Microsoft Access finally breaks free of its 22-inch form limit

Microsoft has demonstrated that there is life in the old dog yet with an update to the Access relational database management system that addresses a limitation stemming from the days of cathode-ray tube monitors. The fix, currently in beta and set to roll out in the Current Channel preview by July 21, 2026, removes a 22-inch form-size limitation dating back to the era of cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors. It's a weirdly restrictive limitation, considering that widescreen monitors have been around