introduction to sharepoint 2010 business connectivity services (bcs)
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Introduction to External Lists and Business Connectivity Services with SharePoint 2010 and Visual Studio 2010TRANSCRIPT
Introduction to External Lists and Business Connectivity Services with SharePoint 2010 and Visual Studio 2010Presented By: Joshua Carlisle
Email: [email protected]: JoshCarlisleBlog: http://www.sharepointbrainfreeze.com
A little about me
SharePoint Developer – 7 YearsSoftware Developer – 13 yearsUser Group Leader – Triangle SharePoint User Group (Raleigh, NC)User Group and Regional Conference SpeakingBlog: www.sharepointbrainfreeze.comTwitter: JoshCarlisle
OverviewBCS OverviewRole of External Lists, External Content Types, EntitiesTools Support (SPD, Visual Studio 2010)Demos
Short SharePoint DesignerIntroduction to Visual Studio BCS ProjectAdvanced BCS Project
What are Business Connectivity Services?
Builds on SharePoint 2007 BDCIntegration with Backend Data SourceImproved Functionality and Tool SupportUnderlying Framework Now Part of SharePoint Foundation (formerly WSS)
External Content Type (ECT) \ Entities \ External Lists Oh My!
External Content
Type(ECT)
External DataDefinitio
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BCS
BCS
Thick Clients
Thin Clients (SharePoint)
External Lists
BCS Tools – SPD & Visual Studio
SPD Visual Studio
No Code Solutions
“Simple” Homogeneous Data
Define CRUD Operations
Customize Forms (Infopath)
Define Workflows
Aggregate\Mashup Data
Complex Business Logic
Advanced VSTO Integration
Defined Reusable SPD Parts
Demos
• SharePoint Designer – External Content Type• Visual Studio – Out of the Box• Visual Studio – SQL Database & Twitter Aggregation
Credits:Thanks to Kirk Evan’s article “Using Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010“ on MSDN for some of the inspiration for the twitter integration in my demos.
Feedback and Resources
Feedback and Full Source code for demos can be downloaded from my blog at http://www.sharepointbrainfreeze.com