K2 provides the tools to design, build and manage dynamic business applications. When augmented with MOSS, businesses add rich capabilities for managing content and fostering collaboration.

Powering content management with K2

Business processes often include unstructured content (such as documents) and collaboration between participants. 

Examples of MOSS content that can be managed by K2:

Wizard-driven interoperability

The K2 platform includes wizards to facilitate straightforward interoperability with MOSS. These wizards are step-by-step dialogues that guide the designer through the configuration of all required functionality without code. These wizards are available to developers working within K2 Studio Designer and business users working within K2 Designer for Visio.

K2 provides the following wizards:

• Site — for managing sites and site permissions
• Library and List — managing lists and list permissions
• Document Manipulation — working with documents, document permissions and document metadata
• List Item — working with individual items within a list
• Records Management — managing records, record permissions and record attributes
• Event Process — taking action triggered by MOSS events
• Publishing — streamlining collaboration and approvals for Web publishing
• User Management — managing users, groups and permissions
• Workflow Integration — associating K2 processes with MOSS libraries and lists\

Designing K2 applications within MOSS
 
The K2 platform provides a number of design canvases to give an application or process owner the ability to create and manage applications. The K2 Web Designer for SharePoint can be accessed from within MOSS through standard SharePoint menus for solutions built to run within the MOSS environment.

Using a simple drag-and-drop Web interface, users can build workflows using a straightforward graphic design surface that accesses the full range of Windows workflow capabilities. They can route items to MOSS users and groups. They have the ability to create supporting forms and reports. They can reuse common activities leveraged across the business and data from legacy systems. The process is completely executable and supported with the robust capabilities of the K2 server.

To find out more about how our services can save your business money, and help you improve productivity, contact the Core team.