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Advanced Site Customization

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Displaying Data

SharePoint Server 2010 is a platform that can be used to integrate data from many sources. Some of these sources reside within SharePoint itself, such as lists and libraries. Others are external data sources. These include Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMSs) such as Microsoft SQL Server or database products from other vendors such as Oracle and IBM. Data can also be retrieved from web services, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and Representational State Transfer (REST) feeds, or from XML files. SharePoint's Business Connectivity Services (BCS) system is also ...

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