Business Connectivity Services Technical Articles for SharePoint 2010

Read technical articles about Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

Applies to: Business Connectivity Services | Open XML | SharePoint Designer 2010 | SharePoint Foundation 2010 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2010 | Visual Studio

These articles provide information about Business Connectivity Services, which enables users to read and write data from external systems—through web services, databases, and Microsoft .NET Framework assemblies—from within Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Office 2010 applications.

Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010

	SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services Technical Articles in This Section Accessing BLOB Data from External Systems Using Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server 2010 Configuring SharePoint Server 2010 Search for External Content Types (Part 1 of 2) Configuring SharePoint Server 2010 Search for External Content Types (Part 2 of 2) Consuming External Data Using SharePoint Server 2010 Business Connectivity Services and an Excel 2010 Add-In Creating a .NET Connectivity Assembly for Business Connectivity Services by Using Visual Studio 2010 Creating Custom Business Connectivity Services Connectors Using SharePoint Server 2010 Creating .NET Assemblies That Aggregate Data from Multiple External Systems for Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Server 2010 Creating SharePoint Server 2010 External Content Type Associations with SharePoint Designer 2010 Defining Associations in Business Connectivity Services Using SharePoint Designer 2010 Developing Client Applications with Office 2010 and Business Connectivity Services for SharePoint Server 2010 Introduction to Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint Online Migrating Business Connectivity Services External Content Types in SharePoint 2010 Using Business Connectivity Services and Visual Studio Add-ins to Create PowerPoint Charts WCF: Consuming Claims-Enabled WCF Web Services as SharePoint 2010 External Content Types (Part 4 of 4) WCF: Establishing Trust Between WCF Web Services and SharePoint 2010 Security Token Service (Part 3 of 4) WCF: Determining Caller Identity within WCF Web Services (Part 2 of 4) WCF: Building WCF Web Services for SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services (Part 1 of 4)
	SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services Documentation For more information, see the following resources: SharePoint 2010 SDK Documentation: What's New: Business Connectivity Services Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services Fundamentals Understanding Business Connectivity Services Building Solutions with Business Connectivity Services What Is Included in Business Connectivity Services? Business Connectivity Services Class Libraries Business Connectivity Services: How-tos and Walkthroughs BCS Resource Center | SharePoint 2010
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