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Microsoft® Access in a SharePoint World [Book]

 
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MASW
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978-1-60298-008-2
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What do you get when you team Microsoft Access (the most popular database development tool in the world) with Microsoft SharePoint (the fastest growing server product Microsoft has ever had)? You get Access Web Services, an easy-to-use, rapid-development way to build and deploy data-driven databases on the web. Recognizing the potential offered by this exciting new technology, Microsoft MVPs Tim Runcie (MS Project), Ben Clothier (MS Access) and George Hepworth (MS Access) have pooled their many years of experience with SharePoint and Access to bring you this first-of-its-kind look at building Access databases for SharePoint.

This book is a must read for both developers and the IT community who want to understand how to leverage the power of MS Access in a SharePoint environment.

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Book Overview:

  • Introduction to SharePoint and Access Services
    • What is SharePoint?
    • Line of Business Integration and Reporting Capabilities
    • The Goal of SharePoint
    • What Are Access Services?
    • A Bit of History of SharePoint
    • Defining Role Use of SharePoint and This Book
  • Why Has SharePoint Grown So Much?
    • Problems Solved by SharePoint
    • Simplified Document Management
    • Decentralizing IT Administration
    • Self-Creation and Self-Serve
    • How the Two Systems Work Together
  • Business Case for Access Services
    • Why Should You Use MS Access as a Key Tool in SharePoint?
    • Reducing IT Overhead with Data Managed with Access
  • Overview of Capabilities
    • A New Mind-set for Developing Web Databases
    • Publishing Web Databases
    • Access and Other SharePoint Features
    • SharePoint Foundation and Access
    • Access Services and SharePoint Enterprise
    • Hybrid Applications
  • Designing Web Applications
    • Web Application Design Considerations
  • Extending Client Applications
    • Anatomy of SharePoint
    • Using SharePoint as a Data Store
    • Using SharePoint to Store and Distribute Access Databases
    • SharePoint, Performance and Optimizations
    • Disconnected Mode and Synchronization
    • SharePoint Lists & ODBC-linked Tables
    • Data Macro Behaviors in Access Client
    • SharePoint Operations
    • Workflows
    • Web Services
  • User Interface Customization
    • Document Library vs. Attachment Data Types
    • Document Library Considerations
    • Case Scenario
    • Associating Documents to Access Records
    • Linked WebParts
    • Customized SharePoint Menu Actions
  • Deployment and Security
    • SharePoint Environment Consideration
    • Distributing Client Databases
    • How to Address IT's Concern of Managing Security
    • Security Considerations
  • Conclusions
    • SharePoint Integrated with Microsoft Office
    • Final Thoughts, Author Ben Clothier
    • Final Thoughts, Author George Hepworth

What People are Saying

A lot of people are saying a lot of great things about Microsoft Access in a SharePoint World. Here are some highlights.

Customer Reviews
Name:
Florent
Date:
03/12/2012
Review:
We're using it with a few databases, but it's a very hooogenmus user base: mostly WinXP or Win7 running some flavor of IE. SharePoint 2007 is pretty lack-luster in Chrome, though I sometimes run in via the IE Tab extension (on Windows).Biggest problem we've had with it is people checking out the front-end file (rather than just opening it) as all our doc libs require checkout. I think putting the front-end in a doc lib that doesn't require checkout would be preferable. Otherwise, you just have to train around it.
Name:
Jack Leach, Access MVP 2012
Date:
01/18/2012
Review:
From an experienced "classic" Access developer's point of view, the book is particularly helpful in letting us know how to approach the scenario of utilizing sharepoint and web design. It makes clear that a different approach is a requirement, and further goes to explain in good detail how we must adjust our approach, why we must adjust our approach, and helps much in explaining and overcoming what would often be considered less than stellar practices for traditional Access (RDBMS practice as well, not just Access). This alone would be very difficult without some hand-holding. The book touches on all points regarding design practice, from conceptual to task-based. Additionally, we get a much needed introduction to SharePoint, from the Access developers point of view. SharePoint is a vast tool, and an Access developer trying to find pertinent information on what it means to us online or through other usual venues will have a very difficult time with this. The book does a great job acquainting us with those portions of SharePoint that we need be concerned with. All in all, I give the book a shining 5 stars. The information is invaluable and cannot be found elsewhere. Though I must admit I found the price to be a little more than what I'm used to, the content is simply amazing. I'd easily put it in with my top 5 reference books I've purchased, and I have a bookshelf full of them. And I'm pretty critical when it comes to this stuff... A must have for anyone looking to move to web databases. The authors have smoothed the wheel so we don't have to.
Name:
Dave Moore
Date:
01/18/2012
Review:
This is hands-down the best reference book I've ever purchased, and that's a LOT of books. Well-written, understandable, and directly targeted at moving Access from the client to the web. If you're going to purchase just one book on this topic, this is the book to buy!
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