[AccessD] Access 2010+ with SharePoint

[Jim Dettman]

Arthur,

  A2013 and A2016 have something called Web Apps, which are a change from
Web Databases in A2007/2010.

  With 2007/2010, the FE was in SharePoint, as well as the data, which was
stored in SharePoint Lists.

  For A2013 and up, the FE is still in SharePoint, but the data is now
stored in SQL Server in the cloud (Azure).

  Thoughts are; not good for much.   Web Apps have a limited set of forms
and controls, only a half dozen so events, and you have to use macros.
There is also no reporting.  In short, they are good for nothing but basic
CRUD operations. 

  You can however do a hybrid app where you do a FE in the Web app, then
have a traditional desktop client pointed to the same BE.  

Jim.

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Arthur Fuller
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 12:56 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Access 2010+ with SharePoint

Old fart that I am, I haven't upgraded my Office since the 2007 version,
but I remember reading that 2010 introduced a method of creating Web apps
using SharePoint as a back end. Has anyone experience with this approach? I
briefly looked at SharePoint, and in fact years back was being considered
to work on a SharePoint project, but if memory serves I didn't proceed
because I thought the cost of having my own version for learning at home
was prohibitive.

If you've had such a project, I'd be interested in your thoughts about such
an approach.

A related question concerns SharePoint pricing. Is it per-user, or
per-site, or perhaps per-database? Can anyone shed any light on that aspect?

-- 
Arthur
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