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Summary
Name	Microsoft Access Database File
Version	2007
Other names
Identifiers	Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000463 PUID: fmt/275 Wikidata QID Identifier: Q63391719
Family
Classification	Database
Disclosure
Description	Microsoft Access ACCDB Database File is proprietary file format developed and used by Microsoft as a native format for its Microsoft Access desktop database management system. The format was introduced with Microsoft Access 2007 version of database system, replacing the MDB file format. First released in 1992, starting with version 1.0 the earlier versions of the database used the Jet Database Engine. For a full list of versions please follow the links provided in the Notes section.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	Is subsequent version of Microsoft Access Database File (2002)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Microsoft Corporation
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	17 Mar 2010
Source description	DROID 5.0 research.
Last updated	02 May 2023
Note	https://web.archive.org/web/20220711181532/http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Access https://web.archive.org/web/20220901011824/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Access https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000463.shtml