SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Content Management Resource Center - NEW!

Learn about the improvements and changes in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Web Content Management (WCM) in SharePoint 2010, including new capabilities in the Records center.

Are you looking for information about BCS? BCS enables users to read and write data from external systems-through web services, databases, and .NET assemblies.

Find out what's new in ECM, check out the resource center, explore the document set ribbon and export sample, and link to SDK topics about assembling final documents from document set contents, rules and conditions that affect document flow, and working with document IDs.

Find overviews, how-to topics, and other resources to help you develop and deploy Enterprise Search solutions in SharePoint Server 2010.

Are you developing an extension to SharePoint administrative functions? Get guidance, including information about programmatic administration, extending Central Administration, and creating Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

Are you creating client applications that access SharePoint data remotely? Find overviews, guidelines, and programming tasks for all three flavors of the SharePoint Foundation client object model: .NET managed, Silverlight, and ECMAScript.

Are you looking for official best practices guidance? Learn tips, including information about speeding up your code, disposing objects, and working with large lists.

Do you want to get started, or are you interested in discovering something new? See Top 10 lists, including developer features, how-to topics, API documentation, and code samples.

Are you looking to learn about Excel Services programmability capabilities? Learn about Excel Web Services, UDFs, the Excel Web Access Web Part, REST, and ECMAScript support.

Are you new to SharePoint security, or do you want to learn the latest about claims-based identity? Find information about areas of security, including authentication, role providers, and claims.