The document highlights Fabian G. Williams' expertise in business connectivity services within SharePoint, particularly focusing on utilizing external content types. It discusses challenges end users face when accessing external data, emphasizes the functionalities of SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio in creating no-code and code solutions, and outlines various investment areas for enhancing user experience with business connectivity. The presentation on business data connectivity details the architecture, tools, and features that enable effective data integration and management in SharePoint.

1. Fabian williams Business Connectivity Services External Content Types in SPD 2010 and VS2010Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.comTwitter: @fabianwilliamsconsumed by External Lists in SharePoint UX and Office Suite of Application… from the wading pool all the way into the deep end….

2. About the SpeakerFabian G. Williams MCSD, MCDBAhttp://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com@fabianwilliamsFabian G. Williams is a SharePoint Architect at CDW Advance Technology Services Information Worker Practice. In addition he is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) and a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA).Prior to CDW., Mr. Williams was the Chief Technology Officer for WING, Inc. Recently, he was the Chief Internet Developer for the Department of Defense’s Global Emerging Infections System and a Sales Engineer at Citrix Incorporated.Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

3. AGENDAChallenges with Back-End Data

4. Introducing Business Connectivity Services

5. Building the Solution

6. Products and features used

7. How it was done

8. Demo: No-Code Solution – SPD 2010

9. Demo: Code Solution – Visual Studio 2010

10. Summary

11. Q&ABlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

12. Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliamsThe Woes of Surfacing LOB System Data to End UsersEnd User ChallengesMultiple user interfaces External systems can be difficult to useCan't work with the data when and where I want toCan’t easily search for business dataNeed to involve IT to service my requests for data accessIT ChallengesIslands of business dataOverhead for IT to service all user requestsManage security, auditing, connectivityOne off projects for connecting to external systems

13. SharePoint Composites The New Home for Business Connectivity Services formerly (BDC)SitesRapidly create no-code collaborative solutionsCommunitiesCompositesUnlock the value of your enterprise dataContentInsightsMaintain control over end user solutionsSearchBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

14. Investment AreasSharePoint User Interface not limited to browser only. Extend from Server External List all the way to Rich ClientsPresentationEnd of Read-Only access to LOB Systems now you can CRUD your way through your LOB System Data? Good thing or not?ConnectivityIf you didn’t like SPD before get ready to Love it! Extend your VS 2010 solutions in SPD 2010 in the same DLL / Object SpaceToolingBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

15. Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliamsGrow your SharePoint LexiconBusiness Connectivity Services – Umbrella TermBusiness Data Connectivity (BDC) – plumbing, runtime OM, connectivity, formerly the Buss. Data CatalogExternal System – back ends, LOB, WS, WCF, DB, etc.External Content Type (ECT) - previously your Entity in BDCExternal List – newest type of SP list

16. Architecture DiagramBusiness Connectivity Services in a Nutshell…SharePointDesign ToolsOffice ApplicationsBCS ClientDev PlatformEnterprise SearchBusiness IntelligenceCollaboration SocialEnterprise Content ManagementSharePointDesignerSolution Packaging and Out of the box UISecurityVisual StudioBusiness Data Connectivity RuntimeBDC Metadata StoreWeb 2.0DBWCFWeb ServiceLOBBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

17. Business Data Connectivity (BDC)Presentation in SharePointBusiness Data Connectivity (BDC)BDC Metadata StoreBDC Client RuntimeBDC Server RuntimeClient DataCacheDBConnectorWCF/WSConnector.NET AssemblyConnectorCustomConnectorClient to Backend Direct ConnectionExternal dataCustom .NET assemblySQLSAPORACLESiebelBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

18. What is Baked Into the Product – Bag of Tricks so to speakSharePoint Server 2010Office 2010Secure Store ServiceExternal Data SearchRich Client ExtensionsBDC Client RuntimeExternal Data Web PartsProfile PagesSharePoint Foundation 2010External ListExternal Data ColumnBusiness Data Connectivity ServiceBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

19. Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliamsExternal List in SharePoint – Presentation LayerExpose external data as a native SharePoint list Full CRUD capability

20. Familiar UI and navigation

21. Sort, Filter, Group

22. Profile page available for each item in the list

23. Offline-ableBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliamsOff-lining External List – Extending in Office 2010Connect to Outlook asContactsTasksCalendarsPostsDownload to SharePoint Workspace as ListsWord doc libraries with external data columns

24. Empower your Users to be more ProductiveNO CODE*CODESharePoint DesignerSharePoint SDKVisualStudioAdvanced DeveloperDeveloperPower UserBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

25. Different Strokes for Different FolksCustom connectivity for data aggregation, transformation, security, etc.

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

27. Business logic in forms

28. Create reusable components (UI parts, ECTs, actions)

29. Customize

30. InfoPath forms

31. Workflow

32. Web Part Pages

33. Outlook taskpane and ribbon

34. Out-of-box

35. Surface data in External Lists

36. Connect those lists to Outlook, SPW

37. External Data ColumnsIntermediateSimpleAdvancedNO CODE*CODESharePoint DesignerSharePoint SDKVisualStudioAdvanced DeveloperDeveloperPower UserBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

38. demoBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams