How Emulus Consulting Migrated Microsoft Access to Microsoft Fabric with 72-88% Automated Accuracy
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Emulus Consulting LLP used Pulse Convert to migrate Microsoft Access databases to Microsoft Fabric, across engagements of 200 to 45,000 objects. Between 72% and 88% of the migration was automated, and every object was validated against its Access source.
Case study at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Client | Emulus Consulting LLP, a data analytics, research, software services and Generative AI consultancy |
| Migration | Microsoft Access to Microsoft Fabric |
| Solution | Pulse Convert by Office Solution AI Labs |
| Scale | 200 to 45,000 objects |
| Automated accuracy | 72-88% |
| Engineer-led fine-tuning | The remaining 12-28% |
| Validation | Source-to-target and functional comparison on every object |
How we measure accuracy: the percentage of Access objects and logic migrated automatically into working Fabric equivalents that pass source-to-target validation without manual changes.
The challenge: Access databases grow into business-critical systems
Many organizations run important processes on Microsoft Access databases built over years by different people. They are easy to start and hard to scale, share and govern. Moving them to Microsoft Fabric brings a single governed platform, but there is no simple “upgrade” button.
Logic lives in queries and code
Business rules sit in saved queries, macros and forms that must be re-created on Fabric.
Many small databases, little documentation
Estates often include hundreds of files with unclear ownership and overlapping data.
Scale makes manual migration impractical
Rebuilding and testing thousands of objects by hand is slow and error-prone.
Data must be trusted after the move
Every migrated table and query must be proven to match its Access source.
Our approach: automate the repeatable, expert-review the rest
Automated discovery and assessment
Pulse Convert inventories the Access estate and analyses dependencies, complexity and readiness, so you migrate what matters and retire duplicates.
AI-assisted conversion
The accelerator converts Access objects and logic into Microsoft Fabric equivalents, handling the repeatable bulk automatically.
Migration validation
Each migrated object is compared against its Access source and checked functionally, so differences are caught before go-live.
Expert fine-tuning and phased delivery
Our engineers resolve the remaining 12-28%: complex logic and edge cases that need human judgement. Delivery runs as a proof of concept followed by phased migration.
Results
72-88% migrated automatically
Most Access content moved to Fabric without manual rebuilding.
200 to 45,000 objects supported
The same approach worked from small estates to very large ones.
Far less manual effort
Engineers focus on the hardest 12-28% instead of rebuilding everything.
Verified, not assumed
Every object was validated against its source, so teams can trust the data and logic on Fabric.
Why this approach works for Access to Fabric
It consolidates scattered data. Moving to Fabric replaces many separate Access files with one governed platform on OneLake.
It is honest about automation. No tool migrates every object perfectly. Pulse Convert automates what is repeatable and routes the rest to experienced engineers, so accuracy is checked rather than claimed.
It scales. Discovery, conversion and validation are automated, so effort grows far more slowly than object count. Teams migrating reporting layers alongside legacy databases can also explore our Tableau to Power BI accelerator or backend SAP ABAP to Spark migration accelerator for unified enterprise analytics.
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See what Pulse Convert does with your Access databases
Start with a free proof of concept. We migrate a sample of your Access estate, validate it against the source, and show you the accuracy before you commit to anything.
