https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-access-databases-native-to-pro/idi-p/1175903 <P>The need for better interaction with MS products.&nbsp; Arcmap could read/show Access .mdb files without a configured OLE DB connection.&nbsp; Wouldn't it be more intuitive to be able to do the same with Access .accdb files?&nbsp; Having to connect by creating new OLE DB connections for each Access db gets to be a bit redundant.&nbsp; So a direct read of these databases would be much more useful to us!&nbsp; Or am I just missing something?&nbsp; Found these old threads, but appear to have died:&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/does-arcgis-pro-support-ms-access-2007-accdb/m-p/167229#M7535" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/does-arcgis-pro-support-ms-access-2007-accdb/m-p/167229#M7535</A></P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/connecting-ms-access-to-arcgis-pro/td-p/416436/page/4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/connecting-ms-access-to-arcgis-pro/td-p/416436/page/4</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 20 May 2022 13:09:04 GMT JakeKrall 2022-05-20T13:09:04Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-access-databases-native-to-pro/idi-p/1175903 <P>The need for better interaction with MS products.&nbsp; Arcmap could read/show Access .mdb files without a configured OLE DB connection.&nbsp; Wouldn't it be more intuitive to be able to do the same with Access .accdb files?&nbsp; Having to connect by creating new OLE DB connections for each Access db gets to be a bit redundant.&nbsp; So a direct read of these databases would be much more useful to us!&nbsp; Or am I just missing something?&nbsp; Found these old threads, but appear to have died:&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/does-arcgis-pro-support-ms-access-2007-accdb/m-p/167229#M7535" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/does-arcgis-pro-support-ms-access-2007-accdb/m-p/167229#M7535</A></P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/connecting-ms-access-to-arcgis-pro/td-p/416436/page/4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/connecting-ms-access-to-arcgis-pro/td-p/416436/page/4</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 20 May 2022 13:09:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-access-databases-native-to-pro/idi-p/1175903 JakeKrall 2022-05-20T13:09:04Z