A deck i use at most SharePoint Saturdays. The deck is brief because i mostly do demos. Demos are on my blog http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com

1. Fabian williams Business Connectivity Services External Content Types in SPD 2010 and VS2010 Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams consumed 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 Speaker Fabian G. Williams MCSD, MCDBA http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com @fabianwilliams Fabian 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

4. Introducing Business Connectivity Services

5. Building the Solution

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: @fabianwilliams The Woes of Surfacing LOB System Data to End Users End User Challenges Multiple user interfaces External systems can be difficult to use Can't work with the data when and where I want to Can’t easily search for business data Need to involve IT to service my requests for data access IT Challenges Islands of business data Overhead for IT to service all user requests Manage security, auditing, connectivity One off projects for connecting to external systems

13. SharePoint Composites The New Home for Business Connectivity Services formerly (BDC) 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 Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

14. Investment Areas SharePoint User Interface not limited to browser only. Extend from Server External List all the way to Rich Clients Presentation End of Read-Only access to LOB Systems now you can CRUD your way through your LOB System Data? Good thing or not? Connectivity If you didn’t like SPD before get ready to Love it! Extend your VS 2010 solutions in SPD 2010 in the same DLL / Object Space Tooling Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

15. Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams Grow your SharePoint Lexicon Business Connectivity Services – Umbrella Term Business Data Connectivity (BDC) – plumbing, runtime OM, connectivity, formerly the Buss. Data Catalog External System – back ends, LOB, WS, WCF, DB, etc. External Content Type (ECT) - previously your Entity in BDC External List – newest type of SP list

16. Architecture Diagram Business Connectivity Services in a Nutshell… SharePoint Design Tools Office Applications BCS Client Dev Platform Enterprise Search Business Intelligence Collaboration Social Enterprise Content Management SharePoint Designer Solution Packaging and Out of the box UI Security Visual Studio Business Data Connectivity Runtime BDC Metadata Store Web 2.0 DB WCF Web Service LOB Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

17. 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 Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

18. What is Baked Into the Product – Bag of Tricks so to speak 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 Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

20. Familiar UI and navigation

21. Sort, Filter, Group

22. Profile page available for each item in the list

24. Empower your Users to be more Productive NO CODE* CODE SharePoint Designer SharePoint SDK Visual Studio Advanced Developer Developer Power User Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

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 ColumnsIntermediate Simple Advanced NO CODE* CODE SharePoint Designer SharePoint SDK Visual Studio Advanced Developer Developer Power User Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams

38. demo Blog: http://fabiangwilliams.wordpress.com Twitter: @fabianwilliams