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Put your organization's data to work with Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 20l0-and build valuable business solutions. Led by a team of SharePoint experts, you'll learn how to integrate data from several systems-such as sales, accounting, and inventory-and then search, display, combine, and modify the information using code and no-code SharePoint solutions. This hands-on guide is ideal for SharePoint project managers, business analysts, architects, and administrators. Create a central hub for your business data with SharePoint 2010 Access data from applications and databases using Business Connectivity Services Create external lists in SharePoint to display your business data Build dashboards to present charts and key performance indicators Use business information offline with Microsoft Office applications Create custom SharePoint applications to insert, modify, and delete business data Populate SharePoint user profiles with information from several sources Build Business Connectivity Service solutions in SharePoint Online Table of Contents Introduction Part I Planning and Maintaining Business Connectivity Services Chapter 1: Making SharePoint the Central Hub for Business Chapter 2: Introducing Business Connectivity Service Chapter 3: Creating and Maintaining Business Data Connectivity Services Applications Chapter 4: Defining External Systems Connections Using SharePoint Designer Part II Presenting External Data Chapter 5: Creating External Lists and Using External Data in Lists and Libraries Chapter 6: Building Business Data Dashboards Chapter 7: Using External Data with Office Client Applications Chapter 8: Finding Information from External Systems Chapter 9: Using External Data in User Profiles Chapter 10: Exploring Office 365 and Connecting to External Data Part III Extending the Out-of-the-Box BCS Functionality Chapter 11: Using Client-Side Code and External Data Chapter 12: Building Server-Side BCS Solutions Appendix A: BCS Model Infrastructure Index