Silverlight applications can access SharePoint data and services using web services. Many SharePoint 2010 web services are available including Search. SharePoint 2010 Web Services increases the reach of SharePoint data and services.
Hands-On Labs
Accessing SharePoint Using Query Web Service
Silverlight applications can access SharePoint data and services using web services. Many SharePoint 2010 web services are available including Search. SharePoint 2010 Web Services increases the reach of SharePoint data and services.
Accessing People Using Query Web Service
Silverlight applications can access SharePoint data and services using web services. This includes a search of People and people-related metadata. This lab will demonstrate how to create a Web Service Query to search for people.
Accessing SharePoint List Data Using WCF Data Services
Silverlight applications can access SharePoint 2010 list data using ListData.svc. ListData.svc is a Rest implementation. Developers may use Visual Studio 2010 to create a proxy classes to simplify list access. This lab will demonstrate using Silverlight to access SharePoint 2010 list data using the rest interfaces.
Accessing Excel Data using Excel Rest APIs
Excel Services 2010 provides remote access to Excel data. Developers can use the Rest APIs available with Excel Services 2010 to query and process Excel data in their applications. Excel Services and the Rest APIs can also update the workbook and use the powerful Excel formulas to complete complex calculations. The updates are not persisted and are only in memory. This lab will demonstrate how Excel and Excel Rest APIs are used to return data and calculations.
Accessing Access Data using Rest APIs
Access Services provides data storage and reporting functionality SharePoint 2010. Developers can use Rest APIs to access and modify Access Services data. This lab will demonstrate how Access Service data can be queried using the Rest APIs.