Building Solutions with Business Connectivity Services

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Explore the topics in this section to learn about building solutions with Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS).

• Roles and Development Life Cycle

• Types of Solutions You Can Create Using BCS

• Business Connectivity Services Tools Support

• When to Use SharePoint Designer vs. Visual Studio When Building Solutions Using BCS

• Setting Up the Development Environment for Business Connectivity Services

• Business Connectivity Services Object Model Overview

• Top 15 BCS Object Model Classes

• Using the SharePoint List Object Model and the SharePoint Client Object Model with External Lists

See Also

Concepts

Business Connectivity Services: How-tos and Walkthroughs

Business Connectivity Services: Sample XML and Code Examples

Other Resources

SharePoint Developer Team Blog

SharePoint Stack Exchange