In the eleventh and twelfth units of a set of fifteen units of video training content on building workflows for external data, in either SharePoint 2013, on premises, or SharePoint Online, Office 365, Fabian Williams, a SharePoint Server MVP, presents a set of procedures, and their underlying components, most likely to be useful for an […]
Working with the OData Protocol, Web Parameters and URIs to Expose External Data in SharePoint
Expressions of the OData protocol are usually incorporated within Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). These expressions add parameters to Internet locations, at the application layer (hypertext). Once the syntax of a URI has been successfully completed, a web browser can be used as a “universal client” to parse data repositories for targeted segments of data, which […]
Using the BCS to Pull External Data into SharePoint 2013 with Visual Studio
Microsoft is attempting to rebrand its code editor, Visual Studio, as a preferred method for developers to product Apps conforming to the Office 2013 App model. In a set of three video tutorials, Fabian Williams, a SharePoint MVP and widely acknowledged subject matter expert, demonstrates how the BCS can be used, via Visual Studio, to […]
A Hands On Example Using SharePoint Designer, SQL Server and the Secure Store for SharePoint 2013 to Work with External Data
In a video tutorial titled Using SQL Server to interact with BCS External Data, Fabian Williams, a SharePoint Server MVP demonstrates each of the steps required to create an external content type in SharePoint 2013. The steps are taken with SharePoint Designer 2013, SQL Server, and the Secure Store. This video tutorial is included in […]
On the Architecture of BCS for SharePoint 2013
SharePoint-Videos has just published a new set of video training for SharePoint 2013: Working with External Data in SharePoint 2013 using BCS and Workflows – On premises and Online. The target audience for this training set are SharePoint Developers and IT Pros. The course is led by Fabian Williams, a SharePoint Server MVP. The content […]
SharePoint-Videos Publishes a Set of Video Tutorials on External Data, BCS and Workflows for SharePoint 2013
Organizations in need of proven methods to surface external data in SharePoint 2013, and to work with it via no-code process development approaches, should consider a new set of video tutorials on BCS, External Data, and Workflows, led by Fabian Williams, SharePoint Server MVP. The set has just been published by SharePoint-Videos. A review of […]
Microsoft Partners Working On a Collaboration and Content Competency May Want to Study Business Connectivity Services (BCS)
In a post to the U.S. Partner Team Blog on Technet, titled ‘Build your SharePoint business with the Collaboration and Content competency’, Diane Golshan of Microsoft writes: ‘implementing business-critical solutions with line-of-business (LOB) data coming from disparate systems surfaced in SharePoint’ is an example of one of the ‘tremendous opportunities’ in front of U.S. partners […]
OData Support is an Improved Feature for SharePoint 2013 for Business Connectivity Services (BCS)
With the new Business Connectivity Services (BCS) component behind Office, and SharePoint 2013, better support is available for services running the Open Data (OData) web Protocol. This new BCS component complements the Office, and SharePoint 2013 App Model, both of which, in turn, are very deeply based on web development tools — HTML and JavaScript. […]
Business Connectivity Services for SharePoint 2013
Any organization looking to implement SharePoint 2013 as an enterprise application for document or content management, or for reporting purposes, or even for gathering useful business intelligence, will need to use solutions and features built on the Business Data Collector (BDC) and Business Connectivity Services (BCS). Despite two new SharePoint Server versions, 2010 and, now, […]
Central Administration Settings for Creating and Configuring Reporting Services as a SharePoint Server 2013 Service
The task of adding the SQL Server 2012 SP1 Reporting Services for SharePoint service is best performed by SharePoint administrators. Jason Himmelstein’s presentation in the first part of his series on Reporting Services, REPORTING SERVICES IN SHAREPOINT 2013 PART 1 is tailored for an audience of administrators. As we noted in the previous post to […]