Building Solutions With Business Connectivity Services

2. Steve Letford - Microsoft ChakkaradeepChandran - Intergen Building Business Applications using Business Connectivity Services and SharePoint Designer

4. Demo – (Chakkaradeep)

5. Connecting to SQL and creating an external list (Hello world)

6. Using an external lists and creating BCS associations

7. BCS integration with Office

8. Attaching workflows to external lists

10. SharePoint CompositesEnabling no-code collaborative solutions that balance self-service with control Sites Rapidly create no-code collaborative solutions Communities Composites Unlock the value of your enterprise data Content Insights Maintain control over end user solutions Search

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

12. External Content TypeThe building block Outlook Forms and Task Panes SharePointWorkspace with InfoPath Forms SharePoint External Lists External Content Type Customer CustomerID FirstName LastName EmailAddress Search Results Office Applications External data

13. Connectivity Business Data Connectivity (BDC) Presentation in SharePoint Business Data Connectivity (BDC) BDC Metadata Store BDC Client Runtime BDC Server Runtime Client Data Cache DB Connector WCF/WS Connector .NET Assembly Connector Custom Connector Client to Backend Direct Connection External data Custom .NET assembly SQL SAP ORACLE Siebel

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

16. Business logic in forms

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

18. Customize

19. InfoPath forms

20. Word (QuickParts)

21. Workflow

22. Web Part Pages

23. Surface data in External Lists

24. Connect those lists to Outlook

25. External data columnsIntermediate Simple Advanced NO CODE* CODE SharePoint Designer SharePoint SDK Visual Studio Power User Advanced Developer Developer

26. Baked into the Platform… SharePoint Server 2010 Office 2010 Secure Store Service External Data Search Rich Client Extensions BDC Client Runtime External Data Web Parts Profile Pages SharePoint Foundation 2010 External List External Data Column Business Data Connectivity Service

27. BCS Services Authentication Credentials These are typically in the form of name/password. Some external systems may also require additional credentials such as a personal identification number (PIN) value. ClaimsSecurity Assertion Markup Language (SAML) tickets can be passed to claims-aware services that supply external data.

28. Authentication from SharePoint Server to External Data Source - Impersonation Modes: SharePoint Server PassThrough - Uses logged on user RevertToSelf - Uses process account SSS Authentication - Credentials, etc. from Secure Store) Process Account External List Logged-on user BCS Runtime Web Parts Identity Custom App Credentials OR Windows Identity Through Kerberos Legacy LOB

29. Authentication from SharePoint Server to External Data Source Modes: SharePoint Server PassThrough - Uses logged on user RevertToSelf - Uses process account SSS Authentication - Credentials, etc. from Secure Store) Identity Process Account External List Logged-on user BCS Runtime Web Parts Custom App Credentials OR Windows Identity Through Kerberos Legacy LOB

31. Demos

32. Connecting to SQL and creating an external list (Hello world)

33. Using an external lists and creating BCS associations

34. BCS Associations Sales Order Table Customers Table Sales Order External List Sales Order External List

35. BCS integration with Office

36. Attaching workflows to external lists & Search

37. Resources BCS Overview http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee661740.aspx Plan to upgrade BCS http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607947.aspx BCS Resource Centre http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff660755.aspx BCS Video – Secure Store http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bcs/archive/2010/05/06/bcs-team-channel-secure-store-service.aspx BCS Team blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bcs/ BCS Security Overview http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee661743.aspx Plan SharePoint 2010 Authentication http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262350.aspx

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39. Supported Associations One-to-many Associations - based on a foreign key A foreign key must be present in the External system Un-Supported Associations Many-to-Many Associations – no foreign key Users will have to develop these Associations in the XML of the BDC Model files manually using an XML editor or through another External Content Type designer such as Visual Studio 2010. Associations with Multiple Related External Content Types