<div>
expanding on Scott's excellent advice, if your laptop user plugs in and is still slow, increasing the RAM (Random Access Memory) will speed things up too
</div>


<div>
<blockquote>
This takes money to setup, since you must have the OS and licensing to handle it, and you would need to insure your copy of Office is RDS-compliant.
</blockquote>
I forgot to include in that list the necessary hardware to run the RDS or Citrix environment, plus the technical know-how to setup and maintain it. Those can add quite a few dollars to the bottom line cost as well.
</div>


<div>
I'd just add to Scott's comment that while a Citrix/RDS environment is not exactly cheap, it usually is the cheapest solution for remote office/workers.<br />
<br />
&nbsp;A re-write either with a SQL Server back end or as a web application can be far more expensive in time and money. &nbsp; A Citrix/RDS setup is basically &quot;plug and play&quot; for your app just the way it stands. &nbsp; You just need a box, the OS, and the licenses.<br />
<br />
There is one other option out there as well:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.eqldata.com" rel="ugc">www.eqldata.com</a><br />
<br />
&nbsp;This is not quite the same thing as a Citrix/RDS environment, but functionally it's the same. &nbsp;Your remote users are not executing MSACCESS.EXE directly, but interact with a server that does so on their behalf.<br />
<br />
Jim.
</div>


<div>
<blockquote>
 it usually is the cheapest solution for remote office/workers.
</blockquote>
I agree, and (to me, anyway) this is the best way forward, for the least amount of hassle.
</div>


<div>
BTW, sorry if I repeated anything...busy day and I didn't read through all the comments in detail.<br />
<br />
Jim.
</div>


<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I create split databases across the United States and I run into the split database in Atlanta Georgia running slow. In Atlanta they use a laptop vice a PC. What can I do at my end or do at their end to speed the database up.
</div>
</div>


I create split databases across the United States and I run into the split database in Atlanta Georgia running slow. In Atlanta they use a laptop vice a PC. What can I do at my end or do at their end to speed the database up.

Access Split Database runs slow

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.