Slides from my talk on the SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services at NWA TechFest 2010.

1. Help usThank ourSponsors: NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

2. How Business Connectivity Services will change your life Corey Roth Stonebridge Twitter: @coreyroth Blog: www.dotnetmafia.com NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

3. Please Be Courteous! NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

4. Session Objectives and Takeaways Session Objective(s): See how the power of the BCS will change your life Learn how to create External Content Types using SharePoint Designer 2010 SharePoint Workspace Outlook Integration NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

5. Corey Roth Consultant for Stonebridge in Tulsa, OK Worked in Consumer Electronics, Travel, Advertising, and Energy industries Currently doing SharePoint development specializing in Enterprise Search Microsoft Solutions Advocate Microsoft Award for Customer Excellence (ACE) Winner E-mail: coreyroth@gmail.com Twitter: @coreyroth Blog: www.dotnetmafia.com NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

6. Progress Bar = Q&A Time! My SharePoint VM is slow! See a progress bar? Ask a question! NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

7. Translation Guide NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

8. Business Connectivity Services No code connectivity to external data sources Full CRUD Support including reading and writing Built with SharePoint Designer 2010 Offline access via SharePoint Workspace Outlook Integration Searchable just like in MOSS 2007 NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

9. External Lists Allows data from BCS to appear as a native SharePoint list Supports full CRUD Can customize edit form using InfoPath NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

10. Data Sources Database table / view WCF / Web Service Business Data Connectivity Connector (BDC Entity Model or Custom Connector) NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

11. BCS, External Lists, SharePoint Workspace, and Outlook demo NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

12. Session Objectives and Takeaways Session Objective(s): See how the power of the BCS will change your life Learn how to create External Content Types using SharePoint Designer 2010 SharePoint Workspace Outlook Integration NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

13. Related Content Breakout Sessions/Chalk Talks Introduction to SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Search – Today at 2:30p Blog Posts BCS Walkthrough on DotNetMafia.com http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2010/02/02/it-s-easy-to-configure-an-external-list-with-business-connectivity-services-bcs-in-sharepoint-foundation-2010.aspx How to: Create a BCS Profile Page on DotNetMafia.com http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2010/04/15/how-to-create-a-bcs-profile-page-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks

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15. Help usThank ourSponsors: NWATechFest 2010 | Thu, Jul 8th, 2010 | Center for Nonprofits @ St. Mary’s – Rogers, AR| 25+ Speakers & 8 Tracks