PRT 306 Maximizing SAP with Microsoft Technologies Stephen

PRT 306 Maximizing SAP with Microsoft Technologies Stephen Jeffries Principal Technical Specialist Microsoft Corporation

Did You Know? MS and SAP have a strong platform alliance See http: //www. microsoft-sap. com Over 46, 000 existing SAP installations run on Microsoft Windows -- more than all other platforms combined 2/3 of all new SAP installations are deployed on Microsoft Windows 42% of all new SAP installations are deployed on Microsoft SQL Server Customers have deployed SAP on SQL Server with over 2, 000 concurrent users and 5 TB of production data

Session Agenda A Few Words on Microsoft and SAP Portals Microsoft and SAP Technology Comparison SAP ESA and Enterprise Portal Overview SAP/Microsoft Interoperability The Business Problem Solutions You Can Deploy Today (DEMO) Planning Your Microsoft/SAP Integration Project Best Practices and Recommendations for Integrating LOB Systems with Your Portal “Mendocino”: Microsoft and SAP Interoperability Going Forward

SAP & Microsoft Technology SAP Microsoft People Integration Microsoft Share. Point Portal Server Microsoft Windows Share. Point Services Webparts (ASP. NET Portlets) Solution Accelerators Microsoft Office System Enterprise Portal 6 Net. Weaver Collaboration i. Views (J 2 EE Portlets) x. Apps Information Integration Knowledge Management Master Data Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Microsoft Content Management Server Microsoft Biz. Talk Server Process Integration Broker Business Process Management Microsoft Biz. Talk Server Application Platform ABAP & J 2 EE Web Services Application Platform Database Abstraction Operating. OS Abstraction DB and System Abstraction Microsoft Visual Studio. NET Web Services Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Windows Server Process Integration SAP. NET Connector

SAP Enterprise Services Architecture SAP Net. Weaver™ People Integration Portal Collaboration Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Master Data Management Process Integration Broker Business Process Management Life Cycle Management Composite Application Framework Multi-Channel Access Application Platform J 2 EE ABAP DB and OS Abstraction … . NET Web. Sphere

Integration Points with SAP Net. Weaver™ Enterprise Portal (EP) People Integration Exchange Infrastructure (XI) EAI BPM Portal Collaboration Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Master Data Management Process Integration Broker Business Process Management Life Cycle Management Collaboration Knowledge Management Search Composite Application Framework Multi-Channel Access Application Platform J 2 EE ABAP DB and OS Abstraction … . NET Web. Sphere

The Business Challenge Lack of integration between productivity tools and LOB Systems Workers cannot easily access the information they require The result is lowered productivity and high costs

Business Processes Access/Retrieve Data Create Documents Analyze un-structured E-mail, Documents, Web Content Communicate Make Decisions Take Action structured ERP – CRM – DW – HRS

Solving the Business Problem Contextual Integration “…next-generation productivity gains require new user experiences… contextually integrate … productivity tools with lineof-business applications …” Meta Group Line of Business Systems

Maximizing SAP with Microsoft Technologies XML Web Services

Demo Scenario Adventure. Works Bicycle Supply Customer Reviews products on Adventure. Works web site Sends product inquiry to Adventure. Works Customer Service Representative Receives customer inquiries via email Responds promptly to customer requests Adventure. Works Sales Manager Receives email regarding new customer inquiries Reviews inventory and customer information Creates sales proposals Sends sales proposals to customers and enters information in customer information and inventory systems

SAP R/3 – Financial System

AS/400 Legacy System – Supply Chain, Sales & Distribution

Maximizing SAP with Microsoft Technologies XML Web Services

BTS 2004 HAT – sales proposal approved and sent to customer/LOB system

Demo Technologies SAP R/3 AS/400 Microsoft Windows Share. Point Services Microsoft Office Share. Point Portal Server 2003 Microsoft Office Outlook Microsoft Office Word Smart Documents Microsoft Office Info. Path Microsoft Biz. Talk Server 2004 Applinx Adapter WSS Adapter Business Activity Monitoring Business Rules Engine SAP. NET Connector Microsoft SQL Analysis Services Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework

“Microsoft Thought About SAP Buy” “[Microsoft] acknowledged in a statement Monday that it had talked with German software powerhouse SAP about buying that company. Late last year, the two software heavyweights discussed a merger, but the talks were ended by Microsoft…” Barbara Darrow, CRN Jun. 07, 2004

A Common Foundation for Integration Web Services SAP Microsoft People Integration Microsoft Share. Point Portal Server Microsoft Windows Share. Point Services Webparts (ASP. NET Portlets) Solution Accelerators Microsoft Office System Enterprise Portal 6 Net. Weaver Collaboration i. Views (J 2 EE Portlets) x. Apps Information Integration Knowledge Management Master Data Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Microsoft Content Management Server Microsoft Biz. Talk Server Process Integration Broker Business Process Management Microsoft Biz. Talk Server Application Platform ABAP & J 2 EE Web Services Application Platform Database Abstraction Operating. OS Abstraction DB and System Abstraction Microsoft Visual Studio. NET Web Services Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Windows Server Process Integration SAP. NET Connector

“Microsoft & SAP Deepen Relationship” May 2004 SAP. NET Connector 2. 0 SAP Portal Development Kit for Microsoft. NET (PDK. NET) i. View for Outlook Web Access Repository Managers for Exchange and Windows Share. Point Services. NET Webpart wrappers for select SAP i. Views Integration with Excel and SQL Analysis Services Continued integration with the Biz. Talk SAP Adapter

Microsoft Co-Existence with SAP

Business Systems Integration WSRP R/3 x. Apps Portal OS 390, DB 2, CICS IMS, MQSeries COBOL … SAP Internal Applications CRM J 2 EE, CORBA EDI, … SCM PLM SAP XI XML, SOAP UDDI, WSDL Biz. Talk Server SRM HCM APO Web Service BW ETC. Smart Devices B 2 X Trading Partners

Portal Development Kit PDK. NET Visual Studio. NET Integration

SAP Portal. NET PDK

SAP & SPS 2003 Integration Options SAP GUI as SPS Web Part i. View Web Part Toolkit WSRP Web Part Toolkit WSS and Exchange Repository Manager for SAP EP 6. 0. NET PDK SAP. NET Connector 2. 0 Partner Solutions – e. g. ERP-Link SAP Web Parts www. gotdotnet. com and other sites

Before you decide on a solution… How will you provide users with easy access to SAP data? How will you integrate data that doesn’t live in SAP applications? How will you integrate with other systems and users outside of our organizational boundary?

MS & SAP Integration Best Practices Access to SAP and non-SAP LOB data Adopt a true Service Oriented Architecture Expose LOB data as web services Consume these web services from multiple tools EP, SPS, Office, CMS, etc. Leverage familiar user interfaces such as Microsoft Office Couple SOA and Office using the Information Bridge Framework Integration Integrate SAP applications with XI Integrate SAP with non-SAP apps, trading partners and extend it to the desktop with Biz. Talk

Which Portal Solution…Microsoft, SAP, or Both? Microsoft and SAP Microsoft SAP low med high med Collaboration, Unstructured Data, Non-SAP Application Integration low SAP Transaction Activity

Hewlett-Packard Services

How HP Services Uses Share. Point Technologies • • Over 60, 000 users deployed – moving to over 140, 000 Increased revenue from more efficient collaboration High adoption rate due to ease of use Operational cost savings due to the reliability, ease of use, and scalability of Share. Point Portal Server 2003 Consulting Practice 1 Consulting Practice 2 Document Repositories Shared Data LOB Data Consulting Practice 3 Consulting Practice 4 In order to connect their intellectual assets throughout the "We expect to experience previously unreachable levels HP is using Microsoft® Office Share. Point™ Portal Server organization and enhance their service offerings, HP of integration through 2003 to increase team collaboration, integration of information, employees needed an effective, easily deployed and costand to provide a reliable, scalable portal platform search abilities and a common interface" effective communication and collaboration system

Microsoft and SAP Announce “Mendocino” More Integration to Come…

“Mendocino” Business process integration between SAP and Microsoft Office Scenarios include: Time Management Budget Monitoring Organization Management, Leave Management, etc. Capabilities “Mendocino” brings to Microsoft Office Extended task menus An SAP-specific smart panel Business analytics through Microsoft Office Excel Smart business documents in Microsoft Office Word Synchronization between Microsoft Exchange and SAP

Bringing SAP Process and Information Into Microsoft Office SAP

“Mendocino” Version 1. 0 Scenarios § Time management Use Microsoft Office Outlook calendar as frontend for SAP time reporting § Budget monitoring Existing Scenario New Scenario MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) Receive reports in your Outlook Inbox and work offline SAP MSS/ESS § Leave management Add leave requests as calendar items integrated with SAP approval guidelines § Org management Up-to-date information about employees integrated in Outlook contacts § Personnel Change Requests Trigger changes to personnel using Microsoft Office Info. Path forms

The User’s View Context-sensitive information within Microsoft Office

How Mendocino Works Allows users to discover and act on enterprise business objects from within Office applications and Internet Explorer Builds on the XML support in the Microsoft Office System Offers a standardized, metadata driven approach to: Expose enterprise business objects and processes of interest Contextually access and act on business objects and processes in SAP

“Mendocino” System Requirements Server Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or higher Microsoft Windows. NET Framework 1. 1 or higher Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or higher Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or higher SAP Net. Weaver ‘ 04 Java Web Application Server SAP Composite Application Framework Runtime my. SAP™ ERP 2004 or higher Client Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or higher Microsoft Windows. NET Framework 1. 1 or higher

“Mendocino”

“Mendocino” Delivery Timeline Features, functionality, and delivery timeline may change without notice “Mendocino” will be delivered in three phases Limited Customer Preview (20 -50 customers) – Q 4 CY 2005 Broader Beta – ~Q 2 CY 2006 General Availability – H 2 CY 2006 2005 2006 Limited Customer Preview Release Q 4 2005 2007 Mendocino General Availability Preview Release, Q 4 2005 GA, Second Half 2006 • Employee and Manager Role General Availability

Summary Consider the benefits of Microsoft’s integrated portal and collaboration solutions Evaluate Windows Share. Point Services, Share. Point Portal Server, and other Office System technologies Understand the value of. NET and web services Choose the solution that best leverages your existing investments and makes your users more productive

Resources Microsoft/SAP Alliance http: //www. microsoft-sap. com i. View Webpart Toolkit http: //www. gotdotnet. com/Community/Workspaces/Workspace. a spx? id=d 6129 dc 0 -efc 4 -457 d-a 821 -fd 26 aef 566 de WSRP Webpart Toolkit http: //www. gotdotnet. com/Community/Workspaces/Workspace. a spx? id=2 e 3 d 8 a 57 -ec 9 f-4 d 16 -9 a 81 -a 395679 d 6392 Sample SAP Webparts http: //www. gotdotnet. com Latest Information on “Mendocino” http: //www. sap. com/mendocino http: //www. microsoft. com/office/sap

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