Extend Microsoft Access Applications to the Cloud

Book excerpt: This is your complete, practical guide to creating Microsoft Access web apps and migrating existing databases to the cloud. Access MVP Andrew Couch guides you through the entire web app lifecycle, from design through deployment and upgrades. After introducing Office 365 and the web app development environment, he reviews key issues associated with moving data into a web app or creating cloud apps with new data. Next, he drills down into app construction, from table design to integration. You?ll learn how to extend Access with Azure SQL, PowerPivot, Visual Studio 2013, SSRS, and Apps for Office and master important new enhancements in Office 365 SP1. A start-to-finish case study covers every step of creating and securing a public-facing Access web app on your Office 365 website. -- website.