Transcript Access Services 2013 Presentation Nov 2014

SharePoint 2013 Access Services
• Backend: Dedicated SQL Server Relational Database
• Frontend: Web forms
• Management UI: Access 2013
Advantages
• Cloud
• RDB
• No code
• Encapsulated
Disadvantages
• New and undocumented
• API / SDK
• Direct Database manipulation
• Not a magic bullet
• Only tables come over
• Silo
• Hard to customize / extend
• Does not integrate seamlessly into other SharePoint services
• Unsure future
Demo
• Migrate mdb
• Import
• Look at FKs, some don’t come over
• Look at import errors
• Export .app file and import
• Wire up Resume
• Build New App
Resources
• System Requirements: http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/cc262485(v=office.15).aspx