Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 Name Title Company

Agenda BCS Overview Investments Presentation Connectivity Tooling

Business Connectivity Services Office Applications BCS Client Design Tools SharePoint Dev Platform Business Intelligence Enterprise Content Management Collaboration Social Enterprise Search SharePointDesigner External Lists Visual Studio External Content Type Repository Business Data Connectivity LOB Web Service WCF DB Web 2.0

Investment Areas Presentation Connectivity Tooling Extend Office and SharePoint‘s UX and capabilities to external data and processes Presentation Read-write capable connectivity from client and server to databases, WCF/WebServices and .NET sources Connectivity Integrated tooling experience scales from simple solutions to advanced pro-dev apps with rich client packaging and deployment Tooling

Data & Connectivity SharePoint Client BCS in Office Client Client to Backend Direct Connection BDC Client Data Cache SharePoint Client BCS in SharePoint Identity Federation service BCS Meta Data Store BDC DB Connector WCF /WS Connector .NET Assembly Connector AS Custom Connector Persistence Store SAP ORACLE Siebel SQL Data Cubes Custom .NET assembly External data

External Content Types The building block Describes the schema and data access capabilities of an external data source and its behavior within Office and SharePoint *formerly known as BDC Entity Office Clients (Rich) BCS External Data Source (Web Service, DB, .Net object, LOB system, Web 2.0 service, etc.) External Content Type (ECT) BCS BCS-enabled solutions rely on ECTs to integrate external data into SharePoint and the Office client applications SharePoint (Thin)

BCS Server Features by SKU Foundation SharePoint Standard SharePoint Enterprise External Data Column External Lists Connectors (ADO, WCF, .net) CA BDC Admin Pages BDC Muti-Tenant BDC Admin OM Runtime OM Secure Store BDC Web Parts Profile Pages Packaging Rich Client Extensions InfoPath Forms

External Data is Surfaced In… Presentation Tooling Connectivity Server External lists Web parts Business Data XSLTListView, XSLTListForm, Chart Web Part, InfoPath External Data Column Workflow Search External Content Type (ECT) Picker ECT Instance Picker Client SharePoint Workspace Outlook Can be extended to include Taskpane Word External Data Picker

External Lists Looks and feels like a SharePoint List Presentation Tooling Connectivity Looks and feels like a SharePoint List Sandbox Solutions Silverlight Custom client applications InfoPath, Access External content types as their data sources Business Entity Metadata Write back to business system Doesn’t live in SharePoint DB

External Lists: Limits Presentation Tooling Connectivity New columns Workflow Content types Versioning Check-in/check-out. Rating Managed Metadata

External Data Columns Business Data list column type Read-only Presentation Tooling Connectivity Business Data list column type External Data Read-only Scenarios: Tagging a document in a list Extend or annotate without change Pick values from a list

External Content Type Picker Presentation Tooling Connectivity Create a column Picking and resolving Rich client support

External Content Type Instance Picker Presentation Tooling Connectivity Choose an Item Rich client support Example, Choose a customer

External Data Web Parts Presentation Tooling Connectivity No required coding Connections Customization SPD and XSLT Read-Only

SharePoint Workspace The next generation of the product formerly known as Groove Presentation Tooling Connectivity Offline capable InfoPath forms UI (customizable) Respects SharePoint view settings (filter/sort/group) Error/conflict resolution Search across business data

Building Outlook Solutions Presentation Tooling Connectivity Offline Capable Define ECTs to have behaviors Error/conflict resolution

Error & Conflict Resolution Presentation Tooling Connectivity

Connectivity Business data connectivity enhancements Presentation Tooling Connectivity Business data connectivity enhancements Read/write capability Batch and bulk operation support Claims aware Connect via ADO/SQL, WCF/WS, .Net Assembly connectors Symmetrical server and client runtimes Connect from client or server directly to external data Rich client cache Allows for “cached mode” behavior on external data

Business Data Connectivity Service Application Presentation Tooling Connectivity Setup Farm Configuration Wizard Manage Service Applications PowerShell Can be shared across farms Delegated Administration

What can be administered in the Business Data Connectivity service? Presentation Tooling Connectivity External content types External data sources Permissions Associations External data source instances Authentication Application models and resource files

Rights – Suggested Settings Presentation Tooling Connectivity Right Administrator Designer End User Edit Execute Set Permissions Selectable In Clients

Tooling Simple solutions in SPD Presentation Connectivity Tooling Simple solutions in SPD External Content Type definitions Workflow integration Advanced Pro-Dev Solutions in Visual Studio Code-based business logic Custom connectivity

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Summary BCS Overview Investments Presentation Connectivity Tooling

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