From the course: Office 365 for Administrators: Troubleshooting Issues for Users (Office 365/Microsoft 365)

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Troubleshoot: Lost and damaged Access databases

Troubleshoot: Lost and damaged Access databases

- [Instructor] We are going to take a few minutes to discuss troubleshooting Access databases, specifically on backing up an Access database and maintaining it. But before we get into the actual demo, I want to talk to you about backups. I know, you've heard it all before. But I do want to emphasize it once again. Think of this as a quick refresher. I know it's not something we like to think about, but things can happen. From fires or floods to an accidental deletion of your files, this can throw your company into chaos. And if not your company, it can make your afternoon really miserable. Therefore, your first line of defense is to protect yourself by doing a backup. Now that you know why you need a backup, you may be wondering how often you should be backing up your Access databases. Here is Microsoft's guideline. If your database is an archive database and rarely changes, then you should only back it up when the…

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