Microsoft Access 2013 Inside Out

Saving a web app as an app package

If you want to save a copy of your web app, perhaps as a backup or to move your web app to a different SharePoint server, Access 2013 includes the ability to save a copy of your entire web app into a file called an app package. An Access app package has the .app file extension and contains all of the objects and the definition of your web app and even data, if you choose to include it. After you save your web app into an app package, you can upload and install that app into your company’s internal SharePoint corporate catalog, where other people in your organization can install a copy of your web app. App packages can be reused to create additional, identical copies of an Access web app. You can also upload Access ...