Trying to publish an acces database to Access services using the free 
Microsoft Sharepoint live services.  I ran the compatibility checker. 
No errors.  It stated it is compatible.  Entered server URL of 
workspace.office.live.com

And my site name:  bobalston9

I clicked on Publish to access services.  It went through some checking 
process then failed with this message:

"an error occurred while installing the Access Services database"

Ideas?

bob

First of all, you can't use office live, you MUST use office live small 
business.

Next, you don't enter the office live url, you enter the base site name that 
you create on your SharePoint site. So, you MUST create a site (workspace) 
for where you are going to publish to (and, in fact, just creating a 
workspace will not work, you have to create an application workspace).

Furthermore, you can't publish a non web database (please do read my 
response to your posts, it save you a lot of pain if you read my responses 
to your questions).

How, having said the above, if you do create a site and attempt to publish, 
you WILL get an message that the site you are publishing to does not support 
"access services". This makes sense, since your running a product that not 
likely to be out for a good half year from now. So, right now office live 
small business does not have 2010 support yet, and I would even suspect it 
might not until some time after office 2010 is released. And, again, I 
stress, NOT office live, as it DOES NOT have support for access, you MUST 
USE office live small business.

So, you not going to be able to publish an 2010 application to the office 
live site.
and MORE important, you NEVER be able to do this with a non web application. 
so, if you attempting to publish a application that was never created as web 
database, then you on even a larger wild goose chase. (it will not work).

And, right now if you do create a web based application, you will STILL NOT 
be able to publish it to the office live small business site since it does 
not have 2010 parts yet (by the way, those parts are called "access 
services")

However, you MOST certainly can use the options in ms-access to export your 
tables up to your SharePoint site. You can do this two ways:

1) use the upsizing options. This will move your data, and then create 
linked tables to your data on the site.

2) use the export data option. This option is great if you need to upload a 
table to SharePoint, but do NOT want to link the table. Note that after you 
upload a table using this option, you can then use the external data tab, 
and LINK to the table you just uploaded. If you export, and then link the 
table, then you doing the equivalent of option 1 (it does the two steps for 
you).


So, for above upsizing options, use the database tools tab. This option will 
move ALL tables, link to SharePoint, and then create a backup option.

If you prefer to do the upsize manually, or just want one table to be moved 
up (above scenario #2 in above), then simple use the external data tab.

> And my site name:  bobalston9

You MUST create a base site, and it must be an application workspace. Simply 
creating a workspace will NOT work. How to do this is outlined here:

http://www.utteraccess.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=97&Number=1903007&Zf=&Zw=&Zg=0&Zl=a&Main=1886252&Search=true&where=&Zu=120391&Zd=l&Zn=&Zt=c2&Zs=&Zy=#Post1903007&Zp=


so, office live NEVER did work for access, you MUST USE Office Live Small 
business, and you MUST create (add) an application site, not a regular site.

And, since we a good half year away, you don't have the 2010 features in 
office list small business SharePoint services. That means  you not be able 
to use new features such as enforced relationships. (nor can forms/reports 
etc. be published until SharePoint 2010 comes out)

If you looking to play with access web services right now, you have to 
install SharePoint with access on a test computer (and it has to be running 
an 64 bit verison of the operating system).
This is expalined here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/access/archive/2009/11/24/install-access-services-on-vista-or-windows-7-x64-os.aspx

-- 
Albert D. Kallal    (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
pleaseNOOSpamKallal@msn.com 

First of all, you can't use office live, you MUST use office live small 
business.

Next, you don't enter the office live url, you enter the base site name that 
you create on your SharePoint site. So, you MUST create a site (workspace) 
for where you are going to publish to (and, in fact, just creating a 
workspace will not work, you have to create an application workspace).

Furthermore, you can't publish a non web database (please do read my 
response to your posts, it save you a lot of pain if you read my responses 
to your questions).

How, having said the above, if you do create a site and attempt to publish, 
you WILL get an message that the site you are publishing to does not support 
"access services". This makes sense, since your running a product that not 
likely to be out for a good half year from now. So, right now office live 
small business does not have 2010 support yet, and I would even suspect it 
might not until some time after office 2010 is released. And, again, I 
stress, NOT office live, as it DOES NOT have support for access, you MUST 
USE office live small business.

So, you not going to be able to publish an 2010 application to the office 
live site.
and MORE important, you NEVER be able to do this with a non web application. 
so, if you attempting to publish a application that was never created as web 
database, then you on even a larger wild goose chase. (it will not work).

And, right now if you do create a web based application, you will STILL NOT 
be able to publish it to the office live small business site since it does 
not have 2010 parts yet (by the way, those parts are called "access 
services")

However, you MOST certainly can use the options in ms-access to export your 
tables up to your SharePoint site. You can do this two ways:

1) use the upsizing options. This will move your data, and then create 
linked tables to your data on the site.

2) use the export data option. This option is great if you need to upload a 
table to SharePoint, but do NOT want to link the table. Note that after you 
upload a table using this option, you can then use the external data tab, 
and LINK to the table you just uploaded. If you export, and then link the 
table, then you doing the equivalent of option 1 (it does the two steps for 
you).


So, for above upsizing options, use the database tools tab. This option will 
move ALL tables, link to SharePoint, and then create a backup option.

If you prefer to do the upsize manually, or just want one table to be moved 
up (above scenario #2 in above), then simple use the external data tab.

> And my site name:  bobalston9

You MUST create a base site, and it must be an application workspace. Simply 
creating a workspace will NOT work. How to do this is outlined here:

http://www.utteraccess.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=97&Number=1903007&Zf=&Zw=&Zg=0&Zl=a&Main=1886252&Search=true&where=&Zu=120391&Zd=l&Zn=&Zt=c2&Zs=&Zy=#Post1903007&Zp=


so, office live NEVER did work for access, you MUST USE Office Live Small 
business, and you MUST create (add) an application site, not a regular site.

And, since we a good half year away, you don't have the 2010 features in 
office list small business SharePoint services. That means  you not be able 
to use new features such as enforced relationships. (nor can forms/reports 
etc. be published until SharePoint 2010 comes out)

If you looking to play with access web services right now, you have to 
install SharePoint with access on a test computer (and it has to be running 
an 64 bit verison of the operating system).
This is expalined here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/access/archive/2009/11/24/install-access-services-on-vista-or-windows-7-x64-os.aspx

-- 
Albert D. Kallal    (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
pleaseNOOSpamKallal@msn.com 

Albert D. Kallal wrote:
> First of all, you can't use office live, you MUST use office live small 
> business.
> 
> Next, you don't enter the office live url, you enter the base site name that 
> you create on your SharePoint site. So, you MUST create a site (workspace) 
> for where you are going to publish to (and, in fact, just creating a 
> workspace will not work, you have to create an application workspace).
> 
> Furthermore, you can't publish a non web database (please do read my 
> response to your posts, it save you a lot of pain if you read my responses 
> to your questions).
> 
> How, having said the above, if you do create a site and attempt to publish, 
> you WILL get an message that the site you are publishing to does not support 
> "access services". This makes sense, since your running a product that not 
> likely to be out for a good half year from now. So, right now office live 
> small business does not have 2010 support yet, and I would even suspect it 
> might not until some time after office 2010 is released. And, again, I 
> stress, NOT office live, as it DOES NOT have support for access, you MUST 
> USE office live small business.
> 
> So, you not going to be able to publish an 2010 application to the office 
> live site.
> and MORE important, you NEVER be able to do this with a non web application. 
> so, if you attempting to publish a application that was never created as web 
> database, then you on even a larger wild goose chase. (it will not work).
> 
> And, right now if you do create a web based application, you will STILL NOT 
> be able to publish it to the office live small business site since it does 
> not have 2010 parts yet (by the way, those parts are called "access 
> services")
> 
> However, you MOST certainly can use the options in ms-access to export your 
> tables up to your SharePoint site. You can do this two ways:
> 
> 1) use the upsizing options. This will move your data, and then create 
> linked tables to your data on the site.
> 
> 2) use the export data option. This option is great if you need to upload a 
> table to SharePoint, but do NOT want to link the table. Note that after you 
> upload a table using this option, you can then use the external data tab, 
> and LINK to the table you just uploaded. If you export, and then link the 
> table, then you doing the equivalent of option 1 (it does the two steps for 
> you).
> 
> 
> So, for above upsizing options, use the database tools tab. This option will 
> move ALL tables, link to SharePoint, and then create a backup option.
> 
> If you prefer to do the upsize manually, or just want one table to be moved 
> up (above scenario #2 in above), then simple use the external data tab.
> 
>> And my site name:  bobalston9
> 
> You MUST create a base site, and it must be an application workspace. Simply 
> creating a workspace will NOT work. How to do this is outlined here:
> 
> http://www.utteraccess.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=97&Number=1903007&Zf=&Zw=&Zg=0&Zl=a&Main=1886252&Search=true&where=&Zu=120391&Zd=l&Zn=&Zt=c2&Zs=&Zy=#Post1903007&Zp=
> 
> 
> so, office live NEVER did work for access, you MUST USE Office Live Small 
> business, and you MUST create (add) an application site, not a regular site.
> 
> And, since we a good half year away, you don't have the 2010 features in 
> office list small business SharePoint services. That means  you not be able 
> to use new features such as enforced relationships. (nor can forms/reports 
> etc. be published until SharePoint 2010 comes out)
> 
> If you looking to play with access web services right now, you have to 
> install SharePoint with access on a test computer (and it has to be running 
> an 64 bit verison of the operating system).
> This is expalined here:
> 
> http://blogs.msdn.com/access/archive/2009/11/24/install-access-services-on-vista-or-windows-7-x64-os.aspx
> 
My apologies to Albert Kallal and others who have helped steer me right 
in my quest to test out publishing an Access 2010 beta database to 
Sharepoint 2010 beta.  My intent was to try out the capability of 
Sharepoint 2010 beta to host the tables and leave the processing in 
normal Access front end databases with VBA, normal forms, etc. 
Unfortunately somewhere along the line I misunderstood the capabilities 
of the existing FREE Office Live Small Business.  I had asssuuummmeed 
that it did indeed have the sharepoint 2010 beta Access services 
capabilities in it, since the author mentioned it quite a bit.  I did 
not understand that he/they were trying to tell me about existing 
Sharepoint 2007 features of storing access data on Sharepoint.  My whole 
focus was on Access 2010 beta and the new Access services capabilities.

The above  quoted above, is what finally clicked on my light bulb!

Since then I have focused on finding a public source of Sharepoint 2010 
beta.  I found one but they have discontinued their offering, likely 
because Microsoft does not permit providers to use beta software for 
commercial purposes.

I have asked Microsoft about providing Sharepoint 2010 beta, in a manner 
similar to that of Office Small Business is now, perhaps to a more 
limited group such as Microsoft Partners, so that the Access services 
can be tried out.  I do not hold much hope for that being done with the 
beta version but I am encouraged by responses that perhaps such is in 
the plan once Sharepoint 2010 is fully released.

In the meantime, I have been focusing on installing Sharepoint 2010 beta 
myself in a dual boot environment on my home work PC.  If anyone is 
interested in my trials and tribulations of doing that, see another 
thread that I recently updated.  Current status is that I have 
Sharepoint 2010 beta installed and I think configured for a user 
workspace.  I know that Access services is enabled for that workspace. 
So now I need to install Office 2010 beta on that server (or on a vm of 
Windows XP on the server) and try it out.

Regards,

bob alston