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by Penelope Coventry Errin O’Connor Troy Lanphier, Johnathan Lightfoot, Thomas Resi
Microsoft® SharePoint® Foundation 2010 Inside Out
- Microsoft® SharePoint® Foundation 2010 Inside Out
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- Introduction
- 1. Introduction to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
- Presenting SharePoint Foundation 2010
- Sites
- Communities
- Content
- Search
- Insights
- Composites
- What’s New?
- The Ribbon
- Alerts Enhancements
- Business Connectivity Services
- Client Object Model
- Custom Field Rendering Enhancements
- Events Enhancements
- Health Analyzer
- List Enhancements
- Enforcing Unique Column Constraints
- Mobile Device Development Enhancements
- Mobile Messaging
- Performance Monitoring and Request Throttling
- The Ribbon
- Sandboxed Solutions
- Security Enhancements
- Automatic Password Change and Managed Accounts
- Effective Permission API
- Secure Store Service
- Service Application Framework
- Silverlight Integration and Cross-Domain Data Access
- UI Enhancements
- Unified Logging Systems
- Windows PowerShell for SharePoint
- Workflow Enhancements
- Summary
- 2. Administration for Business Users
- 3. End-User Features and Experience
- 4. Creating Sites and Workspaces by Using the Browser
- 5. Designing Lists and Libraries
- Creating Lists
- Modifying Lists and Libraries
- Updating Permissions and Management
- Deleting a List or Library
- Saving a List or Library as a Template
- Changing Permissions for a List or Library
- Manage Files That Have No Checked-In Version
- Workflow Settings
- Information Management Policy Settings
- RSS Settings on Lists or Libraries
- Subscribe to an RSS Feed in a List or Library
- Adding Columns to Lists or Libraries
- Calculating Column Values
- Changing and Deleting List Columns
- Reordering List Columns
- Working with Site Columns in a List or Library
- Creating and Modifying List and Library Views
- Working with List Content
- Creating Discussions
- Creating Surveys
- Summary
- 6. Creating and Formatting Webpages
- Creating and Modifying Content Pages by Using a Browser
- Using SharePoint Designer to Create and Modify Webpages
- Creating Application Pages for SharePoint Sites
- Summary
- 7. Adding, Editing, Connecting, and Managing Web Parts on the Page
- 8. Managing Site Content
- An Introduction to Information Architecture
- Governance
- Choosing a Content Manager
- Managing Content for Internet Sites
- Summary
- 9. Working with External Content
- 10. Using and Creating Workflows
- SharePoint Workflow Basics
- Gathering Requirements by Using Visio Premium
- Creating, Editing, and Managing Custom Workflows by Using SharePoint Designer
- Using Conditions and Actions
- Creating a List Workflow
- Using Common Conditions
- Using the Workflow History Log to Monitor the Progress of a Workflow
- Creating Workflow Variables and Calculating Values
- Using Workflow Variables and Comparing Data from Different Lists
- Assigning Task Items to Users or Groups
- Adding an Else - If Branch to Your Workflow
- Using Workflows to Send Emails
- Checking and Publishing Workflows
- Using the Impersonation Step
- Using Reusable and Globally Reusable Workflows
- Using Conditions and Actions
- Working with Workflows and Visual Studio
- Summary
- 11. Integrating SharePoint with Microsoft Office 2010
- 12. Taking Lists and Libraries Offline
- 13. Managing Site Settings
- Sites vs. Site Collections
- Site Settings (Subsite)
- Site Settings (Top-Level Site)
- Summary
- 14. Creating, Managing, and Designing Sites by Using SharePoint Designer 2010
- 15. Customizing the User Interface
- 16. Developing SharePoint Solutions by Using Visual Studio 2010
- Index
- About the Authors
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This chapter detailed how you can incorporate external content by basic SharePoint Foundation no-code solutions with SharePoint Designer, using the Data Source gallery and BCS components: ECTs, External lists, and external data columns. The external content can be presented by using either the Data Source gallery or BCS with the Data Form Web Part. External content in External lists can also be presented by using the XLV Web Part. More advanced solutions can be built with Visual Studio 2010.
BCS is a new, massive addition to SharePoint Foundation 2010. It was first introduced in the Enterprise Edition of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and the full capability of BCS, both on the client and server side, can only be achieved out-of-the-box with the Enterprise Edition of SharePoint Server 2010.
External content can be used with your users’ computers by using Office 2010 applications, although with SharePoint Foundation, you might need to develop VSTO packages to fully exploit client-side solutions.
The BCS provides a method of providing access to external content without the need to redefine how to connect the external systems for each site that must use that external content. However, as an ECT designer, you do need higher permissions than is required with the Data Source gallery, and you will need to collaborate closely with the SharePoint administrator to implement BCS solutions. Also, as changes to BCS solutions can affect many sites over many web applications, a release management process should be implemented. Changes to Data Source gallery solutions only affect one site.
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