tru
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| Posted: 04/12/2009, 1:15 PM |
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Totally new in all of this.
Have been looking into Microsoft Sharepoint Designer to create a connection to a Microsoft SQL base with a employee table that I need to maintain.
My company uses Sharepoint, have basic 3.0 and MOSS available.
So my questions are:
How easy is it (is it possible?) to use CCS to generate the code and implement this to Sharepoint Server?
If it is possible, what would you recommend I should do? (Where to start)
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Edd
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| Posted: 04/12/2009, 6:06 PM |
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We have incorporated ccs into sharepoint using the webpart to incorporate other pages. The pages need to be in the same domain and NT authenticated - this works well.
Sharepoint really does not play well with other applications it is it's own application framework and like all MS products it keeps changing so it tends to keep 3rd part developers at bay as the continual cost of upgrades keeps hurting.
The best recommendation is based upon what you are trying to build. Look at sharepoint's toolkit and use it appropriately - I find it very clunky - but for a lot of basic stuff it works for single forms use it - internal employee forms with workflow probably the best solution considering that you have already outlayed the big bucks for sharepoint.
If you have a contained application - then ccs can be a better fit and cheaper. A client of mine was using a sharepoint intranet and decided to extend it to an extranet and the licensing costs blew them away - result - project canceled and sharepoint push slowed to a grinding crawl.
Use the right tool for the best outcome, but watch out for license costs.
Edd
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tru
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| Posted: 04/12/2009, 6:37 PM |
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Edd
Thank you very much for a informative post, as you I also found the Sharepoint's toolkit clunky so I will give it a try with CCS and use webpart. Unfortunately Sharepoint is here to stay (for the moment) so I have to make the best out of it.
Tom
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