Bitrix Intranet Portal Features

When considering an intranet solution, there are several important questions you should ask yourself first. Are your company's internal communications simply too inefficient for the workload at hand? All editions of Bitrix Intranet Portal have a built-in Instant Messenger, P2P Video Calls, Notification System, Private and Shared Calendars, Workgroups, etc. Do you need closer and a more productive interaction with your partnering firms and your clients? If yes, the Extranet Edition allows your partners and clients access to separate Extranet section without compromising the integrity of your corporate portal. Are you looking for an instrument to make the entire organization more transparent, implement standard practices without increasing the load on management, and automate routine work? The Enterprise Edition has advanced Business Processes that help you organize and control your daily workflows. How big is your company? Is it 20 persons? 50? 500? 5000? More than that? If 500 or more, consider the Unlimited User License - it will certainly be a great advantage for your company, and eliminate any worries about future license issues. Setting out a clear description of what type of communications or processes need to be improved: internal or external, vertical or horizontal, will make the choice of Intranet Portal editions easy.

The Office Edition will allow you to build a unified information resource inside your company! It represents an Enterprise 2.0 solution for better corporate communication, time and project management, convenient HR tools, file sharing and more. This edition has the lowest price and lowest maintenance costs (technical support and subscription renewal). The Extranet Edition contains all the features of the Office Edition plus a secure space for collaboration with people outside your corporate network, called the Extranet. Using this edition, you will be able to invite your suppliers, clients or partners to work on projects together without the need to give them access to your corporate network (the Intranet part). The Enterprise Edition is the fullest edition of Bitrix Intranet Portal which includes all the features of the Office Edition and the Extranet Edition plus advanced Business Processes, Send&Save technology, the Visual Builder for Business Processes, and a free Video Conference Room for 6 participants! This edition is recommended if you would like to visually build, modify and monitor any workflows or dataflows right in your web browser!

Having chosen one of the Bitrix Intranet Portal Editions, you will be able to get down to building your own corporate portal right away. However, in the course of time, you may feel like you are missing some important elements or features that are available in higher editions only. In that case, you will be able to "switch" to another edition by simply upgrading your product. The upgrade process will leave everything in the front-end of your portal intact, i.e. none of your existing data will be changed in any way. The upgrade process is performed by the Bitrix SiteUpdate System which allows you to download and install new modules via the Internet in just a couple of mouse-clicks. No re-installation is needed. Just like the product upgrade, you can also add users to your intranet portal by purchasing additional user licenses (adding to your standard 25-user pack) or purchase an unlimited user license pack (by substituting your standard 25-user license).