June 2009

For Microsoft Access, SQL Server,
Visual Studio .NET, and VB6 Professionals

Hi Everyone,

I hope your summer is starting off nicely. Last month I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the Microsoft Tech*Ed conference in Los Angeles. Four of my talks were videotaped and are available online. I hope you find them useful.

We're also nearing the final stages of completing all our Access 2007 products. We thank you for your patience and I hope you'll be as excited as we are by all the new features and functionality we've added to our Access 2007 product line.

Best wishes,

Luke Chung
President

Contents

• Join the FMS Development Team Blog
• Product Feature: Total Access Statistics
• Videos: Luke Chung at the Microsoft Tech Ed Conference
• Purchase or Upgrade to Our Access 2007 Suites Now
• Tip: Using the Search Bar in Microsoft Access 2007
• Microsoft ASP.NET Website Development Services

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Product Feature: Total Access Statistics

Microsoft Access queries offer rudimentary data analysis. For more advanced computations and real number crunching, programming is required, sometimes lots of it, or you need to export your data to another program. Designed specifically for Microsoft Access, Total Access Statistics runs as an Access add-in and offers a wide range of statistical functions to analyze your data. Easily perform data normalization, rankings, percentiles, frequency distributions, correlations, confidence intervals, regressions, ANOVA, and much more. Create your analysis interactively, see the results in tables, and use the programmatic interface to embed it in your applications. Total Access Statistics is available in versions for Access 97 through 2007.

Videos from the Microsoft Tech Ed Conference

Los Angeles Convention Center (May 11-15, 2009)

FMS President Luke Chung participated on four panel discussion that are now available online:

Learn about the experiences of this panel migrating applications from to SQL Server from Access, Excel, and Oracle. Learn when, how, why, and why not. (43 minutes, blog)

The World Turned Upside Down: Development Strategies for Lean Times

Whether you're an employee, contractor, or business owner, these economic times are quite challenging. Hear this panel discuss ways they are coping and how you can best prepare and protect your future. (51 minutes, blog)

Let's Talk about Software Consulting as a Business

Discover how these three owners of software development firms have run their consulting businesses over the past two decades. Learn about what they've done to survive past business cycles and the challenges they face today. (54 minutes, blog)

History of FMS: Surviving Uncertain Times

Learn about our history, successes, and challenges over the past 23 years. Hear how we've helped our customers anticipate the evolution of their applications, and our philosophy of maximizing your investments in software development.
(28 minutes, blog)

See all our online videos

Purchase or Upgrade to Our Access 2007 Suites Now

Because we're close to completing the upgrade of all our products for Access 2007, and the number of requests from existing Suite owners, we are offering our Access 2007 suites on a pre-sale basis.

Purchase either Total Access Developer Suite 2007 or Total Access Ultimate Suite 2007 now and receive all the shipping versions of the products, plus the remaining ones as they are released. Email us for pricing or call us to place an order.

For more information on all our upcoming Access 2007 related products, visit Schedule for Microsoft Access 2007

Access Tip: Take Advantage of the Search Bar in Microsoft Access 2007

The Navigation Pane is a new feature in Access 2007 that has existing Access users grumbling about losing functionality from the Access 2003 database container.

However, it comes with a powerful new feature, the Search Bar, which lets you find your objects in a whole new way. Once you're comfortable with it, you'll find it hard to go back.

The Search Bar makes it much easier to see similarly named objects across object types. If your database has lots of objects, this is extremely helpful. Learn more in our article Take Advantage of the Search Bar in Microsoft Access 2007

Microsoft Business Certifications

Are you interested in showing your competency with Office products like Access and Excel? Microsoft is now offering certifications for your skills in empowering information workers:

• Microsoft Office Specialists (MOS)
• Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS)

Learn more about this from the Microsoft Learning site. There are exams available for Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Vista. Online training is also available for Using Microsoft Access 2007.

Microsoft ASP.NET Website Development Services

FMS is well known for our world class Microsoft Access and desktop development skills. Did you also know our Professional Solutions Group is very experienced creating database driven web solutions using Microsoft ASP.NET and SQL Server?

We recently updated our information on our Microsoft ASP.NET website development services.

No matter what your organization's size, FMS offers its world class services professionally and within your budget. Leverage our experience, knowledge, and existing work for your success. Please contact us to learn how we can help your mission on the web.

Thank you for your continued interest in FMS, Inc.
We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Your Friends at FMS

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