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Subject: Re: MS Access
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 02:56:49 -0400
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 13:38:23 +0100, Philip Herlihy wrote:
> 
>> It seems very unlikely that MS would abandon Access - there are just too
>> many databases out there.
> 
> But if there is no more money to be made from it, why continue to invest?
> Doesn’t matter how many users are already out there, if they are not
> wanting to spend more money on it.
> 

It's not being discontinued.
The latest stand-alone edition in suite or single application is 2021.

- The stand-alone 2024 LTSC(volume license only) commercial preview was 
made available earlier this year(April). The RTM version later this 
year. Likewise, the stand-alone perpetual consumer edition(Professional) 
will also be released.
  Access is **not** included stand-alone perpetual of Office 
Home-Student or Home-Business

Access is also included in current subscription plans(already at 2024 
version level)
  - Currently available in business plans with Office/Microsoft 365, 
Microsoft 365 Personal, and Microsoft 365 Family
  => latest is Version 2407 Build 17830.20138 released Aug 1, 2024

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