Tag Archives: SharePoint

Why Excel Is Like My Strat

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Biggus Dickus

Some time after typing my comments about Vegemite and Heinz Beans in my last thread I went into my office and saw the ultimate example of what I’m talking about with Excel’s problems in the world – my Fender Stratocaster … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Access, Excel, Excel 2010, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Development, SharePoint, VBA | 12 Comments

Excel is NOT Forever

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Biggus Dickus

Here are MY New Year’s thoughts: I used to just assume that spreadsheets were forever – I don’t think that way anymore. I have made the point in many speeches around the world that Scrooge and Cratchit were doing “spreadsheets” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Access, Access 2010, Excel, Excel 2010, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Office Development, SharePoint, VBA | 9 Comments

Performance Over A VPN Is Very Good in Access 2010 Hybrid App

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Biggus Dickus

I finally got my hands on a copy of Access 2010 that I could install locally (as opposed to thru Terminal Services) and duly installed it in a Windows 7 VM. I promptly Published an application that I have used … Continue reading →

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Access 2010 And SharePoint – Welcome To The Hybrid Access Application

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Biggus Dickus

Now that we can talk about all the features in Access 2010 I think I have to place my marker immediately on what I believe is the BIG story in this release. For the past 3 or so years I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Access, Access 2010, Access and SQL Server, Office 2010, Office Development, SharePoint, SharePoint Lists | 126 Comments

Gemini Is Now PowerPivot

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Biggus Dickus

The Gemini code-name for Microsoft’s new BI add-in for Excel and SharePoint has now been officially named “PowerPivot” !! I just had a great chat with Rob Collie of the PowerPivot team about this product and I must admit that … Continue reading →

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Oct 19th Will Be A Big Day For Access

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Biggus Dickus

On Oct 19th at the “SharePoint Developers Conference” (formerly the Office Developers Conference by the way) in Lost Wages, Nevada I hear there will be a “reveal” of a bunch more of the functionality of Access 2010. Of course I … Continue reading →

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Access vs Web

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Biggus Dickus

A friend was over for dinner last night who is an IT manager and former client of mine. I have done several hugely succesful major Access/SQL Server applications for this guy when he was with another corporation. We went into my office and … Continue reading →

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