Johnny Halife’s Blog

I’m proud to announce that we have helped Microsoft Architecture Strategy Team shipping another version of LitwareHR. These are (among others) the enhancements done for this new version of LitwareHR:

· Platform upgrade. Updated LitwareHR v2.0 to run on Windows Sever 2008 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Beta 2). This included leveraging new technologies like Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADSLDS), new management APIs and IIS7.

· Performance. We did performance assessment work for Multi Tenant Database design, the outcome of this research is reflected on a new asset called Multi Tenant Database Guide. Based on this assessment we have updated LitwareHR data access code to enhance its performance.

· Services Enhancements. Created new services leveraging Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 features as RSS & REST.

· SilverLight Streaming mash-up. We did a mash-up with LitwareHR and Silverlight Streaming Services that allows candidate evaluation screen to display a video submitted by the applicant.

· Automated Deployment. Moved from the old document  + readme + bunch of scripts approach to a new one including dependency checking and automated configuration.

· Smart Client Application. We included a WPF application that shows how to consume LitwareHR services from an external application. Also shows offline capabilities.

Gadget. We extended the UX of Litware up to the candidate desktop with two gadgets: one for Fabrikam and one for Contoso.

So now go and grab the bits:

http://www.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=LitwareHR&ReleaseId=8439

thanks,
~johnny