Microsoft Access Lens
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This lens is devoted to Microsoft Access versions 2000 through 2007 and related Office 2007 servers. Much of the original content of this lens will be the result of updating my Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Access 2003 book to Access 2007. The new book will be the 12th member of QUE's Special Edition Using Microsoft Access series.
The lens also includes entries from Microsoft's "A discussion of what's new in Access 2007" blog that give folks who don't have a copy of Beta 2 a chance to preview new Access 2007 features. The lens will include information about Microsoft Office Live that's related to Access 2007.
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Links to Office 12 News and Reviews
- It's Official - The Next Version is Microsoft Office Access 2007
- Microsoft announced on February 15, 2006 that the (beta) product formerly known as "Office 12" will release as the "2007 Microsoft Office system."
Office 2007 will come in seven (count 'em, 7) flavors: Basic, Home and Student, Standard, Small Business, Professional, Professional Plus, and Enterprise editions. Click here to compare the features of each edition and here for estimated retail prices (ERPs). The Basic edition is available only with new computers (from OEMs), but anyone can purchase the $149 Home and Student edition. Only Professional and higher versions include Access 2007, which you can buy as an individual suite member for $229 or upgrade for $109.
Business Week's Jay Green says that Microsoft "... is targeting late September or October for product completion, with general availability to customers shortly thereafter." I'm betting that "general availability to customers" will occur in early 2007.
Microsoft dropped the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for "Office 12" client technical beta testers earlier this month. (The NDA applies to "Office 12" servers, such as SharePoint and Groove.) Ed Bott's ZDNet blog entry gives the details of the Byzantine process involved in dropping the client-side NDA. As I mentioned in an earlier version of the introduction, Ed prodded the Office team to remove an NDA which wasn't applied equally to all members of the press (and bloggers).
This means I'll be able to post my experiences with Access 2007 as I'm updating the manuscript for QUE's Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Access 2007. Stay tuned. - Inside Office 12, Part 1
- Paul Thurrott's detailed analysis of Office 12 beta 1's new UI. Apparently Paul isn't subject to the NDA that covers technical beta testers.
- Office 12 Beta 1 Screenshot Gallery: Access 12
- Windows Supersite's collection of screen captures from Access 12, beta 1.
- Office 12 Beta Brings UI Changes
- eWeek's David Coursey says "The Beta 1 versions of Microsoft Word and Outlook are decent enough, but the real Office 12 story will lie on the server side."
- Face-to-Face with Office 12's Look and Feel
- eWeek's David Coursey takes a first look at the beta 1 version of Office 12 and concludes: "Microsoft looks to be breaking new ground with Office 12's interface. Some things look very good, such as the fresh features in PowerPoint and Access, while others may need to go back to the drawing board. But isn't that the idea of a Beta test version anyway?"
- My Author "Blog" on Amazon Connect
- This link displays the last 10 posts for all books to my Amazon Connect author "blog". For the reason that there are quotes around blog, see "A First Look at Amazon Connect Author 'Blogs'".
Access 2003 Articles from the OakLeaf Blog and Elsewhere
- Google Base and Bulk Uploads with Microsoft Access
- Using Access 2003 to generate tab-separated-value (TSV) text files that are compatible with the current TSV format for bulk-uploading items of the Products standard item type to Google Base (Beta).
- OpenOffice 2.0 Base Matches Microsoft Access? Surely You Jest.
- A brief comparison of the capabilities of Access 2000+ and the OpenOffice 2.0 Base (database) application using its native HSQLDB open-source database.
- Problems Uploading a Google Base Custom Item Type from a TSV File
- Trials and tribulations creating a working tab-separated-values (TSV) file from an Access database of industrial taxonomies (NAICS, SIC, and UN-ISIC). Most of the problems result from idiosyncracies of the Google Base beta version.
- Ray Ozzie's Internet Service Disruption Memo and Microsoft Access
- An analysis of Ray Ozzie's references to Microsoft Access in his famous "Internet Service Disruption" memo about Software as a Service (SaaS) distributed to all Microsoft employees.
- CIPS Access Development Interview
- This is a rather long interview by Stephen Ibaraki of the Canadian Information Processing Society conducted after my Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Access 2003 was published. This book was the 10th edition in the series.
- Access Heroes: My Access Journey
- This is an article I wrote for the Office/Access marketing team in 2002 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Microsoft Access.
Microsoft's A Discussion of What's New in Access 12 Blog
Erik Rucker is the Group Program Manager for Microsoft Access and uses this blog to share details about the upcoming version of Access, which Microsoft currently refers to as "Access 12".
Microsoft's What's New in Excel 12 Blog
Access often uses Excel to present and analyze data, especially by populating Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts. So here's the current contents of the Microsoft Excel 12 blog. Most posts are by David Gainer, who was an Access program manager for many years and headed the "Access Insiders" program.
Current Editions of Special Edition Using Access
The last three of 10 previous editions of Special Edition Using Microsoft [Office] Access
Latest Items from the OakLeaf Blog
The OakLeaf blog covers the latest in data access technologies and a few unrelated topics.
Poll: Office 2007 Upgrade Plans
Estimating the percentage of Office users who will upgrade to the next version has always been a chancy process. Here's your opportunity to add to the upgrade entropy.
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by Roger_Jennings
I'm the principal consultant of OakLeaf Systems and the author of 30+ books on Microsoft operating systems (Windows NT and Windows 2000 Server), databases... more »
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