Microsoft and Business Process Management: A Technology Overview
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Summary
Microsoft has a range of offerings that fall under the umbrella of BPM technology – and what Microsoft calls “people-ready processes”. For end users, these technologies can provide direct solutions to process problems. For independent software vendors (ISVs), Microsoft’s BPM technologies act as a platform for building more specialized functions. This paper presents a big-picture view of the area, looking at both Microsoft offerings and complementary partner products. The goal is to provide a technology overview of business process management in the Microsoft world.
Included in this document:
| • | BPM & Business Process |
| • | Connecting People: Human Workflow |
| • | Connecting Software: System Workflow |
| • | Using Human and System Workflow Together |
| • | Automating Complex Decisions: Business Rules Engines |
| • | Tracking Business Processes: Business Activity Monitoring |
| • | Describing Business Processes |
