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People often ask the author if Access will be around in the future. Some clients don't want to develop in Access because they are concerned it will be discontinued by Microsoft. She doesn't have any inside information from Microsoft on this, so she tends to look at the company's behavior to make her decision about using Access. Here is what she sees in the releases of Access 2010 and 2013. Microsoft has spent time and money integrating Access with SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Azure, and Office 365. These are key Microsoft products that support data and Web-based performance. SharePoint is a Web-based development tool launched in 2001. It has primarily been used for intranet and document management applications. A 2012 poll of the Intranet Professionals LinkedIn group found that 50% of intranets are developed using some version of SharePoint. For now, the evidence seems to overwhelmingly indicate that Microsoft is investing in Access to connect it with products that help companies develop both internal and Web-based applications.