Fabian Williams BCS Session Spsnola
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The document highlights Fabian G. Williams' expertise in business connectivity services within SharePoint, particularly focusing on utilizing external content types. It discusses challenges end users face when accessing external data, emphasizes the functionalities of SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio in creating no-code and code solutions, and outlines various investment areas for enhancing user experience with business connectivity. The presentation on business data connectivity details the architecture, tools, and features that enable effective data integration and management in SharePoint.
Fabian Williams BCS Session Spsnola
- 1. Fabian williams Business Connectivity Services External Content Types in SPD 2010 and VS2010Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.comTwitter: @fabianwilliamsconsumed by External Lists in SharePoint UX and Office Suite of Application… from the wading pool all the way into the deep end….
- 2. About the SpeakerFabian G. Williams MCSD, MCDBAhttp://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com@fabianwilliamsFabian G. Williams is a SharePoint Architect at CDW Advance Technology Services Information Worker Practice. In addition he is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) and a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA).Prior to CDW., Mr. Williams was the Chief Technology Officer for WING, Inc. Recently, he was the Chief Internet Developer for the Department of Defense’s Global Emerging Infections System and a Sales Engineer at Citrix Incorporated.Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams
- 3. AGENDAChallenges with Back-End Data
- 4. Introducing Business Connectivity Services
- 6. Products and features used
- 7. How it was done
- 8. Demo: No-Code Solution – SPD 2010
- 9. Demo: Code Solution – Visual Studio 2010
- 10. Summary
- 11. Q&ABlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams
- 12. Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliamsThe Woes of Surfacing LOB System Data to End UsersEnd User ChallengesMultiple user interfaces External systems can be difficult to useCan't work with the data when and where I want toCan’t easily search for business dataNeed to involve IT to service my requests for data accessIT ChallengesIslands of business dataOverhead for IT to service all user requestsManage security, auditing, connectivityOne off projects for connecting to external systems
- 13. SharePoint Composites The New Home for Business Connectivity Services formerly (BDC)SitesRapidly create no-code collaborative solutionsCommunitiesCompositesUnlock the value of your enterprise dataContentInsightsMaintain control over end user solutionsSearchBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams
- 14. Investment AreasSharePoint User Interface not limited to browser only. Extend from Server External List all the way to Rich ClientsPresentationEnd of Read-Only access to LOB Systems now you can CRUD your way through your LOB System Data? Good thing or not?ConnectivityIf you didn’t like SPD before get ready to Love it! Extend your VS 2010 solutions in SPD 2010 in the same DLL / Object SpaceToolingBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams
- 15. Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliamsGrow your SharePoint LexiconBusiness Connectivity Services – Umbrella TermBusiness Data Connectivity (BDC) – plumbing, runtime OM, connectivity, formerly the Buss. Data CatalogExternal System – back ends, LOB, WS, WCF, DB, etc.External Content Type (ECT) - previously your Entity in BDCExternal List – newest type of SP list
- 16. Architecture DiagramBusiness Connectivity Services in a Nutshell…SharePointDesign ToolsOffice ApplicationsBCS ClientDev PlatformEnterprise SearchBusiness IntelligenceCollaboration SocialEnterprise Content ManagementSharePointDesignerSolution Packaging and Out of the box UISecurityVisual StudioBusiness Data Connectivity RuntimeBDC Metadata StoreWeb 2.0DBWCFWeb ServiceLOBBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams
- 17. Business Data Connectivity (BDC)Presentation in SharePointBusiness Data Connectivity (BDC)BDC Metadata StoreBDC Client RuntimeBDC Server RuntimeClient DataCacheDBConnectorWCF/WSConnector.NET AssemblyConnectorCustomConnectorClient to Backend Direct ConnectionExternal dataCustom .NET assemblySQLSAPORACLESiebelBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams
- 18. What is Baked Into the Product – Bag of Tricks so to speakSharePoint Server 2010Office 2010Secure Store ServiceExternal Data SearchRich Client ExtensionsBDC Client RuntimeExternal Data Web PartsProfile PagesSharePoint Foundation 2010External ListExternal Data ColumnBusiness Data Connectivity ServiceBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams
- 19. Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliamsExternal List in SharePoint – Presentation LayerExpose external data as a native SharePoint list Full CRUD capability
- 20. Familiar UI and navigation
- 22. Profile page available for each item in the list
- 23. Offline-ableBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliamsOff-lining External List – Extending in Office 2010Connect to Outlook asContactsTasksCalendarsPostsDownload to SharePoint Workspace as ListsWord doc libraries with external data columns
- 24. Empower your Users to be more ProductiveNO CODE*CODESharePoint DesignerSharePoint SDKVisualStudioAdvanced DeveloperDeveloperPower UserBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams
- 25. Different Strokes for Different FolksCustom connectivity for data aggregation, transformation, security, etc.
- 26. Use custom code to integrate data into any Office app
- 27. Business logic in forms
- 28. Create reusable components (UI parts, ECTs, actions)
- 29. Customize
- 30. InfoPath forms
- 31. Workflow
- 32. Web Part Pages
- 33. Outlook taskpane and ribbon
- 34. Out-of-box
- 35. Surface data in External Lists
- 36. Connect those lists to Outlook, SPW
- 37. External Data ColumnsIntermediateSimpleAdvancedNO CODE*CODESharePoint DesignerSharePoint SDKVisualStudioAdvanced DeveloperDeveloperPower UserBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams
- 38. demoBlog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams