Slides from my presentation at SharePoint Saturday Austin January 2012

1. INTEGRATE EXTERNAL DATA WITH THE
BUSINESS CONNECTIVITY SERVICES (BCS)
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE– 200 LEVEL
2:10 PM - 3 PM
Tom Resing, MCM
Applied Information Sciences
(AIS), San Antonio

2. Thank you for being a part of the first
SharePoint Saturday Austin
• Please turn off all electronic devices or set them to vibrate.
• If you must take a phone call, please do so in the hall so as not
to disturb others.
• Open wireless access is available with no password
• Feel free to “tweet and blog” during the session
• Thanks to our Title Sponsors:

3. Business
Connectivity
Services

4. • External System
• External Content Type
• External List
• External Data Column
• Business Data Connectivity (for
Office)

5. SharePoint
2010

6. • SharePoint Foundation
• Search Server Express
• Search Server
• SharePoint Server
• FAST for SharePoint

7. Demo 1

8. #1 Compelling
Data

9. Knowledge
Information
Data

10. #2 Microsoft

11. Demo 2

12. Demo 3

13. References
• CloudShare SharePoint Solution Showcase
– free (register) 24hr VM in the cloud
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out from
Microsoft Press
– Chapter 9 - BCS

14. www.TomResing.com

15. Thanks to our Sponsors
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