Microsoft Access

Part 2 of 2: SharePoint 2010 allows developers to work with both internal and external data using Business Connectivity Services (BCS), Excel Services, Access Services and custom WCF services. During the presentation we will discuss and demonstrate several common usage scenarios.

Part 1 of 2: SharePoint 2010 allows developers to work with both internal and external data using Business Connectivity Services (BCS), Excel Services, Access Services and custom WCF services. During the presentation we will discuss and demonstrate several common usage scenarios.

Today’s guest is Jeff Conrad, co-author of the book, Access 2007 Inside Out, and a tester on the Access Services team. During this episode, Jeff talks about his upcoming book, Access 2010 Inside Out, discusses how he built a completely web-based restaurant management system using Access, and…

Meet Malori! Malori is a paralegal in Microsoft's legal department. She manages patent applications and assigns them out to attorneys and portfolio managers as well as other paralegals. Malori was looking for a way to make her team more efficient by presenting all of the information they needed…

Today’s guest is DJ Cole, architect and primary developer of SharePoint connectivity performance improvements on the Access development team. DJ dropped by to talk about how Access 2010 connects to SharePoint, and to discuss the work necessary for improving client-side performance.As with most…

Microsoft Access 2010, through Access Services in SharePoint 2010, is now web enabled, allowing developers to easily create and share databases online. Today, we introduced a new unit to our Office 2010 beta training course. This update consists of a hands-on lab that helps…

Microsoft has an internal classified ads Web site that allows employees to buy and sell stuff—think of it as a company Craigslist. Barath Balasubramanian a tester on the Access team decided to recreate the app using Access 2010. I asked Barath to join us on The Access Show for a little show and…

In this episode, Kerry Westphal explains how to use the IsClient() expression to branch your logic depending on whether the form is running in the client or on the Web. In this way, Web forms can take advantage of the client richness, while also bringing the same form to the browser. She walks…

This is the first episode of The Access Show with Ryan McMinn and Clint Covington. They have a big announcement for us—Access Services is new functionality as part of SharePoint 2010 that allows users to create new databases with forms and reports that run in the browser. Ryan takes us through a…