Microsoft Technologies
Microsoft technologies have long been the preferred platform for desktop and web applications. They offer a wide range of technologies to create technical solutions for wide variety of businesses. The rapid evolution of Microsoft technologies has enabled various software companies to leverage the new technologies to develop new and innovative products. The introduction of new products and enhancement of existing products with various features have resulted in increased revenue and better positioning of the software companies in their respective marketplace.
The platform has evolved from Basic > Visual Basic > ASP > .NET 1.0 > .NET 2.0 & now .NET 3.5.
DW Practice has significant experience in all the facets of Microsoft technologies development which includes design frameworks, enterprise solutions architecture (Web and Windows based), web services solutions, web portal sites, enterprise reporting, workflow engines, collaboration portals, office integration solutions and such other Microsoft solutions. DWP team ensures you a high ROI by delivering cutting edge solutions on Microsoft platforms.
| Web Application | Web Application, .NET (C#, VB.NET), Web Services, AJAX, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, .NET Framework 3.5 (WPF), Silverlight, Share Point Server. |
| Desktop Application | Visual Basic, Windows C++, MFC, Visual FoxPro, Visual Web GUI |
| Third party Controls | Dev Express Controls, Infragistics, Janus Grid |
| Databases | SQL Server 2000/2005, SSRS, SSIS, My SQL, Oracle 8i/9i/10g |
| ERP | Microsoft Dynamics AX/CRM/GP/NAV/SL |
DWP has a team of MCP (Microsoft Certified Professionals) and MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineers) that have experience in developing multiple software products using WPF and various third party tools that are associated with WPF and Silverlight.
- Technology migration from older Microsoft technologies such as VB, VFP to .NET 2.0 & 3.5
- Converting software products from other legacy technologies to Microsoft .net
- Creating new applications based on customer requirements in Microsoft .net
- including documentation, design, development and deployment
- Developing reporting framework using Crystal reports, SQL Server Reporting
- Services in .NET for Web and desktop environment
- Converting desktop based windows applications to .NET based Web applications
- Converting legacy User Interface of various products to WPF based Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
.NET 3.5 with WPF (UI Programming Platform) brings a great tool to the web programmer's toolkit. The User Interface that required skills in many disciplines such as Windows Forms, Visual basic, GDI+, DirectX etc... can be done using WPF with relative ease.
Windows Presentation Foundation provides a unified programming model for building Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate UI, media, and documents. Using Visual Studio, Microsoft Expression and XAML, you can increase developer-designer productivity. Through a flexible deployment mode, you can write code once, and deploy as installed client or in a browser.
You can incrementally embrace WPF through interoperability with existing technologies. DWP uses various third party tools to enable a customer to transition to WPF in a phased manner while delivering measurable value in each phase.
Some of the reasons for leveraging WPF in your software products are:
- Deliver Innovative User Interfaces that have higher quality interactivity with the users
- Vastly improve the look-and-feel of the application
- Leverage Existing Code Base and Skill Set
- Applications in both desktop and Web
- Easier and seamless integration with other UI technologies such as Flash
SharePoint server 2010 is the one of the best Microsoft technology that enables organisations to connect and empower people through an integrated set of features. With SharePoint 2010, collaboration has been the top of the list of benefits developed. SharePoint as a platform offers functionality and tools to help meet objectives of individuals, or organisations wide level.
DW Practice has significant experience in delivering SharePoint solutions such as Deployment Planning Services, custom SharePoint development services including creation of custom SharePoint web services. With expertise in all areas of analysis and planning we ensure that our SharePoint solution delivers ongoing and measureable improvements to business productivity.
Functionality improvements that have been made to Share Point 2010 includes:
- Improved navigation & management with the 'ribbon'- first introduced with Office 2007
- Easier development of content managed websites at multiple levels and many more features
- Cross browser compatibility now also supporting Firefox and Safari
- Enhanced offline capability to support remote workers using MS Workspace
- Content rating to make it easier to share quality content
- Expertise Finder
- Read & write access to data using Excel
- Social networking is enhanced & improved, including Facebook type functionality
- Support for Silverlight (video streaming) and AJAX (more interactive user experience)
- Upgrade support using the upgrade checker & importing MOSS 2007 solution and the ability to upgrade individual sites to SharePoint 2010
DW Practice has significant experience in leveraging the following technologies to deliver the above mentioned services to our clients.
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010
- Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0
- Microsoft Sharepoint Designer 2010
- Visual Studio 2010
- Microsoft Office Forms Server 2010
- Microsoft Infopath 2010
- Business Data Catalog
- SharePoint Integration with Microsoft Office, Dynamics and SilverLight
- SharePoint Personalization
- Analysis and Custom implementation
- Migration , upgrading and deploying to SharePoint 2010
Microsoft CRM (Microsoft Dynamics CRM) product is a best suited CRM application for small and large enterprises. It helps you build strong customer relationships with your customers and business partners making information available in real-time.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM gives enterprise organizations a 360-degree view of their customers across marketing, sales, and customer service. Built on a highly flexible platform, Microsoft Dynamics CRM is designed to adapt to your business and scale right along with your growth. Set up for streamlined installation and simplified administration, Microsoft Dynamics CRM targets rapid return on investment (ROI) and offers an attractive total cost of ownership (TCO) with Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
DWP has expertise in consulting and implementing Microsoft CRM solutions for variety of companies across different industries. Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers three comprehensive choices-Online, On-Premise, and Partner-Hosted-that work the way you do. DWP helps you choose the Microsoft CRM customization that is ideal for your business scenario.
The following are the few reasons to suggest Microsoft Dynamics CRM to our clients :
- Achieve a complete customer view that is consistent across the enterprise with Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
- Give users a 360-degree view of customers.
- Achieve high user acceptance and productivity.
- Enable application flexibility.
- Accelerate project delivery and ROI.
- Provide availability, performance, scalability.
- Work More effectively with Microsoft Office Outlook.
- Keep all your customer information in one place.
- Understand customer behavior with Microsoft SQL Server.
- Improve Security Enhancements for your customer data.
- Expand the use of Microsoft CRM as your business grows.
- Send and receive faxes from Microsoft CRM.
- Maintain Microsoft CRM with ease.
- Customize Microsoft CRM to your business.
- Migrate data from Microsoft Office Outlook Business Contact Manager to Microsoft CRM.
Microsoft cloud platform is the latest computing model to grow business with lowering capital expenses, improving IT effectiveness. This platform is available to all its customers, including business partners, consumers, business customers and software developers addressing their needs. Microsoft's Windows Azure platform is a group of cloud technologies, each providing a specific set of services to application developers. This platform can be used both by applications running in the cloud and by applications running on local systems. It contains the following components:
- Windows Azure: A Windows-based environment for running applications in Microsoft data centers.
- SQL Azure: SQL Server based data services.
- .NET Services: Distributed infrastructure services to cloud-based and local applications.
If you want to resolve your business IT challenges by leveraging the benefits of cloud computing services, DW Practice is the best place to begin. We are the leading provider of integrated computing solutions, develops scalable solutions on a broad range of platforms. With years of hands-on experience in IT outsourcing and innovation, DW Practice understands how to assess your needs, from both a business and technological perspective.
We are specialized in developing cloud applications on Windows Azure platform, SQL Azure Database (SADB), .NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services, Microsoft Synchronization Framework, SQL Server 2005+, SQL Server CE, .NET database, and Web services projects. Our IT cost optimization practice helps our clients assess, optimize, and consolidate IT resources. We offer wide array of services, which include:
- Windows Azure:Evaluate the different cloud models available
- Unbiased approach to selecting the best cloud strategy
- Learn the best way to test/prototype cloud within your organization
- Assess the risks of moving data and applications outside of your organization
- Achieve greater level of organization agility

