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Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Business Connectivity Services

Create a central hub for your business data with SharePoint 2010

Create a central hub for your business data with SharePoint 2010

• Access data from applications and databases using Business Connectivity Services
• Create external lists in SharePoint to display your business data
• Build dashboards to present charts and key performance indicators
• Use business information offline with Microsoft Office applications
• Create custom SharePoint applications to insert, modify, and delete business data
• Populate SharePoint user profiles with information from several sources
• Build Business Connectivity Service solutions in SharePoint Online

Table of Contents: Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Business Connectivity Services

• Chapter 1: Making SharePoint the Central Hup for Business
• Chapter 2: Introducing Business Connectivity Services
• Chapter 3: Creating and Maintaining Business Connectivity Services Service Applications
• Chapter 4: Defining External System Connections Using SharePoint Designer
• Chapter 5: Creating External Lists and Using External Data in Lists and Libraries
• Chapter 6: Building Business Data Dashboards
• Chapter 7: Using External Data with Office Client Applications
• Chapter 8: Finding Information from External Systems
• Chapter 9: Using External Data in User Profiles
• Chapter 10: Exploring Office 365 and Connecting to External Data
• Chapter 11: Using Client-Side Code and External Data
• Chapter 12: Building Server-Side BCS Solutions
• Appendix: BCS Model Infrastructure

About the Authors Penelope Coventry, Brett Lonsdale, and Phill Duffy

Penelope Coventry is a multiple-year recipient of Microsoft´s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Microsoft SharePoint Server and an independent consultant based in the United Kingdom, with more than 30 years of industry experience. She focuses on the design, implementation, and development of SharePoint technology-based solutions. She has worked with SharePoint since 2001. Most recently, she has worked for the international financial services group Aviva PLC, as well as provided consultancy services to Microsoft Gold partners ICS Solutions and Combined Knowledge.

Penny has authored and coauthored a number of books. They include both editions of Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer Step by Step, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator´s Companion, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator´s Companion, Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resources Kit, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Step by Step, and both editions of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Step by Step.

Penny is frequently seen at TechEd, either as a technical learning guide or on the SharePoint Ask-the-Experts panels. She also speaks at events, such as the International SharePoint Conference, Australia and New Zealand SharePoint conferences, SharePoint Best Practices conferences, the Swedish SharePoint and Exchange Forum, SharePoint Summit in Toronto, SharePoint User Group UK meetings, and UK and Belgium SharePoint Saturdays.

Brett Lonsdale is a UK-based SharePoint developer, trainer, and author specializing in Business Connectivity Services. Brett is a cofounder of Lightning Tools, which provides third-party Web Parts and tools to help make building SharePoint solutions a simpler task. BCS Meta Man is one of the tools that help with the connectivity to external data sources such as Oracle, SQL, and other data sources. Brett is often seen at SharePoint conferences worldwide speaking on his specialist subjects of Business Connectivity Services, SharePoint security, and content aggregation.

Along with this book, Brett also coauthored Developer´s Guide to the SharePoint 2007 Business Data Catalog, and he has contributed to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Administrator´s Companion, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administrator´s Companion, and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Step by Step.

As one of the cofounders of the UK SharePoint training company Combined Knowledge, he still enjoys teaching SharePoint when he gets the opportunity to do so. With little time available to teach entire five-day courses, Brett enjoys contributing to the SharePoint community through the SharePoint Pod Show at www.sharepointpodshow.com, along with cohosts Rob Foster, Jeremy Thake, and Nick Swan. Interviews with other SharePoint administrators, developers, and end users are recorded by the SharePoint Pod Show and made available to download, providing a great source of learning material.

Phill Duffy has been working with SharePoint for five years and currently works for Lightning Tools as a product manager. Previously, Phill was a developer at Lightning Tools, where he worked on the company´s popular BCS Meta Man tool. Phill enjoys speaking at conferences when he can. His speaking adventures have taken him to SPTechCon Boston and San Francisco, UK and the Netherlands SharePoint Saturdays, and the San Diego and London SharePoint Best Practices Conferences. Phill is an MCTS Application Developer for SharePoint 2007 and 2010.