BCS in SharePoint 2013

Business Connectivity Services in new SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013 suite offers a whole lot of capabilities for users. It allows them to use these services as an interface into data that exists outside the SP. This is made possible by connecting to an external data source and running a query to return desirable results. Users can perform various operations using BCS such as Create, Read, Update, Delete, and Query (CRUDQ). Open Data, web services, WCF, .NET assemblies, cloud based services, custom connectors etc allow access to BCS so that it can interact with external sources.

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 What New can SharePoint do with BCS?

·         Ability to connect to OData sources

·         Ability to receive events from external systems

·         Enhanced support for REST and client object model

·         Scope of external content types at application level

Through on-premise and cloud configurations, you can bring data from anywhere and use it to power your SP and Office applications. Integrate business data solutions including custom data connections, custom Java script based solutions, custom coded web parts and enjoy benefits such as centralized infrastructure, managed authentication, and Search feature.

Here are some examples of data integration solutions that can be created using these capabilities: Help Desk, Sales dashboards, Artist tracker, etc. The versatility, flexibility and scalability is what distinguishes BCS from other similar solutions in the market. Koenig India offers various courses on SharePoint and other technologies to make professionals always ready to take on the IT world.