Integration of Windows Azure data into SharePoint Server 2010 Adis Jugo managing consultant
Agenda Why SharePoint-Azure integration (use cases)? The concept of hybrid solutions Means of integration
Prerequisites SharePoint C# SOM, COM, BCS basics Azure basics
Why Your data are stored in SharePoint portal – And they are there since quite a time Your data is now in Azure as well (think hybrid) Your partner’s data is in Azure Windows Azure Marketplace
Means of integration Transport Azure Data to SharePoint using BCS Direct access to the Azure data from the SharePoint
UseCase Organizing a SharePoint conference Data in Windows Azure SQL database Managing data in SharePoint Analyzing data in SharePoint
DataStructure - Azure
Case 1 Using BCS to transport the data to SharePoint Using the data in SharePoint SharePoint External lists BCS
Case 1 – Demo (BCS)
Case 2 Exposing Azure data through WCF services Consuming the data from SharePoint webparts Consuming the data from Silverlight and jQuery (sandbox, Office 365) SharePoint web parts WCF
Case 2 - Demo (WCF)
Recapitulation Using in the hybrid environments or for cooperation with partners Using BCS for integration with external lists Using WCF for directly accessing the data