2.2.2.2 Access Services

The protocols and structures in the following tables enable Microsoft Access Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013.

For Access web application, the following protocols and structures are used.

Protocol or structure name	Description	Short name
Access Services Protocol	Enables a client application, such as Microsoft Access 2013, to retrieve user profiles, execute data macros, perform operations on the data list data, trigger compilation of a database application, and manage the Access services site version.	[MS-ASWS]
Access Application Transfer Protocol Structure	Defines a format for describing database application components.	[MS-AXL]
Access Template File Format	Enables the creation of the structure and content of an Access web application.	[MS-ACCDT]
Access Services Data Server Protocol	Enables a client application, such as Access 2013, to operate the data, trigger a data macro, and retrieve information for the protocol server or data macro from SharePoint Server 2013.	[MS-ADS]

For Microsoft Access Services, the following protocols and structures are used.

Protocol or structure name	Description	Short name
Access Application Design Time Protocol	Enables a client application, such as Access 2013, to modify the behavior of database applications and to create, modify, and delete objects in such applications.	[MS-AADT]
Access Application Transfer Protocol Structure Version 2	Defines a format for describing database application components.	[MS-AXL2]
Access Services Data Run Time Protocol	Enables a client application, such as Access 2013, to operate the data or objects, retrieve information for the protocol server or objects, and modify the behavior for database applications that have been published to SharePoint Server 2013.	[MS-ADR]
Access Services Data Server Protocol	Enables a client application, such as Access 2013, to operate the data, trigger a data macro, and retrieve information for the protocol server or data macro from SharePoint Server 2013.	[MS-ADS]
Access Run Time Protocol	Enables a client application, such as Access 2013, to send and receive data, to and from database applications that have been published to SharePoint Server 2013.	[MS-ART]
Access Server Design Time Protocol	Enables a client application, such as Access 2013, to create and delete database applications on SharePoint Server 2013.	[MS-ASDT]

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