Faster than Access?

I currently have an Access database that has numerous forms, tables, reports, etc. Although it works fine over our LAN, it is very slow when accessed from a second site over our VPN. Will migrating this application to SQL Server give me faster response?
KenProbably not; it sounds like your response issues are due to network
latency. Data is still data whether it's being sent by SQL Server or
Access...
"Ken" <Ken@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I currently have an Access database that has numerous forms, tables,
reports, etc. Although it works fine over our LAN, it is very slow when
accessed from a second site over our VPN. Will migrating this application
to SQL Server give me faster response?
> Ken|||> I currently have an Access database that has numerous forms, tables,
reports, etc. Although it works fine over our LAN, it is very slow when
accessed from a second site over our VPN. Will migrating this application
to SQL Server give me faster response?
In and of itself? Probably not. Your bottleneck is much more likely to be
the network as opposed to the data access layer.
While you can't just migrate your forms and reports to SQL Server, it is
likely that redesigning them might offer you the opportunity to improve
efficiency there...
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(Reverse address to reply.)|||If you can move your users to Terminal Services and connect to the machine
(assuming it's hosted on Windows Server) hosting the Access database (or at
least a machine on the LAN), the speed will increase dramatically. I had a
client with the same problem and it appeared the latency in copying the .mdb
file(s) over VPN was what was slowing the application down.
"Ken" <Ken@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I currently have an Access database that has numerous forms, tables,
reports, etc. Although it works fine over our LAN, it is very slow when
accessed from a second site over our VPN. Will migrating this application
to SQL Server give me faster response?
> Ken