Maximizing SAP with Microsoft Technologies Stephen Jeffries Principal Technical Specialist Microsoft Corporation PRT306

Did You Know? MS and SAP have a strong platform alliance See 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 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 5TB 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 Process Integration Information Integration Application Platform DB and OS AbstractionSAPMicrosoft Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Webparts (ASP.NET Portlets) Solution Accelerators Microsoft Office System Microsoft BizTalk Server Microsoft Visual Studio.NET Web Services Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Windows Server Enterprise Portal 6 NetWeaver Collaboration iViews (J2EE Portlets) xApps Microsoft Content Management Server Microsoft BizTalk Server Information Integration Knowledge Management Master Data Management Business Intelligence Integration Broker Business Process Management ABAP & J2EE Web Services Database Abstraction Operating System Abstraction Application Platform Process Integration People Integration SAP.NET Connector

SAP Enterprise Services Architecture DB and OS Abstraction.NETWebSphere… People Integration Composite Application Framework Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Life Cycle Management PortalCollaboration J2EEABAP Application Platform Multi-Channel Access SAP NetWeaver™ DB and OS Abstraction Master Data Management

Integration Points with SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal (EP) Collaboration Knowledge Management Search DB and OS Abstraction.NETWebSphere… People Integration Composite Application Framework Process Integration Integration Broker Business Process Management Information Integration Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Life Cycle Management PortalCollaboration J2EEABAP Application Platform Multi-Channel Access SAP NetWeaver™ DB and OS Abstraction Master Data Management Exchange Infrastructure (XI) EAIBPM

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 ERP – CRM – DW – HRS un-structuredstructured Take Action , Documents, Web Content Make Decisions Communicate Analyze Create Documents Make Decisions Communicate Analyze Create Documents Access/Retrieve Data

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

Maximizing SAP with Microsoft Technologies XML Web Services

Demo Scenario AdventureWorks Bicycle Supply Customer Reviews products on AdventureWorks web site Sends product inquiry to AdventureWorks AdventureWorks Customer Service Representative Receives customer inquiries via Responds promptly to customer requests AdventureWorks Sales Manager Receives 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 SharePoint Services Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Microsoft Office Outlook Microsoft Office Word Smart Documents Microsoft Office InfoPath Microsoft BizTalk 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 Process Integration Information Integration Application Platform DB and OS AbstractionSAPMicrosoft Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Webparts (ASP.NET Portlets) Solution Accelerators Microsoft Office System Microsoft BizTalk Server Microsoft Visual Studio.NET Web Services Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Windows Server Enterprise Portal 6 NetWeaver Collaboration iViews (J2EE Portlets) xApps Microsoft Content Management Server Microsoft BizTalk Server Information Integration Knowledge Management Master Data Management Business Intelligence Integration Broker Business Process Management ABAP & J2EE Web Services Database Abstraction Operating System Abstraction Application Platform Process Integration People Integration SAP.NET Connector

“Microsoft & SAP Deepen Relationship” May 2004 SAP.NET Connector 2.0 SAP Portal Development Kit for Microsoft.NET (PDK.NET) iView for Outlook Web Access Repository Managers for Exchange and Windows SharePoint Services.NET Webpart wrappers for select SAP iViews Integration with Excel and SQL Analysis Services Continued integration with the BizTalk SAP Adapter

Microsoft Co-Existence with SAP

Business Systems Integration OS390, DB2, CICS IMS, MQSeries COBOL … J2EE, CORBA EDI, … XML, SOAP UDDI, WSDL SAP Internal Applications R/3CRMSCMPLMSRMHCMAPOxAppsPortal SAP XI BizTalk Server Web Service Smart Devices B2X Trading Partners BW ETC. WSRP

Portal Development Kit PDK.NET Visual Studio.NET Integration

SAP Portal.NET PDK

SAP & SPS 2003 Integration Options SAP GUI as SPS Web Part iView 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 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 BizTalk

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

Hewlett-Packard Services

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

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

  Time management Use Microsoft Office Outlook calendar as front- end for SAP time reporting   Budget monitoring Receive reports in your Outlook Inbox and work offline   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 InfoPath forms “Mendocino” Version 1.0 Scenarios MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word ) SAP MSS/ESS Existing Scenario New Scenario

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 NetWeaver ‘04 Java Web Application Server SAP Composite Application Framework Runtime mySAP™ 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) – Q4 CY 2005 Broader Beta – ~Q2 CY 2006 General Availability – H2 CY Limited Customer Preview Release Q Mendocino General Availability Preview Release, Q Employee and Manager Role General Availability GA, Second Half 2006

Summary Consider the benefits of Microsoft’s integrated portal and collaboration solutions Evaluate Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint 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 iView Webpart Toolkit spx?id=d6129dc0-efc4-457d-a821-fd26aef566de spx?id=d6129dc0-efc4-457d-a821-fd26aef566de WSRP Webpart Toolkit spx?id=2e3d8a57-ec9f-4d16-9a81-a395679d spx?id=2e3d8a57-ec9f-4d16-9a81-a395679d6392 Sample SAP Webparts Latest Information on “Mendocino”

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