LitwareHR

LitwareHR is a fictitious HR application released in February 2007 as part of Microsoft's SaaS architecture guidance. Aimed at software architects and developers, the goal of LitwareHR is twofold:
* To be the embodiment of the architectural guidance described in [http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/saas/ Microsoft's whitepapers]
* To demonstrate how the Microsoft platform is used in the creation of SaaS solutions

This reference implementation application provides recruitment management software delivered as a service. The important aspect is not what the application does but how it is implemented.

Implementation

LitwareHR is implemented as a Single Instance Multi Tenant application, which means that all its customers (or tenants) share the same instance of the application including a single database. Showing how to be multi tenant efficient as well as allowing tenant specific customization in a single instance environment is one of the key objectives of LitwareHR.

Resources

* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/saas/sampleApp LitwareHR sample application on MSDN]
* [http://www.codeplex.com/litwarehr LitwareHR Community]
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/saas MSDN SaaS Architecture Center]
* [http://www.skyscrapr.net/architects-in-action.aspx The “Making Of” LitwareHR on Skyscrapr]