Well, that’s just an informing post. I think it is useful to know which features are available in SharePoint within the different versions. For example that the search of external data is not available in SharePoint Foundation which means that it won’t crawl your external datasource.
So i found this table at the site of microsoft http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee556390.aspx
| Business Connectivity Services Feature | Foundation Edition | Standard Edition | Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| External List |
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| External Data column |
√ |
√ |
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| Business Data Connectivity (BDC) service |
√ |
√ |
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| Connector Framework |
√ |
√ |
√ |
| Secure Store Service |
√ |
√ |
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| External Data Search |
√ |
√ |
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| Profile Pages |
√ |
√ |
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| Business Data Web Parts |
√ |
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| Rich Client Integration |
√ |
So as you might see, the External Data Search is available at Standard Version or higher but not at Foundation. Such information might be very interesting if you’re planning using BCS for your application. If you use Foundation, you have to use the Search Server Express which is for free and have more options that get the external data searchable.
Maybe you are also interested into “symptoms and issues you may encounter with the SharePoint Server search connector framework […]” and some solutions to them? Should have a look at this page.
I’ll come up with a post how to make the bdc model crawable in the next days. So i recommend to come back again or just use the rss feed of this blog.
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