Bentley extends Microsoft Azure-based Cloud Services - TechInvest Magazine Online

Bentley Systems has used its annual Year in Infrastructure gathering to announce new ProjectWise CONNECT Edition cloud services, powered by Microsoft Azure.

The Azure-based services complement ProjectWise Design Integration service, a workhorse for work-sharing across collaborating engineering teams, which can be deployed on-premises, as a cloud service, or in any hybrid combination.

According to Bentley, thanks to the shared Azure platform, project delivery organisations using both ProjectWise CONNECT Edition’s new “365 Services” and Microsoft Office 365 will increasingly benefit from digital workflows between their engineering work processes and enterprise productivity tools. Along with “365 Services,” Bentley’s connected data environment, shared between ProjectWise and AssetWise, now includes Components Centre, ContextShare, ConstructSim Completions, and iModelHub services.

New ProjectWise CONNECT Edition cloud services for comprehensive project delivery include:

• Deliverables Management to create, send, and receive transmittals, submittals, and RFIs;
• Issues Resolution to submit, manage, and resolve issues;
• Field Data Management for configurable forms-based data collection;
• Project Performance Dashboards for insight into project progress;
• Share to broadly and securely share general project information; and
• Construction Management for contract, cost, change, and risk management.

According to Ron Perkins, vice president, HDR, Inc., the integration between ProjectWise Construction Management and ProjectWise Design Integration will help make projects more efficient by improving the coordination between design and construction teams.

“The ability to access design drawings and information will simplify the delivery of design content to our construction partners, and will help save time and reduce errors by eliminating redundant data entry.”

Rob Howard, director, Office Ecosystem, Microsoft Corporation said Microsoft and Bentley have enjoyed a strong relationship for decades.
“We are pleased to see that Bentley is unifying, accelerating, and improving collaboration, project and operational insights, and organisational performance through comprehensive integrations with Microsoft Office 365.

“Unified access to design and non-design project data will drive value to our joint customers by enabling digital workflows between their engineering work processes and enterprise productivity tools. It will be great to see Bentley build upon the commitment they’ve made to the Azure platform by executing on this new vision.”