An Access file that connects to a Microsoft SQL Server database through the OLE DB component architecture. An Access project contains only code-based or HTML-based database objects: forms, reports, macros, modules, and shortcuts to data access pages. An Access project does not contain any data or data-definition-based objects: tables, views, database diagrams, or stored procedures. These database objects are stored in the SQL Server database. Access projects are used to create client/server applications.