Information and communication technologies play a strategic role in creating a competitive advantage for organization through their automation-based capabilities and Information Systems. Contemporary IS/ICTs can assist managers in solving problems, making decisions, modeling successful business practices, optimizing business processes, and transforming modern businesses into knowledge‐based enterprises. This lab course focuses on introducing students to the advanced use of spreadsheet applications for analyzing and solving business problems, in addition to database management systems concepts for data querying and analytics by using MS access