why is BCS "too clunky"?
but even still, SP groups are a bad design... BCS or not... you should really be using AD groups.
Scott
Thanks for your time. Huh... I asked why not AD and was told "that's to much work" (great minds). All-in-all however the real question I can't wrap my head around (no experience) is dealing with huge amounts of external data (yah big biz) and creating a CRUD environment in SP2013 from external dbsource. I don't know if the person asking me this was having a hard time writing the custom BCS connection or if "it" fancied a CSOM/LINQ solution thinking it to be "more mature". I am interested in whatever is "best practices" and is most capable of handling massive data. Ideas are appreciated - and needed.
Cheers
John
MCTS