Access to Web Application Migration · Durham
Access to Web Application Migration in Durham
Replacing Microsoft Access databases with web applications for Durham organisations, where everything lives in one file. Tables, forms, queries, reports and code sit together, so the forms are the only specification of how the system works — and the person who could explain it has usually left or is about to.
Why this comes up
The problem
A department runs on an Access file whose author retired, and nobody else understands how it works.
What you get
What we deliver
- Forms and reports documented, since these describe the system's actual behaviour
- VBA code read and its business rules extracted before anything is rebuilt
- Data moved to a proper database server rather than remaining in a file
- Concurrent use designed for, as file-based access does not survive it
- Access from outside the office addressed, which the original assumed away
- Permissions introduced, because file-level sharing is not access control
Want this scoped for your business in Durham?
Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what access to web application migration would actually involve — whether or not you use us.
Working in Durham
North East
Durham's economy is dominated by its university and cathedral, so the commercial base is small and much of the local demand comes from spinouts and suppliers attached to the institutions rather than from independent industry.
Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones.
Sectors we work with in Durham
- Higher Education
- Tourism & Heritage
- Public Sector
- Retail
- Research
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- PostgreSQL
- Next.js
- Microsoft Access
- TypeScript
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Professional services
- Manufacturing
- Healthcare
- Education
- Public sector
Why us
Why Durham businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Access to Web Application Migration in Durham — common questions
- Why are the forms the specification?
- Because nothing else documents the system. Field order, validation, what a button does and which report goes to whom are all encoded in the interface, so working through it screen by screen is how the requirements are recovered.
- What breaks as more people use it?
- The file itself. Access was designed around a single user or a small number on a local network, and shared use over a network share produces corruption and locking — which is often what finally prompts the replacement.
- Is the VBA worth reading?
- Every line of it. Validation rules, calculations and integrations with Word or Outlook are frequently buried in event handlers, and rebuilding without reading them produces an application that looks the same and quietly does less.
- Should we rebuild it exactly?
- Faithfully in behaviour, not in structure. The rules should carry over precisely, but an Access form crowded with forty fields because that was the constraint at the time deserves rethinking — and this is the one opportunity to do so at no additional cost.
- Do you work with businesses across County Durham?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout North East, including Durham and the surrounding County Durham area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Durham businesses do you usually work with?
- Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones. Beyond that we work across Higher Education, Tourism & Heritage, Public Sector, Retail and Research.
- Do you cover the areas around Durham?
- Yes — we work throughout North East, including Newcastle, Sunderland, York. Durham is an urban area of roughly 70,000+, and we take on work across the wider County Durham region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Access to Web Application Migration in Durham
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise