Re: Access for Mac users


"septimus" <ovengravel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a client, a small business, who is thinking about switching to
all Macs but are not sure what to do with their existing Access
database. They've asked whether it's possible to publish the db on the
web so they update and view the data with a browser.

It would be nice if they could work in Access with Live Office the way
you can with Word, Excel and Power Point. But I know that's not
possible. The options I can think of at this point are:

1. Windows SharePoint Services - We could move the db to SharePoint
(converting tables to lists, etc.) if they were willing to invest in
the server and software. (I don't think they have SharePoint now.)
They're open to the idea of virtualizing a Mac OS X Server to run
Windows Server if it's just for hosting the data. They would also
consider running virtual machines on their Mac clients so they could
run Access locally.

2. Active Server Pages - This would take some development, and they'd
still need to have a Windows Server or operating system to put the
Access database on, correct?

Any options I'm missing? What would you do in this situation? Any
suggestions and thoughts would be most appreciated.

Windows Terminal Server and Citrix for the Mac clients. It would be
expensive, approximately $100 per workstation for TS + Citrix CALs plus the
windows server. But would allow you to work with Windows apps on the Mac.


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