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Oct 30, 2014
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Leveraging Windows Azure Data with SharePoint Business Connectivity Services
KIRIL ILIEV : SHAREPOINT APPLICATION DEVELOPER IN [email protected] / @kiliev / @infragistics
Agenda1 / Overview of Windows Azure Datamarket
2 / Overview of SharePoint Business Connectivity Services
3 / Present the WCF service
4 / DEMO: Consume the service in SharePoint External List
5/ Tips and Tricks
6 / Resources & Wrap Up
7 / Q & A
Windows Azure Datamarketpremium datasets / SaaS applications / diverse content type
Windows AzureTM Datamarket provides a wide range of authoritative datasets
Prerequisites for developing Windows Azure Applications Windows Live ID
Developer account at https://datamarket.azure.com/
Add dataset(s) to your account
(Demo the EDR dataset.)
SharePoint Business Connectivity Servicesbusiness connectivity services / external content type
SharePoint BCSExternal Content TypesReusability
Simplified access to external systems
Built-in SharePoint behavior
Secure access
Simplified maintenance
*Source: MSDN Blog
Developing the WCF Service
(Demo the WCF service.)
Two possible solutions for creating the ECT.
Tips and Tricks
(This starts the presentation of the tricks on a VM.)
Resources and Wrap up1 / Overview of Windows Azure Datamarket
2 / Overview of SharePoint Business Connectivity Services
3 / Present the WCF service
4 / DEMO: Consume the service in SharePoint External List
5/ Tips and Tricks
Q & A