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SharePoint 2010: Business Connectivity Services - Features & Limitations
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Business Connectivity Services, the sequencer of the Business Data Catalog, is going to play a key rol in SharePoint composites. BCS allows you to connect SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 applications to external business data. The external data is made available in SharePoint 2010 through ‘external lists’. From an end-user experience the external lists have similar functionality as standard SharePoint lists. There are two types of integrated solutions: You can build no-code solutions using SharePoint Designer or you can build a solution with custom coding using Visual Studio.
Comments: Microsoft agnostic evaluation of Sharepoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services, advantages and drawbacks, quite recommeded reading.