| Working Together to Improve Collaboration: The Bentley-Microsoft Partnership ProjectWise integration of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies turns browser interfaces into AEC project desktops By Joe Croser ^^^V ^ Global Marketing Director, Platform Products Bentley Systems, Incorporated Summary: Bentley and Microsoft share a common belief that substantial innovation can be achieved through better collaboration and development using open standards. As such, since the early 1990s the two companies have exploited several opportunities to work together toward achieving more for the benefit of AEC professionals. In 1993, for example, Microsoft launched Windows NT with a public demonstration of MicroStation V5, the first application developed for the new platform. Recently the two companies have worked together to deliver significant innovation in how technology supports collaboration in AEC/O. Specifically, the integration of ProjectWise and Microsoft Office SharePoint enables professionals to collaborate with ease. With SharePoint integration, AEC/O consumers can connect seamlessly through the SharePoint Server 2003 environment to "drill down" inside CAD files and find the mission-critical information necessary for efficient and effective project management. Having mastered this integration between ProjectWise and SharePoint, Bentley is the first AEC/O software developer to integrate SharePoint Products and Technologies directly with MicroStation and AutoCAD's compound document environments including full reference file handling. Now anyone, not just authors of AEC/O information, can search through CAD models and drawings and find the information they need, hence the time consuming and expensive irritation of long and unproductive searching is removed. Thanks to the Bentley and Microsoft partnership, when you deploy ProjectWise and Sharepoint, projects are made simple. www.bentley.com/projectwise-sharepoint |