Sharepoint & MS Access

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I have been asked by work to develop a web site which allows the update and viewing of an Access database (unfortunately MSSQL is not an option they are willing to consider so I am stuck with access).

In addition, I have also been asked to publish the site on a sharepoint site on the Intranet. I was shown by another employee how I could drag and drop the database onto Sharepoint and how I could create my own "web page" with some rudimentary HTML code to do things like embolden and italicize text on the page. I am a little concerned that this does not meet the requirements of the task in hand :D

As I have very limited experience with Sharepoint I am unsure exactly what it is capable of. A couple of colleagues have hinted that it can do a lot more provided I am supplied with the appropriate access rights. However, I have a sneeky feeling that the interfacing with Access databases may be somewhat limited if it exists at all.

The most obvious solution to me would be an IIS server with a small ASP.NET front end which talks with the database. But, if sharepoint already has these capabilities then there is no point wasting my time re-inventing the wheel.

Can anyone give me an indication as to weather or not this is a feasible idea and if so; what level of customization one would have?

[Hack]

This (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa662942.aspx) article might help a little.

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Thanks Hack. That article seems to be the opposite to what I need to achieve as it describes how to use Access as a front end with Sharepoint as the data provider.

From what I understand Sharepoint runs using ASP.NET; does this mean that one can write addons or extensions to the interface using .NET?

[Hack]

From what I understand Sharepoint runs using ASP.NET; does this mean that one can write addons or extensions to the interface using .NET?Yes; at least I believe so.

The people running the Sharepoint thing at this company are creating department specific setups using ASP.NET - at least that is what their newsletters are saying.