integrate external data with the business connectivity services

Tom Resing, MCM, MVPIntegrate External Data with the Business Connectivity Services (BCS)

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About Tom Microsoft Certified Master in

SharePoint 2007 (MCM) Microsoft Most Valued

Professional (MVP) Microsoft Certified Technology

Specialist◦ SharePoint 2010 MOSS and WSS

Configuration◦ MOSS and WSS App Dev

15+ Years of Technical Experience◦ Public Sector and Private Sector◦ Web Focused

Co-Author, SharePoint 2013 Inside Out

Co-Author, SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out from Microsoft Press

About RackspaceMicrosoft Hosting Partner of the

Year 2012◦Main Office: San Antonio, TX

Managed SharePoint Hosting and SharePoint Services

We Open Sourced the Cloud

Business Connectivity Services

External SystemExternal Content Type• External List• External Data Column• Business Data Connectivity (for

Office)

SharePoint 2010

SharePoint Foundation

Search Server Express

Search Server

SharePoint Server

FAST for SharePoint

Demo 1

#1 Compelling Data

Knowledge

Information

Data

#2 Microsoft

Demo 2

Demo 3

SharePoint 2013 ChangesA lot stays the same

External List EnhancementsPerformance improvementsExport data to Excel

Other 2013 Changes

Support for SharePoint Apps and Office Apps

Event listener – receive events from External Systems

Odata, REST, CSOMVisual Studio 2012

References

SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out from Microsoft Press◦Chapter 9 – BCS

Exploring Microsoft SharePoint 2013 New Features & Functions by Penelope Coventry- Chapter 5 – Building Composite Solutions

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