Learn about this new business integration feature that enables Office SharePoint Server 2007 to surface business data from back-end server applications without any coding.

Business Data Catalog comprises a metadata repository and an object model that provide a unified and simple way to invoke operations and a consistent, object-oriented programming interface for business logic that lives in the various business applications.

Four roles—business analyst, metadata author, administrator, and developer—are necessary to create and deploy business data solutions in an Office SharePoint Server 2007 environment.

Review development scenarios for authoring metadata and building custom applications with Business Data Catalog.

Learn how Business Data Catalog provides homogeneous access to the underlying data sources with a declarative metadata model that provides a consistent and simplified client object model.

A one-stop-shop for resources related to modeling database systems in the Business Data Catalog.

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Find detailed, step-by-step procedures for authoring metadata for business applications to work with Business Data Catalog.

Get how-to information and code examples for building custom applications with Business Data Catalog.

Learn about the Business Data Catalog authentication and authorization model.

Find tips for easy debugging and troubleshooting of metadata-related errors and run-time exceptions.

Find tips and answers to frequently asked questions.

Get definitions of terms commonly used with Business Data Catalog.

Find summary descriptions of Business Data Catalog, single sign-on, and all other new and enhanced features of Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Learn how to implement a new pluggable single sign-on mechanism that allows you to use alternate single sign-on providers.