This presentation provides an overview of Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint 2010. BCS allows SharePoint to connect to external data sources and systems. The presentation discusses BCS solutions, creating BDC models to define external content types, performing CRUD operations on external data, and searching external data through BCS. It also covers authentication in BCS and tooling support in Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010. The presentation concludes with a demonstration of searching external data using BCS.

1. ChakkaradeepChandran (Chaks)Consultant, Microsoft NZBuilding custom BCS connectors

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3. AgendaBCS OverviewBCS SolutionsCreating BDC ModelsCreate, Update, DeleteSearching external dataMore demos…

4. What is BCSA set of features that provide the capability to connect SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 applications to any external system:Line-of-Business system (Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, or Siebel)Web 2.0 serviceCustom home-grown applicationProvides read/write capabilities to those external systemsIt provides out-of-box features, services and tools that streamline development to deeply integrate external data and services

5. Business Connectivity ServicesSharePointBCS ClientDev PlatformEnterprise SearchBusiness IntelligenceCollaboration SocialEnterprise Content ManagementExternal ListsExternal Content Type RepositoryBusiness Data ConnectivityWeb 2.0Web ServiceLOBDBWCF

6. Business Connectivity ServicesPresentation in SharePointBDC Client RuntimeBusiness Data Connectivity (BDC)BDC Metadata StoreBDC Server RuntimeClient DataCache.NET AssemblyConnectorDBConnectorWCF/WSConnectorCustomConnectorClient to Backend Direct ConnectionExternal dataCustom .NET assemblySQLSAPORACLESiebel

7. Solution TypesCustom connectivity for data aggregation, transformation, security, etc.

8. Use custom code to integrate data into any Office app

9. Business logic in forms Create reusable components (UI parts, ECTs, actions)Surface data in External Lists

10. Connect those lists to Outlook, SPW

11. Customize

12. InfoPath forms

13. Outlook task pane and ribbon

14. Workflow

15. Web Part PagesAdvancedSimpleIntermediate

16. BCS Tooling SupportSharePoint Designer 2010Visual Studio 2010

17. External Content TypesOffice ClientsDescribes the schema and data access capabilities of an external data source and its behavior within Office and SharePointBCS ClientCustomerFirstNameLastNameEmailGetCustomer()GetCustomers()UpdateCustomer()DeleteCustomer()External Content Type (ECT)*formerly known as BDC EntityExternal Data Source(WebService, DB, .Net object, LOB system, Web 2.0 service, etc.)SharePointBCS

18. Presentation FeaturesExternal ListsExternal Data ColumnsBusiness Data Web PartsExternal Content Type PickerExternal Item PickerProfile PagesPresentation Features in Office 2010

19. External ListsExpose external data as a native SharePoint list Full CRUD capability Familiar UI and navigationSort, Filter, GroupProgrammatic access via SPList OMProfile page available for each item in the list FormAuto-generated OOBUpsize to InfoPathOffline-able

20. No Code Solutions (vs) Custom Code

21. BDC Models in Visual Studio 2010BDC Model SharePoint Project Item (SPI)BDC Model DesignerBDC ExplorerMinimal XML editing

22. Creating BDC Models in Visual Studio 2010

23. Authentication in BCSSharePoint ServerProcess AccountCredentialsTicketDelegation TokenOtherExternal ListBCSRuntimeSecure Store ServiceWeb PartApplicationLogged-onuserModes:PassThrough(Uses logged-on user)RevertToSelf(Uses process account)SSO Authentication (Credentials, etc. from Secure Store)ApplicationDelegated TokenSAML TokenCredentialsLegacy LOBWeb 2.0Claims Aware Service

24. Searching External DataSet ShowInSearchUI property in the LobSystemInstanceCreate Search Content SourceEnsure Permissions are setCreate ProfilePage SiteEnable ProfilePages in BCS Central AdminCrawl

25. Searching External Data using BCS Demo

26. SummaryBCS OverviewBCS SolutionsCreating BDC ModelsCreate, Update, DeleteSearching external data

27. chaksc@microsoft.comhttp://www.chakkaradeep.comThank you

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