Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure Vol 2 part 11. This course is intended for IT Professionals who use Microsoft SharePoint 2010 in a team-based, medium-sized to large environment. While they may have implemented a SharePoint deployment, they have limited experience in designing a SharePoint infrastructure. They likely work as a senior administrator who acts as a technical lead over a team of administrators. Members of this audience should have at least 6 months experience with SharePoint 2010. | Planning a SharePoint 2010 Implementation of a Business Intelligence Strategy 11-15 Describe the design options for BCS security. Explain planning options for authentication when using the Secure Store Service. Describe how to prevent the double-hop issue. MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED 11-16 Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure Overview of Business Connectivity Services Key Points BCS is a foundation component for data integration in SharePoint 2010. It is one of the few service applications that are embedded in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. The terminology for BCS is potentially confusing for those who have experience of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Business Data Catalog BDC . BCS is described by using the following terms and acronyms Business Connectivity Services. The overall name for the service. Business Data Connectivity BDC . The runtime that enables connectivity to external data sources. External Content Type ECT . An entity that is consumed through BCS. External List. A SharePoint 2010 list that is specifically designed to deliver data from external systems. MCT USE ONLY. STUDENT USE PROHIBITED Planning a SharePoint 2010 Implementation of a Business Intelligence Strategy 11-17 BCS Overview BCS is a set of features that enable you to connect through SharePoint 2010 to a range of external data sources. You can render this external content into SharePoint visualizations such as external lists or Web Parts. You can connect to data sources that include but are not limited to SQL Server databases SAP applications Web services including Windows Communication Foundation WCF Web services Custom applications SharePoint Web sites BCS uses a standard set of interfaces that makes it possible for both users and developers to create business applications in SharePoint 2010. A key tool for users is Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 which enables them to develop solutions without the need to write programming code. For more .
