Tag Archives: Access Services

Office 365 And Office Professional And Access Services

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

So today Microsoft announced their “Office 365” Suite of “Cloud” offerings.  Previously known as BPOS (a name which I REALLY hated) it will soon include the option to “subscribe” to Office Professional as part of the deal.  Note that I said … Continue reading →

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I Am STILL Pleased With Access Services

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

Just a quick note in a busy day to state unequivocally that my experience with Access Services in Access and SharePoint 2010 has been a huge success so far !!  I have now worked for several months on a conversion … Continue reading →

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The Risks Of Working At Home

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

Summer’s over but I’m having trouble giving it up.  Even though I wear a sweater now when I go out I still am wearing shorts and sandals.  My toes froze walking the GKids to school this morning.  Maybe it’s time. … Continue reading →

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How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

This summer we have had the unbridled joy of having our Grandkids move in with us (G6 and B4).  Despite the sadness of a failed marriage for my son, with his kids coming here, (for logistical reasons only), we are working with their Mom … Continue reading →

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I’m An Access Services TV Star !!

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

My big Channel 9 Debut has been posted with me looking like Im praying on the still. It’s ALL about Access Services: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/access/archive/2010/07/20/the-access-show-developing-access-2010-hybrid-apps-with-dick-moffat.aspx I’d like to thank the Access gang (Todd Haugen, Steve Greenberg and Ryan McMinn and the rest … Continue reading →

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This Is Cool !!

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

Earlier this week I was working with one of my users on the final adjstments to a new version of their Access database in Access 2010 using Access Services.   The user mentioned that a Combo-Box was too narrow to show … Continue reading →

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Access 2010 Runtime Ships

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

The Access 2010 Runtime is now available for download and use: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=57a350cd-5250-4df6-bfd1-6ced700a6715&displaylang=en This means we can start doing Access 2010 Apps right now.  And with the availabiltiy of http://www.AccessHosting.com this means that we can start selling solutions using Access 2010 and … Continue reading →

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Client/Server Finally – But Too Late ?

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

I had a long coffee today with my friend Chuck who is another Access developer.  It was an opportunity to show him the SharePoint story in Access 2010. So I connected using my 3G Aircard at the Tim Horton’s, and … Continue reading →

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Access Hosting Now Makes Sense

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

One of the things I have always thought would help me expand my business was the idea of Hosting apps on a server of my own.  I think that Access 2010 with Access Services will open up this as a … Continue reading →

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