Previews of multiple preview versions of Office 365 became available for download on July 16, 2012. I installed Office 365 Pro Plus’s online version only on Windows 8 Release Preview (Build 8400) as a starter. Here’s my desktop after the about 30-minute installation:
Clicking the Access 2013 tile opens the start window:
Notice that Access Custom Web Apps appear to have replaced Access Web Databases.
Clicking the Blank Desktop Database button proposes to create a new Table1:
Following is a completed table in Table Design view:
More follows after I find out more about Access 2013 Custom Web Apps. The link to the topic is broken (see below).
New Access 2013 Application Architecture
From the What's new for Access 2013 developers document:
I’m glad to see a more direct connection to SQL Server than SharePoint lists, but the use of SOAP Web services flies in the face of the trend to RESTful approaches. There’s no mention of VBA programmability that I can find in the resources below. Macros are back in full force.
Resources
Following is Microsoft documentation related to Access 2013 as of 7/16/2012:
- What's new in Access 2013
- What's new for Access 2013 developers
- Create and customize a web app in Access 2013 Preview
- Access 2013 Custom Web App Reference (This link is broken)
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