K2 blackpoint is being officially being released tomorrow. This is the exciting news that I mentioned earlier.

What is it?

K2 blackpoint is a design and runtime experience that allows users to visually create process-driven solutions from within the Microsoft SharePoint environment. It is K2 blackpearl without some of the extras.

What you can do?

You can create a process that will be connected to a document library or to a content type. It has the full power of the blackpearl engine underneath the hood. You will be able to upgrade to blackpearl seamlessly when you are ready.

What do you get?

K2 Studio

This is a design canvas that provides an office like design environment. It will provide a drag-and-drop interface that will provide all the capabilities of building workflow as the Visual Studio environment, except the ability to opening the WF schedules.

Process Portal

A dashboard in SharePoint that will give you access to everything you might need for the process. You will be able to fix a process in error, modify permissions, get reports, access you tasklists. You can create you own portal sites or extend an exiting sites. It is just a set of webparts that you can modify the page to your hearts content.

How much is it?

Here is the really sweet part. The prices are base on how many instances of the blackpoint server you are running.

$5000 per server and 200 users

$10,000 per server and 500 users

$15,000 per server and unlimited users