Sharepoint Discussion <> Access

According to the post below, you

 

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Synchronize-a-SharePoint-2010-list-with-Access-2010-975BFB97-C799-4FCE-B7CC-3DB3B397F116

 

I have O365 and have tried to link to a SP Discussion Board, which, seemingly confirms this.

 

Has anyone experienced this? I believe I could setup the "lists" (or tables) myself, but would rather not. I'd like to know the relationships they've setup for them and suppose I could try to export them as Excel to see if it sheds light - but all this seems like a lot of effort if there's a better way.

 

Please help

Thanks