want to create or change the password.

Microsoft Access Security
Microsoft Access allows you to implement security on your database objects as you need it. By default, security is completely invisible to both the designers and the users of an Access database. As your needs require it, you can secure individual objects so that, for example, most users can't modify a particular form. If you are extremely concerned about security, you can use Access to remove all but a few ways to retrieve data from your tables. In networked applications, a well-designed security system can help make the application more maintainable by eliminating many sources of potential disaster.

Database Security
In this tutorial we discuss database security. We specifically look at various SQL statements and constructs that enable you to administer and effectively manage a relational database. Like many other topics you have studied thus far, how a database management system implements security varies widely among products. We focus on the popular database product Oracle7 to introduce this topic. By the end of the day, you will understand and be able to do the following: Create users, Change passwords, Create roles, Use views for security purposes and Use synonyms in place of views.

Associate an mdw security file with a database
In Access 2003/XP/2000/97, I've secured a database with an mdw file. I want to associate the Access database with the mdw file without "joining" the mdw file in the Workgroup Administrator. How do I do this?

Re-enable the Shift key when logging into a secure database
In Access 2003/XP/2000/97, I've secured a database using the User-Level Security Wizard and I've also hidden the Database window in the Startup Options for the database. However, when a user logs in while holding down the Shift key, the Startup Options are not bypassed and so the Database window will not appear.

Create a security group account
As part of securing a database, you can create group accounts in your Microsoft access workgroup that you use to assign a common set of permissions to multiple users.

Clear Security Password
Learn how to Clear a security account password.

Disable the Shift key when logging into a secure database
In Access 2003/XP/2000/97, I've secured a database using the User-Level Security Wizard and I've also hidden the Database window in the Startup Options for the database. However, when a user logs in while holding down the Shift key, the Startup Options are bypassed and the Database window appears.

Add Users to Security Groups
Learn how to Add Users to Security Groups.

Establish User Level Security
Microsoft Access is a versatile database tool for both personal and business purposes. Whether it's used at home or work, often the information is sensitive and the administrator would prefer to grant access to certain people and limit the information available to others. Establishing user-level security can do just that.

Set a database-level password on a database
In Access 2003/XP/2000/97, how do I set a database-level password on a database?

Delete Group Account
Learn how to Delete a security group account.

Transitioning Your Existing Access Applications to Access 2007
Learn about some of the new features in Access 2007 and how you can take advantage of them to improve your existing Access applications. Read about some of the issues you should consider when converting your databases to the new ACCDB format. The goal here is to introduce you to the features that affect you immediately, as you migrate your existing applications to Access 2007. We are very excited about the new features addressed here-it seems that the Access product team has looked at the kinds of issues facing Access developers, and have made significant strides to reduce the amount of effort it takes to accomplish common tasks. Just being able to anchor and dock controls makes a big difference in the "professionalism" of your finished forms. Add that to the "not in list" handling, native support for image formats, and new AutoFormats, and we think you will really benefit from the new Access 2007 features.

Ensuring Data Security
As you work with Access, over time you invest quite a bit into your databases. You develop forms, reports, and queries that allow you to manage your data just as you desire. These efforts take time. You validate your data and make sure that it is correct and that all redundancy is removed. These efforts take more time. In addition, the data itself takes time and money to acquire. The result is that at some time you are going to realize that your data has value--real value--to your company. At some point you are going to be faced with the necessity of safeguarding your database. Fortunately, Access includes some security features you can use to heighten the security of your data. In this tutorial, you learn how to use those features.

Remove a database-level password from a database
how do I remove a database-level password from a database?