Denver Area Access Users Group

General Meeting Presentation

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Michal Bar and Jun Yong Kim

Microsoft Access: Past, Present and Future

Michal Bar and Jun Yong Kim

Microsoft Access Program Manager Michal Bar and Senior Developer Jun Yong Kim join us to talk about the current state of Microsoft Access and plans for the future. They'll also demo some new and upcoming features in Access, and take your questions. Please plan to join us for this special occasion! (Note: this will be our first of four meetings at the Park Meadows Microsoft Store, while the Microsoft DTC offices are being remodeled).

Michal is a program manager in Microsoft and the product lead and champion for Access since 2014. Prior to Microsoft, Michal spent 10 years at Intel’s mobile division, mainly focused on SQL based solutions for microprocessors validation processes. She has served as a press non-commissioned officer in the IDF, and holds a B.Sc. in Information Systems engineering from the Technion institute of Technology in Israel. She feels honored to be part of the Access team, with the opportunity to make an impact on the product and millions of engaged customers all over the world.

Jun Yong is a Senior Software Engineer in Microsoft, joined Access team in 2013 and have spent most of his time to make Access Services on SharePoint Online work better with SQL Azure. He has been with Microsoft for 13 years and has worked on SharePoint Designer and Workflow before joining Access team. Jun Yong holds M.S in Computer Engineering from Seoul National University in Korea and Architecture and Performance are his topics of interests ever since then. His day to day mission, which he is proud of, is to keep Access Web App customers connected to their apps without concerning what’s happening behind the scene.