Microsoft Business Connectivity Services Team Blog
BCS Artifact Generator
Chances are you’ve already read Brad Stevenson’s post Types of Solutions and you’re interested in...
Date: 06/03/2010
BCS Solutions in Outlook
If you’ve read Brad Stevenson’s post Types of Solutions then you’re already familiar with the three...
Date: 06/03/2010
How do I optimize backend synchronization?
Business Connectivity Services (BCS) has a synchronization framework that uses a client cache to...
Date: 05/13/2010
How do I leverage Secure Store from within my .Net Connectivity Assembly?
With Database, Web Service and WCF connectors, there is one and only one external system. BCS...
Date: 05/11/2010
BCS Logging
BCS is a cool framework to bring external data to Office Applications on the client. But due to...
Date: 05/07/2010
BCS Team Channel: Secure Store Service
We just uploaded the next installment on the BCS Team Channel. In this video Sanjay Rama takes you...
Date: 05/06/2010
Why it’s important to define filters for a good picking experience
Hi this is Juan Balmori with another post for the BCS blog. This is a follow up to my previous post,...
Date: 05/05/2010
Searching External Data in SharePoint 2010 Using Business Connectivity Services
Eric White posted great content on how to Search External Data in SharePoint 2010 using BCS. Here is...
Date: 04/30/2010
Introduction to System Filters
Filters are used by Microsoft Business Connectivity Service (BCS) to give values to input parameters...
Date: 04/29/2010
Accessing BLOB Data from External Systems Using Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server 2010
Tajeshwar Singh wrote a white paper which shows you how to use Microsoft Business Connectivity...
Date: 04/27/2010
BCS Solution Packaging Tool
If you’ve read Brad Stevenson’s post Types of Solutions, you’re already familiar with the range of...
Date: 04/25/2010
Authenticating to Your External System
When getting acquainted with BCS, most new users work against an unsecured backend. This means they...
Date: 03/12/2010
Working with BCS in Visual Studio 2010 series
The SharePoint Team Blog has a great series that walks you through the creation of an external list...
Date: 03/10/2010
Introducing the SharePoint SPIdentity Team Blog
Check out the SharePoint SPIdentity Team Blog to read up on how Identity was implemented in...
Date: 03/09/2010
Using SharePoint workflows with BCS – Full Trust Workflow Activities
In the last post, we covered how to use Sandboxed Workflow Actions to lessen the stress on your...
Date: 03/02/2010
Deploying BCS Simple Solutions
Previous posts have mentioned how to represent business data as external content types, creating...
Date: 02/25/2010
Making Web Services BCS Friendly – Part 2
As mentioned in the overview post, Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010 allows end...
Date: 02/23/2010
Overview of BCS Advanced Code-Based Solutions
Business Connectivity Services (BCS) provides many out-of-box capabilities that deliver rich,...
Date: 02/19/2010
BCS PowerShell: Introduction and Throttle Management
Your external list worked great when you tested it, but it’s not working on the deployment server!...
Date: 02/16/2010
Surfacing business data in Word 2010 using External Data Columns and the External Item Content Control.
Another post for BCS… this is Juan Balmori, I’ve being working in the SharePoint 2010 release on how...
Date: 02/15/2010
Working with Complex Data Types in Business Connectivity Services
Business Connectivity Services is an enabling technology for integrating data from external systems...
Date: 02/10/2010
Test Drive BCS
Now that we have shown you the basics on how to: Create a model using SharePoint Designer Create an...
Date: 02/09/2010
Using SharePoint workflows with Business Connectivity Services (BCS) – Sandboxed Workflow Actions
In the last post, we covered how to use the out of box SharePoint Workflow activities to work with...
Date: 01/29/2010
BCS Team Channel: Creating an External Content Type in SharePoint Designer 2010
The BCS Team Channel has a new video in which we show you how in just a few minutes you can create...
Date: 01/28/2010
How can I get rid of the “Publisher cannot be verified” message when taking external lists offline?
When a user takes an external list offline to either SharePoint Workspace or Outlook, by default the...
Date: 01/22/2010
Using SharePoint workflows with Business Connectivity Services (BCS)
Hi, my name is JD Klaka, a test lead on the BCS team. I have worked on both SharePoint Workflow and...
Date: 01/20/2010
Tooling Associations in SharePoint Designer 2010
This post serves as a follow-up to Juan’s 11/19 posting entitled The Notion of Associations and the...
Date: 01/15/2010
Todd Baginski’s How-to Series
Todd Baginski has a great series of how-to posts that demonstrate multiple capabilities of Business...
Date: 01/05/2010
BCS Team Channel: External Data in SharePoint Workspace
The third installment of the BCS Team Channel is now live! In this episode you are taken on a tour...
Date: 12/14/2009
External Lists in SharePoint Workspace
This is a post from the SharePoint Workspace team on taking external data into SharePoint Workspace...
Date: 12/10/2009
BCS Tooling Investments in 2010: Part 2
In the first installment of this series of posts, “BCS Tooling Investments in 2010: Part 1”, we...
Date: 12/09/2009
BCS Team Channel: External Lists in Outlook
The second installment of the BCS Team Channel is now live! Juan Balmori Labra takes us on a tour of...
Date: 12/04/2009
Introducing the External Content Type
External content type is probably the most important Business Connectivity Services (BCS) concept to...
Date: 12/02/2009
Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP
We’re excited to announce that at the Professional Developer Conference 2009 (PDC09) Microsoft...
Date: 11/24/2009
Permissions in Business Connectivity Services
Solution designers, administrators, and end users interact with composite solutions using external...
Date: 11/24/2009
Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Public Beta
The BCS team is excited to announce the Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 public betas are available...
Date: 11/20/2009
The Notion of Associations and the External Item Picker
In real world problems there is a frequent need to find related or complimentary information for a...
Date: 11/19/2009
Making Web Services BCS Friendly – Part 1
As mentioned in the overview post, Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010 allows end...
Date: 11/18/2009
BCS Team Channel is now Live!
The first of a series of episodes on the BCS Team Channel is live! Watch our very own Sanjay Rama...
Date: 11/13/2009
Types of Solutions
Solutions that leverage Business Connectivity Services (BCS) typically fall into one of three high...
Date: 11/12/2009
BCS Overview Demo Video
In this three-part video Brad Stevenson goes through a high-level overview out-of-the-box...
Date: 11/06/2009
Announcing the Business Connectivity Services Resource Center
The SharePoint IT Pro content team is proud to announce the launching of our new Business...
Date: 10/29/2009
BCS documentation is now live on MSDN along with the SharePoint 2010 Developer Center
The new SharePoint 2010 Getting Started site is now live and is a great resource to ramp up for...
Date: 10/28/2009
BCS at SharePoint Conference 2009
SharePoint Conference was a success and we were incredibly excited about the customer feedback...
Date: 10/27/2009
Overview of Business Connectivity Services
This post kicks off a series of conversations about the new Business Connectivity Services (BCS)...
Date: 10/19/2009
Welcome and let’s get started!
This blog is the place where the Business Connectivity Services (BCS) product team will help you...
Date: 09/28/2009