AutoCAD Electrical 2018 and Microsoft Office Installation Concerns / Questions

[petestrycharske]

All,

Good morning!  I was working with a client the other day and he said with previous versions of AutoCAD Electrical he had to install Microsoft Office products first due to some Access database errors.  This forces him to sequence his installations with group policy, which is a cumbersome process, apparently.  He noted that ACADE 2018 has the option of using SQL databases, which should theoretically eliminate the Access conflicts.  I'm well outside of my experience realm, so I'm wondering if anyone can let me know if the user has to worry about ACADE 2018 and Microsoft installation conflicts?  If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll do my best to answer them.  Hope all is well and have a most blessed day!

Peace,

Pete

[rhesusminus · Accepted solution]

It' sjust the catalog data and footprint lookup that can be put on a SQL server, so there are still other databases stuck with MS Access.

So... The customer will have to continue whatever he's doing now.