Skelta BPM.NET is a fully embeddable BPM and advanced workflow engine. It has several developer and business user friendly features that allow it to be integrated with other applications with ease. Skelta BPM.NET 's open architecture exposed by XML and Web Services enables business enterprises to profit from their current investments in Microsoft .NET Servers and Microsoft Office products:

Microsoft and Skelta

Skelta shares a deep, symbiotic relationship with Microsoft and the Microsoft development community. Skelta has embraced .NET platform for developing products. As a member of Microsoft's Technology Adoption Program, Skelta had the opportunity to work on new Microsoft technologies much in advance of their release. This program has enabled Skelta to not only work on cutting-edge, futuristic technologies, it has enabled Skelta to develop products in these new platforms and make them available to Skelta customers within a few weeks from the Microsoft release. A case in point is Microsoft's Vista and Office release. The TAP has allowed Skelta to develop Skelta BPM.NET with a Vista ready edition as well as integrate with MOSS much in advance of the customer release. Skelta's relationship with Microsoft has also allowed Skelta to enhance business processes with connectors to critical enterprise products such BizTalk.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007)

Skelta's 100% Web based application, SharePoint Workflow Accelerator, serves as a bridge between Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Skelta BPM.NET , thereby extending advanced workflow functionality to SharePoint Sever (SPS) and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) for building complex document based collaborative solutions. In doing so, it maintains the usage characteristics, look and feel of the SharePoint Server in full measure.

Skelta BPM.NET seamlessly integrates with SharePoint .The user can configure the sites for which Skelta BPM.NET has to be used and can use it both inside SharePoint as well as can work from Skelta BPM.NET enterprise console.

SharePoint Document and List Item Management

• Create Content Type: Used to create new content in SharePoint from within the workflow. It is also used to create content type such as List, Document, Announcement, Basic Page, Web part Page, and so on. We can also create Parent Content types [Custom Content] types
  
• Create View: This action creates a view for SharePoint site under the selected site.
• Delete View: This action deletes a SharePoint View. The Activity comes with a set of properties that can be used to configure the action.
• Create List: This action creates a SharePoint List. This List can be a default List, or can make use of the custom content type. The Activity comes with a set of properties that can be used to configure the action.
• Delete List: This action allows deleting the list that is present in the current site or any other site in the SharePoint.
• Create Site: This action creates a SharePoint site under the selected site. Users can create site under other SharePoint by providing URL

Share Point Event Association

The events of SharePoint such as Item Added, Item Deleted, Item Updated, Field Added, and so on can be associated with a workflow. Skelta make use of SharePoint workflow features such as manual process kick-off and use of standard Instantiation, Association, and Task forms.

Crossing the site barrier

Skelta can copy or move documents and list items between libraries and lists on multiple SharePoint sites, servers or farms.

Microsoft Office

Skelta has native integration with MS Office. This enables users to create MS Office documents from workflow on a fly. Skelta BPM.NET takes full advantage of Microsoft Office system's native XML and collaboration capabilities to facilitate Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Outlook, Access or Excel to participate in content-driven business processes.

Skelta has inbuilt support for many activities such as Email, Instant Messengers, SMS for two way communication, which means one could create custom applications around these communication mediums using Skelta’s Process Designer environment.

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006

Skelta BPM.NET incorporates an out-of-the-box BizTalk connector that lets integration teams create transactions quickly and painlessly. The new low latency connector using native TCP/IP stack with BizTalk closes the gap between BizTalk server and other solution platforms. It provides integration between BizTalk Server and a wide variety of applications, including packaged applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems, Siebel E business application, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.

The interface component built using Microsoft .NET technology is responsible for transforming messages received by BizTalk Server into the format expected by the outside application.

Highlights

• Eliminates the need to code complex system interfaces
• Maximizes ROI be creating re-usable interfaces
• Enabled event driven scenarios through back and forth access to data and applications residing on different servers
• Ensures the building of interoperability layers into BizTalk architecture
• Provides a single, uniform environment for smooth workflow
• Provides transactional support
• Uses BizTalk Utilities for robust and easy-to-use technology components that are proven

Microsoft InfoPath 2007

Skelta BPM.NET allows users to design forms using Microsoft InfoPath and integrate these forms into workflow processes managed by Skelta. In other words, enterprises already using InfoPath can exploit its robust XML form capabilities and integrate them with ease in Skelta's workflow.