Optimize performance

Optimize performance

Depending on your computer's configuration and your working environment, there are several things you can do that may improve the performance of Microsoft Access, your Microsoft Access database, or your Microsoft Access project.

If you are optimizing the performance of an Access database, the best place to start is with the Performance Analyzer. You can use the Performance Analyzer to analyze a whole database or just selected objects in a database. The Performance Analyzer can also make some proposed changes for you if you want.

What do you want to do?

Run the Performance Analyzer

Improve the performance of Microsoft Access and your system

Improve table performance

Improve performance of linked tables

Improve external SQL database performance

Improve performance in a multiuser environment

Improve query performance

Improve filter performance

Improve find and replace performance

Improve form and subform performance

Improve list box and combo box performance

Improve report and subreport performance

Improve data access page performance

Read about making your database an MDE file to improve performance

Improve Visual Basic for Applications performance

Optimize Microsoft Access project performance

Compact an Access database or Access project automatically when you close it