DevCon

Latest Access improvements and the road ahead

Join us while we demonstrate and explore exciting new innovations driving Access forward. Learn about our latest charting enhancements, our new SQL query editor, and much more. Peer into the future as our panel of engineers provides exciting details of new features and improvements that are sure to shape the platform for years to come.


Of course, the team will answer questions from the DevCon audience. So, think about what you want to know and what no one has ever asked before.

Karl is an Access developer and MVP. He's been preaching and muddling around in the Access community for a few years now.

He has also tried unsuccessfully to become a video and rock star.

If you're not following him on LinkedIn yet, you should definitely do so, because he wants to become an incredible influencer and get rich with millions of Access contacts flooding his conferences.

Copilot is a powerful tool that can help you automate and enhance your work processes with Microsoft 365. But how can you leverage Copilot and Azure AI to solve real-world problems in your organization?

In this session, Martina will demonstrate how to use Copilot and Azure AI to integrate data and optimize business outcomes. You will see practical examples and real world usecases how you can use Copilot and Azure AI, using familiar tools like Outlook, Teams, and Power BI.

You will also learn how to use out-of-the-box tools to create your own Copilot solutions and improve your productivity and efficiency with Microsoft 365.

Martina works as Principal & is co-founder and CEO of atwork. She is recognized as an expert in Microsoft Cloud Services solutions and writes numerous articles and blogs. Since 2015 she is Microsoft Regional Director. Martina has a master’s degree in international business administration of University of Vienna.
She helps companies in architecture planning toward cloud solutions, provides consulting and architectural planning of cloud projects. Talk to her about:
Cloud Computing, Cloud Architecture & Strategy, Change Management, Employee Experience, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Enterprise Social, Cybersecurity, Enterprise security, Compliance, Governance.

Alex is the owner of the software development company SDWin and primarily develops ERP systems in the .NET environment.

He studied Business Information Systems at the University of Liechtenstein and has been working with Access for almost 20 years.
His current focus is on AI and the development of MS Office AddIns to extend the functionality in the Ribbon, but mainly in the VBA editor.

Claimed by Microsoft as the most significant advancement in databases since SQL Server, Fabric offers a powerful suite of capabilities for data management and analysis. In this discussion, let's explore the essence of Fabric and its practical applications. Fabric revolves around two key concepts:

1. The Lakehouse: Serving as a central repository for data files of varied structures it is favored by data scientists who use Python and machine learning techniques to extract insights from the data.

2. The Data Warehouse: It acts as a landing place for organized data. Business intelligence specialists typically prefer this tool, utilizing Power BI for data analysis and visualization.

Both the Lakehouse and the Data Warehouse feature SQL endpoints, facilitating connectivity with SQL-capable tools such as SQL Management Studio or MS Access. This means you can seamlessly access and manipulate data using SQL queries, even when working with file-based tables.

By understanding and using Microsoft Fabric, Access developers can enhance their data management capabilities and integrate with modern data analysis workflows.

Ynte Jan has been working as developer and trainer since the 80s. He is extremely solution-oriented and chooses his tools accordingly, be it Visual Studio, Access, SQL Server or not from MS.

In recent years, he has focused on the Microsoft Power Platform. He is a certified Power BI Data Analyst.

Ynte Jan has given many trainings and presentations on programming, database and BI topics at numerous conferences.

You’re a professional developer and you know how to design and build great database applications. But what’s the best way to communicate with your customer (either inside or outside your company) before, during and after the project?

How can you make sure everyone clearly understands what to expect with regard to features, timeline, and cost?

Armen will show you the communication methods that J Street uses with every project, including:

•  Setting up the first conversation, and getting the most value from it
•  Delivering clear project plans
•  Keeping your customer up to date with Informative status reports
•  What to do if the scope increases (hint – it’s actually when, not if)
•  How to bring the project to successful completion
•  Supporting the system after deployment

Armen Stein is the founder and president of J Street Technology, a team of 15 developers, designers and support staff located near Seattle. J Street has designed and built hundreds of custom Access desktop and ASP.NET web applications since 1994, and also supports dozens of Access and web applications that were built by others.
Armen is an Access MVP since 2006, and has spoken at many user groups and conferences around the world. He also regularly guest lectures on requirements discovery and database design at a local college. His other interests include travel, photography, Kauai, backgammon, movies, supporting people with disabilities in Nepal, and driving his 1969 Ford Bronco in the sun.

We all do it: a Notes text/memo field in the customer table, a Notes field in the employees table, notes on orders, notes here, notes there. But what if you need them in one place so that you or an assistant who is supposed to manage them can view and edit them clearly?

And what about appointments, to-dos or security classifications across the entire database?

Crystal not only demonstrates the concept of centralizing same-type data to allow for better processing and new perspectives. No, she even provides the free tool for this.

Quick presentations of two free tools