Quick query about Azure

[Kayleigh]

Hi
I'm planning a DB to be linked to Azure so it can be accessed globally. The question I would like clarified is whether it is always possible to access the DB even without internet connection. Or if it requires access at all times to the server?

 

[pbaldy]

It requires an internet connection.

 

[Minty]

Just to expand, Azure is a cloud-based managed service provided by Microsoft, I'm not aware of any method of connecting to it "directly" without WAN access.

 

[strive4peace]

hi @Krayna

whilst developing the user interface, you can make an Access database with the same structure for testing -- of course, it can't have live data, only a snapshot of the data how it was when you made the Access database.

Azure isn't like SharePoint which can have an off-line mode (but also doesn't have the rich database capabilities)

You can make a roll-your-own offline capability and track what users add and change to incorporate back ... but that would be a lot of programming!

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