PowerShell™ for SharePoint

Chapter 15. Business Data Connectivity Service

In This Chapter

• Get the Identity of the BCS Service Application

• Get a Specific BCS Service Application Instance

• Configure the BCS Database

• Get a BCS Metadata Object

• Import a BCS Model

• Export a BCS Model

This chapter explores the administrative aspects of the Business Data Connectivity Service (BCS) through the use of SharePoint PowerShell cmdlets. BCS is the replacement of the Business Data Catalog (BDC) from MOSS 2007, although there are remnants of the reference to the Business Data Catalog.

Get the Identity of the BCS Service Application

Scenario/Problem: You need to find the identity of the BCS service application.

Solution: Use the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet.

In order ...