Bamboo Solutions has announced the release of the latest version of Workflow Conductor, its application suite designed to extend business process automation in SharePoint.

Workflow Conductor features an drag-and-drop interface that enables automation of everyday business processes without coding or IT intervention, and includes advanced workflow management features not otherwise available in SharePoint.

Some of the features in the latest release provide the ability to:
* Perform cross-site updates, such as reading and editing SharePoint data, triggering external workflows, and more. 
* Workflows are no longer bound exclusively to items in the originating site, as Workflow Conductor widgets can now update items in different sites and site collections.
*  Set a workflow step to impersonate the workflow initiator, designer, or any other account. The ability to apply alternate SharePoint credentials to individual workflow steps frees workflows from the restricted capabilities of any single user.
* Create a miniature workflow-within-a-workflow that runs a sequence of steps for each item in a list using the new “Repeat For Each Item” widget. This process of repeating a series of actions will be automatically and sequentially applied to every item in a list or library.
* Manage users, groups, and profiles in Active Directory and SharePoint with a new selection of user management widgets. These new Active Directory and User Profile widgets allow administrators to easily automate tasks related to user account creation and management.
* Allow all designers to create workflows, or designate specific users or groups as approved workflow designers. With this new feature for administrators, workflow creation can now be easily restricted to specific users or groups.
* Limit workflow deployments to scheduled days and times. Published workflows will wait until specified windows to deploy, allowing administrators to enforce change management rules.

Bamboo is priced at $US4500 per server, including annual support.