BitWise SharePoint expertise dates back to the era of SharePoint 2003. We have been working on this platform and started exploring MOSS 2007 and MWSS when it was in beta stage.

BitWise has a dedicated Center of Excellence for SharePoint Platform (MOSS – Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and MWSS - Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services). The Center of Excellence has enabled a detailed understanding of the underlying Architecture of the platform including SharePoint Architecture itself, SharePoint Database, SharePoint Object Model, SharePoint Security Model, SharePoint Web Services and MOSS 2007 SDK.

BitWise’s SharePoint Practice has matured considerably with experience and we have a SharePoint Environment specific development infrastructure and framework which helps us deliver quality custom solutions and reducing the time to market of the of the solutions we build.

BitWise employs SharePoint for almost all of its internal systems and has an in-depth understanding of not just the development of solutions but also what are the needs of Maintaining and Supporting SharePoint installations and the inbuilt custom Solutions.

Over a period BitWise has built some template based custom applications which can be deployed at the customer location with minimal customization. The customizations could include:

1. Application Branding
2. Workflow Tweaks
3. Business Rules Tweaks

The following business applications have been developed and are offered by BitWise at a fixed cost inclusive of the customizations that may be needed:

• SOX Compliance Enabler/Internal System of Controls: Internal System of Controls is SharePoint (MOSS 2007) based intranet application that tracks audit results for SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance. The application is primarily intended to be used by SOX auditors, who are responsible for reviewing, testing and archiving test details of various SOX processes in the organization. This application provides the ability to define various processes by departments, identify and track risks, define tests and track test results. Features of this application include - various dashboards for quick summary of details, allows easy access to various utilities like document comparison, print preview, exporting data to Excel and taking system snapshot. The application uses SharePoint’s Active Directory based authentication and implements user profile-based access control
   
• Absence Manager: A SharePoint (MOSS 2007) based application that manages absences for all employees of a company. The absences cover both types, that is, absences which are leaves (that are accounted for) and also that merely are meant to inform (of absences). The absence types can also be set to have approvals. Department assistants can apply for and approve absences on behalf of other employees. Emails can be sent informing of events (leave applied for, leave approved etc). A calendar view shows the leave status by users and by departments. This application has been heavily customized with added workflows and views to meet the needs to medium to large organizations
   

• Training: A SharePoint (MOSS 2007) site that can be used to manage training events. The users can register for training, and the registrations can be set so that they need supervisor’s approval. Training events can also be set so that only a subset of users can view and register for such events. A registration adds the event to the user’s calendar
   

• Management Incentive Program (MIP): A SharePoint (MOSS 2007) based application that lets users set goals for a year. At any time they can also set progress against each of these goals, which can be used to calculate incentives. The goals are set in InfoPath forms so that they can be saved multiple times before submitting for approval. The InfoPath forms can be opened in a browser, eliminating the need to have an InfoPath client on each user’s machine. Periodic review (approve/reject) cycles of all the forms can be done per year. An admin group can create and also do “on behalf of approvals” of the forms in the absence of employees to keep the process going. Alerts via emails help keep the approval process moving. Various views help everyone know the status of form filling and approval. A tight MOSS 2007 based security helps restrict views of the forms.
   

• Succession Planning: Every organization needs to maintain a succession plan. This SharePoint (MOSS 2007) application maintains a succession plan, with a slick tree view. A very strong security feature (by encryption) ensures restriction of the view of the succession plan even to the SharePoint administrator. Each member of the succession plan can fill in an experience and development profile that can be approved by executives.
   

• Forms Application: A very important feature of MOSS is the ability to fill in feedback forms. However it’s very hard to be able to choose a large number of users from the AD who need to fill the form. This application lets a user easily add/edit a set of users to multiple document libraries and then pass on a common link to these users, so that they can fill the forms. Views let the administrator see who have filled the forms, and who are yet to fill. This process can be repeated every year. A user cannot see the contents of the forms of the other users.
    
   

• MOSS 2007 – Microsoft Office SharePoint Sever 2007 
   
• MWSS 3.0 – Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 
   
• Migration from SharePoint 2003 to MOSS 2007/MWSS3.1
   
• Object Models of SharePoint
   
• Web Services exposed by SharePoint Server
   
• Custom Web Parts
   
• Excel Services
   
• Forms Services
   
• Site Templates and List Templates
   
• Basic and Custom Workflows
   
• Document Workspaces
   
• Customized Navigation
   
• Customized Security Layer
   
• Custom Data View and Form View
   
• Integration with InfoPath
   
• Integration with .NET Framework 3.0 (Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation)
   
• Integration with .NET Framework 3.5 ( ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit  and Silverlight  Blueprint for SharePoint )
   
• Integration with Project Server 2007
   
• Integration with Performance Point Server 2007
   
• Timer Jobs
   
• Business Data Catalog
   
• XSLT Customizations: Customized SharePoint applications with data views and form views using XSLT style sheets. These customizations include custom parsing of server as well as client side scripts, complex grouping options with multiple columns and user friendly views. This also includes integration with JQuery.

Records Center : BitWise has experience on Records Center in following key areas.

• Auditing
   
• Vault Functionality
   
• Legal Holds
   
• Locks
   
• Expiration Policies
   
• Record routing