Microsoft’s Dr Zhiming Xue interviews Luke Chung on topic of dealing with Access Database based solutions and challenges that project teams deal with when migrating them to more scalable solutions.

ARCast.TV - Luke Chung on Access Db and Migration Challenges

In this interview, Luke Chung, founder and president of FMS, shares his view on Microsoft Access database solutions -- where they fit well, what challenges users and developers often face in creating and maintaining them, and how they have evolved from standalone desktop solutions to having the capability to be integrated with web-based and SharePoint centric solutions. He further explains primary reasons why some Access database solutions are migrated to SQL Server database based solutions, what different approaches are used to carry out migrations, and how to get started with the migration process when a large number of Access databases are involved.