Rolando Jimenez Sr. Lead Program Manager Microsoft Corporation

SharePoint Design Tools Office Applications

BCS-enabled solutions rely on ECTs to integrate external data into SharePoint and the Office client applications Describes the schema and data access capabilities of an external data source and its behavior within Office and SharePoint *formerly known as BDC Entity

Advanced Developer Developer Power User NO CODE* CODE

Intermediate Advanced Simple Developer Power User NO CODE* Advanced Developer CODE

Intermediate Simple Customize InfoPath forms Outlook taskpane and ribbon Word (QuickParts) Workflow Web Part Pages Surface data in External Lists Connect those lists to Outlook, SPW SharePoint Designer SharePoint SDK Developer Power User NO CODE* Advanced Advanced Developer CODE

Power User Developer VisualStudioVisualStudio SharePointDesignerSharePointDesigner SDKSDK Single machine Dev Environment Create reusable ECTs that provide custom integration logic to virtually any data source using.Net code Author thin and rich client UX as reusable components Create Office Add-Ins in Visual Studio Client-Server Environment Compose solutions (no code) that connect to existing WCF, Sql Server databases and.Net Objects Implicitly author thin and rich client UX for External List and InfoPath Forms IT Admin Production Environment Produce WSP Import & Configure SharePoint Server (Shared, Dev/Prod) “Live” Connection “Live” Connection Export, Import & Configure

FeaturesSharePoint Designer 2010 Visual Studio 2010 SDK Author External Content Types and Profile Pages External Content Type Designer Integrate External Data in WF Workflow Designer Generate and Author External Lists and InfoPath Forms Lists and Forms Designer Office Add-in Projects Extend Office apps through BCS-aware code add-ins and reusable components Extend Outlook Declaratively Outlook declarative ribbon (URL-based actions) and Taskpanes extensions Additional Samples and Utilities Connect to existing WCF/Web Services, Sql Server or.Net Assemblies Connect to virtually any data source through custom.Net code

Author custom connectivity in Visual Studio

SharePoint Server Sql Database.Net Data Service (REST)

SharePoint Server Office Client Connect to Outlook BCS External Data Cache Customers

Thin Client Components WSPPackage SharePointServer Import Deploy and Update Include in WSP Office Client

Capability / Tool SharePoint Designer 2010 VisualStudio 2010 Visual Studio 2010 Connect toExisting WCF, Sql Server,.Net Assembly Any data source by creating.Net Assemblies Modeling ApproachDiscover and ConfigureCreate and Publish Target ScenariosAuthor “simple” models with OOB UX (External Lists, Outlook, SharePoint Workspace, InfoPath, Search, simple FK-based associations) - Author complex models with custom connectivity logic for aggregation, transformation, security, etc. - Author custom UX via VSTO customizations - Author reusable rich and thin UI parts (WebParts) that connect to External Data Limitations-Data source needs to expose “proper interface shape” -Advanced stereotypes (Bulk, Batch) -Generic/polymorphic services -Only Foreign Key Associations - Visual designer only for.Net object based models - Separate development and packaging of rich client and server components

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