Interoperability between Microsoft.NET and SAP NetWeaver Daz Wilkin SAP Global Program Manager Microsoft Corporation

Agenda n SAP and Microsoft: 11 Successful Years n Full Interoperability: NetWeaver and.NET n People – EPDK, Office System, Smart Clients n Information – CMS, WSS, Exchange n Process – BizTalk n Application –.NET Connector, VS, WS

SAP and Microsoft: 11 Successful Years n Windows & SQL Server best TCO n Over 40,000 SAP installations n 53% of all SAP installations n 63% of new SAP installations n Major Operating System for 4 years… and it continues to improve! n Windows Server and SQL Server scale to the highest needs of any SAP installation n Microsoft delivers the lowest cost platform for SAP solutions n Largest SAP customers choosing and running on the Microsoft platform today Share of Microsoft Windows installations as part of all SAP installations

Full Interoperability SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft.NET n Comprehensive partnership n Helping customers reduce TCO n Continued cooperation n Interoperability of SAP and Microsoft applications n Freedom of choice for customers to develop custom applications with any framework they like n Leverage the benefits of next generation OS and.NET Framework features for SAP NetWeaver

Process Integration Information Integration Application Platform DB and OS Abstraction Process Integration People Integration SAP NetWeaver Application Platform Information Integration Microsoft.NET SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for.NET Microsoft Office System Smart Clients Microsoft BizTalk Server SAP.NET Connector Visual Studio.NET Web Services Portal Integration Broker Business Process Management Collaboration Multi-Channel Access J2EEABAP DB and OS Abstraction Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Master Data Management Microsoft Content Management Server Repository Managers for WSS/Exchange

Process Integration Information Integration Application Platform DB and OS Abstraction Process Integration People Integration SAP NetWeaver Application Platform Information Integration Microsoft.NET SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for.NET Microsoft Office System Smart Clients Microsoft BizTalk Server SAP.NET Connector Visual Studio.NET Web Services Portal Integration Broker Business Process Management Collaboration Multi-Channel Access J2EEABAP DB and OS Abstraction Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Master Data Management Microsoft Content Management Server Repository Managers for WSS/Exchange

People Integration SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for.NET n Interoperability n Develop SAP iViews using Microsoft Visual Studio n Leverage Microsoft.NET framework and ASP.NET n Seamless integration with SAP Enterprise Portal 6.x n Interoperability between iViews and Web Parts n Product Roadmap n Early Adopter Program n General Availability n Prescription n Understand the capabilities of the SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for.NET and the benefits it will bring to your organization.

People Integration Microsoft Office System n Interoperability n Web Services based solutions involving Office System n Seamless participation alongside SAP EP and xApps n Product Roadmap n White papers describing Integration Worker solutions n Word, Excel and InfoPath demos n SAP will deliver Office sample integrations n Prescription n Upgrade to Microsoft Office 2003 n Open XML-based file formats n Web Services based solutions n Extensible using Microsoft.NET framework

People Integration Smart Clients n Interoperability n Seamless participation alongside SAP EP and xApps n Product Roadmap n White papers describing smart client solutions n SAP will deliver smart client sample applications n SAP will deliver Longhorn smart client and SDK n Prescription n Install Visual Studio.NET and.NET Framework n Get on the smart client bus n 2004: Microsoft.NET Framework 1.1 n 2005: Visual Studio 2005 (“Whidbey”) n  Longhorn

Process Integration Information Integration Application Platform DB and OS Abstraction Process Integration People Integration SAP NetWeaver Application Platform Information Integration Microsoft.NET SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for.NET Microsoft Office System Smart Clients Microsoft BizTalk Server SAP.NET Connector Visual Studio.NET Web Services Portal Integration Broker Business Process Management Collaboration Multi-Channel Access J2EEABAP DB and OS Abstraction Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Master Data Management Microsoft Content Management Server Repository Managers for WSS/Exchange

Information Integration Microsoft Content Management Server n Interoperability n CMS-based iViews for SAP Enterprise Portal 6.x n Content Editing Tools: Microsoft Word, FrontPage n Product Roadmap n White paper: “CMS and the SAP.NET Connector” n CMS iViews available shortly after SAP EPDK for.NET n Prescription n CMS is ideal for management of Microsoft-based Web Objects n SAP EPDK for.NET increases reach of CMS n SAP.NET Connector and ASP.NET pages managed by CMS

Information Integration Repository Managers for WSS/Exchange n Interoperability n Unified view across repositories with SAP KM n Leverage investment in Microsoft document repositories n Product Roadmap n WebDAV-based Repository Manager available n WSS- and Exchange-specific Repository Managers n Prescription n Submit Requirements to SAP and Microsoft n Start with existing Repository Manager

Process Integration Information Integration Application Platform DB and OS Abstraction Process Integration People Integration SAP NetWeaver Application Platform Information Integration Microsoft.NET SAP Portal Development Kit for Microsoft.NET Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Microsoft Office System Microsoft BizTalk Server SAP.NET Connector Visual Studio.NET Web Services Portal Integration Broker Business Process Management Collaboration Multi-Channel Access J2EEABAP DB and OS Abstraction Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Master Data Management Microsoft Content Management Server Repository Managers for WSS/Exchange

Process Integration Microsoft BizTalk Server n Interoperability n Seamless interoperability between XI and BizTalk n Product Roadmap n Continuing collaboration on Web Services standards n BizTalk-XI ‘bridge’ based upon adapter frameworks n BizTalk-XI interoperability with Web Services n Prescription n SAP XI is integration technology of NetWeaver, contains the repository for all interfaces of NetWeaver n BizTalk Server for process orchestration, human workflow services and application integration via 100’s of adapters

Process Integration Information Integration Application Platform DB and OS Abstraction Process Integration People Integration SAP NetWeaver Application Platform Information Integration Microsoft.NET SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for.NET Microsoft Office System Smart Clients Microsoft BizTalk Server SAP.NET Connector Visual Studio.NET Web Services Portal Integration Broker Business Process Management Collaboration Multi-Channel Access J2EEABAP DB and OS Abstraction Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Master Data Management Microsoft Content Management Server Repository Managers for WSS/Exchange

Application Platform SAP.NET Connector n Interoperability n Design-time & run-time environment n Collaboration on Web Services standards n Product Roadmap n v1.0 available at SAP Service Marketplace n v2.0 with SAP EPDK n Prescription n Leverage existing Visual Studio/.NET Framework skills n.NET Connector performant access to 1000’s of BAPIs/RFCs n Smart Client applications n Disconnected, Manageable, and User-friendly n Web Services as universal integration framework

Application Platform Visual Studio.NET n Interoperability n Design-time & run-time environment n Visual Studio platform for EPDK, SDKs and SAP.NET Connector n Benefit from capabilities of Visual Studio 2005 and ‘Whitehorse’ n Product Roadmap n SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for.NET n SAP.NET Connector n Office and Smart Client (including Longhorn) support n Prescription n Adopt Visual Studio and the.NET Framework today n Web Services as universal integration framework

Interoperability Roadmap Information Integration Process Integration People Integration Application Platform Office Sample IntegrationsNetWeaver 05 SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for.NETBeta: Jun04GA: Aug04 Smart Client Sample ApplicationsVisual Studio 2005 Microsoft Content Management Server Early 2005 BizTalk Server and SAP XI Interoperability1H2005NetWeaver 05 SAP.NET ConnectorV1: NowV2: Aug04 Longhorn Smart Client and SDKLonghorn Web Services CollaborationOngoing Repository Managers for WSS and ExchangeEarly 2005

Collaborative Technology Support Center (CTSC-MS) n Cross-company team of technical experts located in Walldorf n Drives interoperability between SAP and Microsoft solution stacks n Customer-centric and project-based n address:

Summary n Successful first decade n Majority platform for SAP n Brightest future compared with alternatives n Entering the second decade n Solving the integration challenge n SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft.NET integration n