MS Access Application - Convert data storage from Access to SQL Server

Question

Bear in mind here, I am not an Access guru. I am proficient with SQL Server and .Net framework. Here is my situation:

A very large MS Access 2007 application was bui

Answer 1

Do not use the upsizing wizard from Access:

• First, it won't work with SQL Server 2008.

• Second, there is a much better tool for the job:
  SSMA, the SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access which is provided for free by Microsoft.

It will do a lot for you:

• move your data from Access to SQL Server
• automatically link the tables back into Access
• give you lots of information about potential issues due to differences in the two databases
• keeps track of the changes so you can keep the two synchronised over time until your migration is complete.

I wrote a blog entry about it recently.