BCS
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Business Connectivity Services (BCS) is a feature of SharePoint that enables connecting to external data sources such as web services, databases, or other custom data sources.
- Exploring the BCS Metadata Schema
- Writing and Hosting a Web Service in the SharePoint 2010 Demo Virtual Machine
- Getting Started Building a WCF Web Service
- Determining Caller Identity within a WCF Web Service
- Establishing Trust between a WCF Web Service and the SharePoint 2010 Security Token Service
- Consuming a Claims-Enabled WCF Web Service as a SharePoint 2010 External Content Type
- Access denied by Business Data Connectivity
- Searching External Data in SharePoint 2010 Using Business Connectivity Services
As I was wrapping my head around the BCS metadata schema, I thought it would be helpful to me to use an outlining tool to explore the schema. I put together a OneNote page that contains the elements and attributes of the BCS metadata schema. Being able to expand and contract the nodes enabled me to see the big picture. (Article)
Coding and hosting a WCF web service is a great way to experiment with Business Connectivity Services (BCS) and External Content Types (ECT). (Article)
Shows how to create a very simple web service using WCF. Shows how to host this web service using IIS. (Article)
Enhances the example presented in ‘Getting Started building a WCF Web Service’ so that the Web service can authoritatively report on the identity of its caller. (Article)
Configures the example developed in ‘Determining Caller Identity within a WCF Web Service’ so that it uses a self-signed certificate to support a secure connection. (Article)
Walks through the procedure for consuming a claims-enabled web service as a SharePoint 2010 External Content Type. (Article)
Sometimes when you are creating and modifying External Content Types (ECT), you may see the error Access denied by Business Data Connectivity. (Article)
Business Connectivity Services (BCS) are a set of services and features that provide a way to connect SharePoint solutions to sources of external data and to define external content types that are based on that external data. The search services in SharePoint 2010 are able to index the external data using the external content type and show meaningful results to the searchers of the external data. BCS is based on its predecessor, Business Data Catalog, with enhancements in several key areas, including support in SharePoint Designer. (Article)