Thinking about hosting your SQL Server database on the web?
Hosting on the web is a hit or miss, you will find a wide range of providers, from dirt cheap hosting companies that will lump you in with hundreds of other databases, to premier firms that will rent you a server all for your self. Many traps to avoid If you’re not careful you may [...]
Our favorite online small business tools
Our Access/SQL Server/SharePoint practice benefits from great tools on the web, some free and some not, and I’d like to share our experiences with you. LogMeIn.com (Free) and LogMeIn Ignition (Subscription) for Windows We usually use the Remote Desktop Connection when working with our client’s systems, but sometimes that’s not an option, so we ask [...]
New book for Access Web Database and SharePoint now available!
As Juan may have mentioned earlier, I had been working with two other MVPs, Tim Runcie and George Hepworth in producing the first of its kind, a book dedicated to using Access with SharePoint. The book can be bought online at the Advisicon store. If you’re wanting to learn more about the capabilities and limitations of Access and SharePoint, [...]
How to work offline with SharePoint and Access 2010
One advantage a SharePoint list has over any ODBC data source is that Access can disconnect and re-connect and synchronize the local edits back to the server fairly seamlessly. It also provides a friendly conflict resolution management, all out of the box. This is available whether you’re using a traditional Access database linking a SharePoint list [...]
Microsoft’s Official Response to ADO mess…
Those of you caught with the Windows 7 SP1 bug that rendered your development computer useless for Access 2007, (including yours truly), can read up on the official Microsoft response to the issue here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2011/10/03/yes-we-made-a-mistake-and-are-finally-going-to-fix-it.aspx Kudos to the team for owning up to the issue, but I would have loved to see a faster response. [...]
