[AccessD] Remote Access Solutions

[Jim Dettman]

Didn't finish that e-mail off....

 Splashtop is fully featured remote control software at a reasonable price ($8.25/mth USD).

Jim.

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD On Behalf Of Jim Dettman via AccessD
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2026 2:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Remote Access Solutions

Bad idea anyway to leave an RDP port open on the public internet these days.

I would only use this in conjunction with a VPN into the internal network.

Another alternative not already mentioned 

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD On Behalf Of Bill Benson
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2026 1:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Remote Access Solutions

That very link says it does not work on Windows home

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM Martin <martinreid at gmail.com> wrote:

> https://www.helpwire.app/blog/how-to-allow-rdp-windows-11/
>
> Not just remote in?
>
> Martin
>
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026, 17:53 , <dw-murphy at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Not sure what the cost of Azure hosting is. I have made several Access
> > projects portable by converting the backend to SQL Serer and hosting on a
> > low-cost Windows web host. Need to make sure of what the external
> > connection limitations of the host are before you commit. With the
> backend
> > on the web hosts SQL Server you can distribute the FE file with some code
> > to automatically connect.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AccessD <accessd-bounces+dw-murphy=cox.net at databaseadvisors.com>
> On
> > Behalf Of David Emerson
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 3:55 PM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' <
> > accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Remote Access Solutions
> >
> > Hi Rocky,
> >
> > One of the options is converting the Access BE to Azure. I am waiting for
> > the cost of this to see if it is feasible.
> >
> > David
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AccessD <accessd-bounces+newsgrps=dalyn.co.nz at databaseadvisors.com
> >
> > On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> > Sent: Thursday, 19 February 2026 10:16 am
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <
> > accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Remote Access Solutions
> >
> > David:
> >
> > Can they put the back end in the cloud? If you link the cloud based back
> > end tables to the front end, would that work? (I'm assuming the
> 'database'
> > you refer to is an access database)
> >
> > r
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM David Emerson <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Listers,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a small client that wants to be able to remotely log into a
> > > computer to use their database. The computer is running standard
> > > Windows 11. Does anyone have a recommendation for software they can
> > > use to do this that is not too expensive?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David Emerson
> > >
> > > Dalyn Software Ltd
> > >
> > > Adelaide, Australia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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