1. discover Name Title A Connected Learning Community Group Microsoft Corporation

2. Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Share, integrate, and automate information flow within the educational environment. Name Title

3. Agenda The school environment and common integration scenarios Define EAI Case studies: increasing school responsiveness by improving enterprise application integration The Microsoft ® enterprise application integration solution explored Resources

4. IT that supports the success of teaching and learning within the educational community IT that supports the success of teaching and learning within the educational community The “Ideal” Environment ConnectedIntegrated Empowered Empowered

5. The Reality ( If you’re lucky) Food Services Transportation Student Information Systems Human Resource Accounting

6. School Imperatives Proven Flexible Quick to generate benefits Empowering to faculty and staff To build and maintain value, a school or educational institution needs a solution that is:

7. Key Primary and Secondary School Needs Increase each school’s accountability through easy and immediate access to data Track each school’s progress toward compliance with state and federal academic standards Significantly decrease time spent generating reports Lower administrative costs Improve staff, teacher and student productivity Streamline information sharing between disparate school systems Ensure secure data exchange

8. Key Higher Education Needs Develop an enterprise portal and e-services for faculty, staff and students Improve staff, faculty and student productivity Lower administrative costs Improve decision support processes through better access to relevant data Streamline information sharing between disparate school systems Prevent overspending on infrastructure technology initiatives Ensure secure data exchange

9. What Is Enterprise Application Integration? Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) offers comprehensive capabilities for integrating applications and data resources both within and between educational organizations for efficient productivity and accountability.

10. Enterprise Application Integration Increases Agility Control costs, resource requirements and complexity of integration projects Control costs, resource requirements and complexity of integration projects Maximize value of existing technology investments Maximize value of existing technology investments Improve ability for you to: Improve ability for you to:  Automate Processes  Integrate Information Sharing Capitalize on existing skill sets Capitalize on existing skill sets Minimize learning curve for new solutions Minimize learning curve for new solutions Automate complex education processes easily Automate complex education processes easily Manage and monitor school processes Manage and monitor school processes Improve integration with faculty, students, parents and staff Improve integration with faculty, students, parents and staff Proven Quality Immediate Value Flexibility Maximize Productivity

11. Maximizing Technology Value Integrate with virtually any application or technology Systems must talk to each other Heterogeneous systems Legacy applications Isolated islands of data Incompatible data formats Proven Quality Immediate Value Flexibility Maximize Productivity

12. Case Study Ocoee Middle School Situation The Ocoee administration and faculty had a vision for their school: Easy access to technology Student email A home-school connection for parents Electronic student portfolios Solution Deploy a Zone Integration Server for all communications between servers Allow the easy exchange of information by implementing the School’s Interoperability Framework Standard Utilize the complete Chancery Student Management Solution

13. Results  Data can now be shared seamlessly between departments  Processes that were duplicated are now completed in one step  With the entire school on the Windows 2000 Platform, students and teachers always have the information they need at their fingertips

14. Immediate Value SIF Compatible Lowering Costs Through Integration Improved Information Sharing Across All Applications and Platforms Proven Quality Immediate Value Flexibility Maximize Productivity

15. Demonstration EAI

16. Case Study Ballston Spa Central School District Situation The district is connected by a Wide Area Network (WAN) but data is not easily accessible Information is isolated within schools, buildings and databases, and is often inaccurate Disparate software packages are unable to share information Solution Implement the Schools Interoperability Framework so data can be shared seamlessly and used universally Deploy a Zone Integration Server (ZIS), a central clearing house for all SIF communications Utilizes of Extensible Markup Language (XML) format

17. Results  Data is now accessible, and because it is entered once, it is much more accurate  Creating reports is simplified because separate systems are able to share data  Interoperability is no longer a problem, allowing schools to use the best solutions available

18. Quote “A major part of my job is to gather information for state and local reporting to help us get funding and assess the needs of the district. As recently as five years ago, we were collecting much of this data by pencil and paper. Using SIF improves the efficiency and the accuracy of my reporting enormously. “For example, now when a student is entered into any application – student information or transportation – that information is accessible to everyone.” -Dr. Helen Stuetzel, Director of Instruction, Ballston Spa

19. Flexibility Standards-based Supports SIF, EDI, XML, SOAP Ensures flexibility, interoperability with any member of the educational community Guaranteed “once only” delivery of documents Comprehensive document tracking and logging Failover clustering support Secure document exchange Support latest security features Proven Quality Immediate Value Flexibility Maximize Productivity

20. Case Study Ramsey Elementary School Situation Databases within the school cannot share information Incompatible systems require inputting student data multiple times Solution Streamline sharing of information by implementing the Schools Interoperability Framework Deploy a Zone Integration Server (ZIS), a central clearing house for all SIF communications

21. Results  Information can now easily be shared between separate databases  School and district data can be changed in one step instead of many, saving time and resources  Ramsey Elementary can now choose the best software and hardware available for each educational function

22. Quote “Now that we have this interconnectedness at the building level, the framework will allow us to take the next step and connect with our community. Our community is parents but also the business community and the county government, too. We need to build on these relationships and connect our community with our school.” -Stan Peichel, Principal, Ramsey Elementary School

23. Maximize Productivity IT staff Foster more collaborative environment between IT and staff Leverage existing skills School staff Simplify tasks Speed decision-making Enable more effective access to current information Proven Quality Time to Benefit Flexibility Maximize Productivity

24. Solution Benefits Primary and Secondary Higher Education Enable Improved Information Access and Information Sharing Easily Integrate Applications Rapidly Automate Organization Processes

25. BizTalk Server as an EAI Platform Scalable, reliable internal integration backbone BizTalk Server Lower cost of application integration Greater efficiency through real-time data access Better integration through unified data Reducedcosts

26. Comprehensive Toolset  Define Your School’s Documents  BizTalk Editor Orchestrate your School’s Processes Orchestrate your School’s Processes Transform Your School’s Documents Transform Your School’s Documents Build “Trading Partner” Relationships Build “Trading Partner” Relationships Learn from your data Learn from your data Manage the System Manage the System  BizTalk Admin Console  BizTalk Orchestration Designer  BizTalk Messaging Manager  BizTalk Mapper  BizTalk Document Tracking

27. EAI – Built on Microsoft.NET Servers: The Best Integration Platform Easily accessible skills 6 million Microsoft developers worldwide 900,000 Microsoft trained professionals 7 of top 10 SI’s and regional services partners Low cost training widely available Thousands of CTEC training centers Hundreds of books, courses, users groups Complementary products and tools Dozens of ISPs and ASPs Hundreds of compatible ISV applications

28. Summary of Key Microsoft Education EAI Solution Benefits Enable Improved Information Access and Sharing Easily Integrate Applications Rapidly Automate Organization Processes

29. Roadmap to EAI Learn about BizTalk Server on http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/ Download BizTalk Server Evaluation Edition Do a short pilot project (1-2 weeks) Consider end-to-end integration scenarios (including internal and external applications) Include multiple business document formats (XML, flat files, EDI files, etc.) Benchmark performance throughput if important Consider deployment and maintenance implications Participate directly in all integration work Best way to fairly compare products and minimize your substantial risk

30. Supported Business Applications Ariba Clarus Commerce One Cove Systems Eqos FrontStep Great Plains J.D. Edwards Kewill Manhattan Associates Mapics McHugh Mega Microsoft Office XP Navision Onyx Oracle Partner Community Peachtree Peoplesoft Peregrine Pivotal QAD Quickbooks Remedy SAP Scala Business Systems ServiceSwitch Siebel Slam Dunk Networks Staffware Trade Power Ultimus VerticalNet Visibility Worldtrak

31. Resources To Locate a Partner Who Works With Microsoft Integration Solutions: Microsoft Certified Providers Directory http://mcspreferral.microsoft.com For Technical Information About Microsoft Integration Solutions: Technical Resources for BizTalk Server http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/techinfo/default.asp Many TechNet Courses Are Available, Including: Course 2379: Developing and Deploying Microsoft Biztalk Server 2000 Solutions Course 2379: Developing and Deploying Microsoft Biztalk Server 2000 Solutions Course 2420: Designing B2B Trading Partner Integration Solutions Course 2420: Designing B2B Trading Partner Integration Solutions For Information on Integrated Applications: BizTalk Server Web Site http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk For Training and Certification Questions: Microsoft Training & Certification http://www.microsoft.com/trainingandservices/ default.asp http://www.microsoft.com/trainingandservices/ default.asp