Enterprise Mashup Tool (AKA Popfly for the Enterprise)

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Version 2.0 of the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit was released to the web today, on schedule and with all the great new features promised for the release. Version 1.0 of the toolkit was released at the Office Developer’s Conference in February 2008. It has since been presented to customers and partners globally (both by MSFT field organizations and ISV/SI partners) at conferences (SharePoint Conference 2008, Tech Ready 6, India Architecture Days, Health & Life Sciences Dev Con), MSFT EBC sessions, and 1:1 customer/partner engagements.

Watch the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit Overview Video to get an overview of the toolkit, the motivations for creating it, and its intended use.

Visit the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit site to access and explore related resources: Installers for the toolkit & sample components, Documentation – architecture, user, admin, developer, and overview video.

The work has resonated very well with the field and community at large (see the Community Buzz section below). A number of partners have also reported their experiences in using the toolkit successfully in discussions with their customers to drive home the notion of OBAs and the ability to deliver related value in incremental spikes by adopting a componentized architecture.

What’s New in Version 2.0?

Version 2.0 (V2) of the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit evolves the Version 1.0 release of the Toolkit to add IT administration capabilities integrated into the SharePoint Central Administration portal, a prescriptively secure user experience for OBA composition, and incremental deployment of OBAs. The V2 release also provides support for installing the OBA Composer on a client computer that is running the Windows Vista operating system and connecting to a remote computer that is running Office SharePoint Server. The release provides support for many new, out-of-the-box components, too, which cover scenarios that pertain to Expense Reporting, Purchase Requisition Management, Financial Services, and Health & Life Sciences solutions.

The V2 release also includes the source code (framework, tools, and sample components) of the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit to enable independent software vendors (ISVs) and solution integrators to extend and repurpose the Toolkit to suit their individual needs.

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