Total SharePoint newbie, trying to get some basic information. I've been searching online but I don't think I'm asking the right questions.
We have several web apps with MSSQL back-ends, that are basically guided queries to help our users find the info they need from the database in question. Some are relatively simple, others are quite complex with multiple cascading prompts (which are
also database-driven) and pages. Several of the apps also require user security.
What are the options for migrating such apps into SharePoint 2013?
I have found one method of periodically caching the data for a SharePoint search. That might be feasible for the smaller apps, but is completely impractical for the larger ones.
I thought that Excel or Access could be used as SQL front-end, but they seem to be rather rudimentary in SharePoint, and leave much to be desired security-wise.
Are there other possibilities I can look into? And can anyone recommend resources to research the Excel/Access options (as the info I have found has been thin)?
Thanks much! jqq