[AccessD] MS Access 2010 or MS Access 2013 ??

[Mark Simms]

Sorry...disagree...2013....a disaster.
Corruption, hang-ups galore.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> Of Charlotte Foust
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 12:13 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access 2010 or MS Access 2013 ??
>
> I'm going to buck the trend here.  I like 2013 and recommend it over
> 2010,
> but I work in both.  Yes, I've seen some corruption issues in 2013, but
> not
> lately.  An app migrated from 97 to 2003 needs to be updated and 2010
> vs
> 2013 doesn't really matter.  I just converted a 2003 to 2010 for a
> client,
> and I had to do some work to make sure it would run in Win 7 and
> beyond.
>
>
>
> Charlotte Foust
> (916) 206-4336
>
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Borge Hansen <pcs.accessd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have not been frequenting the forum for a while...
> > Good to see all the familiar names still here...
> >
> > I did a quick search here on the forum about Access 2010 vs 2013,
> nothing
> > really came up
> >
> > Question: Office 2013 or 2010?
> >
> > The question is forced upon us with the sunsetting of MS Server 2003
> and
> > Office 2003
> >
> > I have a client with a MS Access 2003 app that have been ticking over
> since
> > year 2000 (yes, it was A97 then).
> > Last five years running on a MS 2003 Server in the cloud - RDP
> access.
> > Now they are forced to upgrade their Server with their Cloud Services
> > provider:
> > MS 2012 R2 Domain Controller and file server
> > MS 2012 R2 with IIS and SQL Server  (2012 Express to begin with)
> > MS 2012 R2 for remote desktops - six in all with Office 2010 32 bit!!
> > About US$10,000 for setting up
> > About US$1,000 per month for running this
> >
> > I've recommended Office 2010 32 bit for their Word, Excel and Outlook
> > (Exchange server hosted elsewhere) and of course the MS Access app
> that we
> > have developed and are maintaining for them.
> >
> > I have checked on our local virtual Windows 7 box that the current
> MS2003
> > Access app runs ok on MS Access 2010...  SQL Db backend and mdb for
> temp
> > files in the frontend. Home spun security.
> > I am so familiar with MSAccess 2003 - the ribbon is still something I
> have
> > to figure out how to incorporate into the UI if we go down that road.
> For
> > now we will stick with the old 2003 menu bespoke for the application.
> >
> > What do you recommend 2010 or 2013 ??
> >
> > /borge
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