Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out

Chapter 22. Working with external content

Using external content in SharePoint

Connecting SharePoint 2013 with external systems

Using BCS

Summary

TRADITIONALLY in Microsoft SharePoint, data are stored in lists and libraries; however, most organizations do not wish to move all their data into SharePoint—nor should they. Most organizations have spent time and money building or purchasing specialized customer relationship management (CRM) software systems such as Siebel and SAP to assist with key business processes. Those users who can access these external systems have to contend with multiple different UIs with an array of terminology. Typically, these users have undergone training in each UI and have developed their own cheat sheets to translate UI ...