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Microsoft-SAP Partnership andMicrosoft-SAP Partnership andTechnical Roadmap for InteroperabilityTechnical Roadmap for Interoperability

Tilo BoettcherProgram Manager CTSC, Microsoft [email protected]


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SAP and Microsoft: Two Strong Partners

Frontend Interoperability

Applications & Services

Applistructure Interoperabilitt

Summary and further Links


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CTSC DisclaimerCTSC Disclaimer

During this presentation you will learn:

The status of the partnership between SAP and Microsoft

The joint roadmap for technologies and products

How SAP-Microsoft interoperability can make your IT infrastructure more efficient

Where to find resources about SAP-Microsoft interoperability

For a better understanding of this presentation please note:

The CTSC focuses on technical guidance and information around integration of SAP andMicrosoft product stacks

The CTSC maintains a neutral position between SAP and Microsoft.

This presentation is a jointly agreed presentation of the CTSC

This presentation may only be used without alterations and deletions


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Microsoft .NET

Interoperability = Agility at low TCO Integrated solutions will become a central demand

Leverage ApplistructurePlatforms for Flexibility and Agility

Strategic Vendors SAP and Microsoft offer choice through interoperability

SAP NetWeaver Business Process

Platform

Enterprise services

Composite applications Full .NET

Interoperability

Collaboration,workflow and analytics

Web servicesIntegration

High impact userexperience

The Value of InteroperabilityThe Value of Interoperability


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History of the RelationshipHistory of the Relationship

1993

Applications& Services

Partner-

ship

Client

Interop.

Appli-

structure

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Agreement between Bill Gates and

Hasso Plattner

Microsoft becomes

SAP Customer

SAP R/3 on Windows NT SAP is Windows 2000

launch partner

DCOM Connector

SAP .NET Connector

Integration with Exchange Server

mySAP.com Solutions on Pocket PC SAPGUI auf Windows

SAP R/3 on SQL Server

mySAP SCM for

Xbox manufacturing

Portal Development Kit .NET

SAP 64-Bit Windows (for Itanium)

RFC SDK

SAP Desktop Office Int.

SAP NetWeaver and

Microsoft .NET interop

announcement

Mendocino

partnership

Mendocino

ships mySAP CRM Mobile Client on Tablet PC

Integration with Microsoft Project

Joint Commitment to

Advanced Web Services

FullIn

teroperab

ility


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Joint Roadmap for Planning SafetyJoint Roadmap for Planning Safety


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Interoperability: Involved ComponentsInteroperability: Involved Components

NetW

eaverDevelo

perS

tud

io/

ABAP/J2EE

APPLICATIONS & SERVICES

Business

Intelligence

Knowledge Managment

Collaboration / TRex Search

SQL Server Business

Intelligence

APPLISTRUCTURE

Solution Mgr.

MicrosoftVisualStudio/.N

ETFrame

work

Single Sign-On

Active Directory / MIIS Windows Server

SQL Server

MOM / SMS

FRONTEND

Mobile Infrastructure

Windows Client / Internet Explorer

Windows Mobile

SAP NetWeaver

Mendocino

Microsoft .NET

OfficeNetWeaver Portal

PDK for .NET

NetWeaver

Application

Server

.NET Connector

Exchange

Infrastructure

BizTalk

Server

Advanced

Web Services

Windows SharePoint

SharePoint Server / Exchange Srv.

Collaboration / SearchESASOA

IBF / VSTO


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SAP und Microsoft: Two Strong Partners






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Front-End InteroperabilityFront-End Interoperability

Front ends will support all kind of users intheir daily business through a variety ofchannels, form factors and technologies.

Channels: Microsoft Office, NetWeaverPortal, Web Apps, Mobile devices andapps, Smart Client, Rich client indifferent Industry solutions.

Form factors: Smart phone, Mobile

devices, Ultra mobile PC, Tablet,Laptop, Workstation, ruggedizeddevices, Industry specific.

Technologies: .NET frameworkcomponents and languages, Java,WebDynpro, Web Services.

Benefits and value

Reuse of existing software and components

Flexibility of choice

Familiarity with existing user interfaces


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Roadmap: Front-End InteroperabilityRoadmap: Front-End Interoperability

Office

Project Mendocino delivers ready-to-use scenarios Information Bridge Framework (V2.0) to leverage web services

Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 to extend Office

Portal Interoperability (front-end layer)

Portal Development Kit for .NET for iView deployment

iViews (NetWeaver Portal) and WebParts (SharePoint) can be developed and deployed from

the .NET PDK 2.0

Mobile

SAP Apps (8 Apps, JVM based) on Windows mobile


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Duet formerly known as MendocinoDuet formerly known as Mendocino

Version 1.0pre-packaged Scenarios

Time management

Budget monitoring

Leave management

Organization management

Version 1.x+

open up for developmentand custom scenarios

supports pluggable services

2005 2006 2007

Mendocino 1.0

Preview Release

December 2005

Mendocino 1.0

Beta

March 2006

Mendocino 1.0

General Availability

Q3-Q4 2006


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Portal Co-ExistencePortal Co-Existence

NetWeaver Portal and SharePoint Portal Frameworks

NetWeaver Portal and SharePoint Products and Technologies are pursuing different goals andare based on different frameworks

centralized, transaction oriented with pre built business packages vs.

decentralized, collaborative document oriented

Horses for courses..

Interoperability standards for Portals WSRP

WSRP 1.0 has limitations and partial support

WSRP 2.0 is not released and implemented

Search

TREX with extensions through Repository Managers

Sharepoint Search extensible through Web Services and Search Interfaces


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Interoperability

Develop iViews using Microsoft

Visual Studio .NET Integrate Microsoft and SAP

based applications intoNetWeaver Portal

Seamless integration with SAPEnterprise Portal 6.0 andSharePoint

Leverage resources aroundMicrosoft .NET frameworkand ASP.NET

Product Roadmap

First version shown at Saphire2003 by Shai Agassi (SAP) and

Eric Rudder (MSFT) now in V 2.0 Download from SAP Developer

Network (sdn.sap.com)

SAP NetWeaver Portal Development Kit for Microsoft .NETSAP NetWeaver Portal Development Kit for Microsoft .NET

SAP Menu

Solution

Explorer

Context

Sensitive

Help

SAP UI

Controls

SAP

ServerExplorer


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Reference: Usage of PDK .NETReference: Usage of PDK .NET

Customer Profile The Ministry of Finance is the main economic ministry of the

Government of Israel. It is responsible for planning andimplementing the Government's overall economic policy.

Business Situation and needs The Israeli Ministry of Finance operates in a dedicated Microsoft

.NET environment and had developed an enormous pool ofapplications, skills , and knowledge in .NET. As the governmentdecides to exploit SAP Enterprise Portal to all Ministries theMinistry of Finance looked for a solution to keep the existingknowledge and also to use the familiar Visual Studio .NETenvironment.

Solution description The Israeli Ministry of finance decided to use the SAP Portal

Development Kit for Microsoft .NET which enables developers tobuild SAP Enterprise Portal components (so-called iViews)using Visual Studio 2003 and Microsoft .NET.

Benefits provided More than 40 portal pages delivered within 2 months

New iViews developed within 3 hours

Live Internet data feeds captured in SAP EP Our .NET developers were

comfortable using the SAP portaldevelopment kit within just two

hours!Shmuel Oppenheimer, Head of .Net Development,Israeli Ministery of Finance


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Applications & ServicesApplistructure Interoperabilitt



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Vision and Value: Applications & ServicesVision and Value: Applications & Services

Service Oriented Architecturespermits the composition ofbusiness processes by connectingapplications and components throughweb services.

Applications and components: Buildingblocks containing business andsolution logic

Services: Design connectionsbetween applications andcomponents

Standards: Community basedstandards simplify interoperabilityand increase flexibility

Benefits and value

Composition and adaption of processes based onchanging business requirements

Out-of-the-box interoperability reducesimplementation cost and simplifies management

bili


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Document Management InteroperabilityDocument Management Interoperability

Products

NetWeaver Portal, Knowledge Management, Search

Share Point Products and Technologies, Content ManagementServer, Search

Document management interoperability using WebDAV protocol

Search, access and edit documents in peer repository

SharePoint WebDAV Connector

CMS as Content Management System for NetWeaver Portal

i f id fMi f NET D P id f SAP N W BI


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Microsoft .NET Data Provider for SAP NetWeaver BIMicrosoft .NET Data Provider for SAP NetWeaver BI

The .NET Data Provider for SAP

NetWeaver BI is officially certified

to report on SAP NetWeaverBusiness Intelligence

Included in the SQL Server 2005

Reporting Service SP1

Based on the .NET Data Provider

for SAP NetWeaver BI BW acts asa data source for SQL Server

Reporting Services (SSRS)

The .NET Data Provider for SAP

NetWeaver BI uses the SAP BW

XML\A interface SSRS reports can be based on any

query created by the SAP BW

query designer


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R f P t l C E i tR f P t l C E i t


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Reference: Portal Co-ExistenceReference: Portal Co-Existence

Customer Profile Siemens Automation and Drives is a global leader in Drives andAutomation. Siemens A&D belongs to the Siemens Group andis located in 70 countries wordwide.

Turnover: M 8,829 Employees: 51,000

Business Situation During the time Siemens A&D has collected millions of

documents on file based systems. The immense know-howstored in this documents was difficult to use and it was veryhard finding information stored in the various directory.

Solution description Siemens A&D decided to implement a database based solution

with Share Point Portal Server. For displaying the content inthe Siemens Enterprise Portal Web Service are used.

Benefits provided Share Point Functionality in SAP Enterprise Portal

Unique presentation layout

Higher productivity because of the team work with Share Pointtechnologies

Empowerment every employee can design own pages byusing a common Siemens layout

The employee thinks he or she is

creating sites in the SAP Portal, but

in reality is making it in the

SharePoint EnvironmentDr. Krmeier, BlueBridge


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Vi i d V l A li t t I t bilitVi i d V l A li t t I t bilit


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Vision and Value: Applistructure InteroperabilityVision and Value: Applistructure Interoperability

A p p l i c a t i o n S e r ve r s andA p p l i c a t i o n P la t f o rm are beingenriched with E S A / S O Ain f ras t ruc tu re to becomeA p p l i s t r u c t u r e s

Web Services Infrastructure:Supporting out-of-the-boxinteroperability between platforms

Identity Management: Seamless andsecure user interaction

Platforms: Scalable, reliable andproven platforms for agile business

Benefits and value

Coherent technology platforms offer more for less

Leverage existing investments for new tasks

Choice of best tools for specific tasks

D l t P th f SAP t i A li tiD l t P th f SAP t i A li ti


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Development Paths for SAP-centric ApplicationsDevelopment Paths for SAP-centric Applications

Whatever technology you prefer, ...

Enterprise

ServiceArchitectur e

NetWeave

rDeve

lope

rStudio

PORTAL FRAMEWORK

Visual

Composer

SAP NetWeaver

Microsoft

.NETFramework

Visu

alStudio

SAP NetWeaver Microsoft .NET

SAP Portal

Development

Kit for

Microsoft .NET

Enterprise Portal

Microsoft .NET

Web

Dynpro

mySAP Solutions

Duet

.NET Applications

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Based on Web Services and open standards protocols

APPLICATION PLATFORM

Mobile

IBF /

Duet

Infrastructure

Based on other protocols

Service Oriented Architecture (ESA, SOA)

D l t P th f Mi ft t i A li tiD l t P th f Mi ft t i A li ti


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Development Paths for Microsoft-centric ApplicationsDevelopment Paths for Microsoft-centric Applications

... key to interoperability is a Service Oriented Architecture.

EnterpriseServic

eA

rchitectur e

NetWeave

rDeveloperStudio

FRONTEND

SAP NetWeaver

Microsoft

.NETFramework

Visu

alStu

dio

SAP NetWeaver Microsoft .NET

ASP .NET

WebForms

Microsoft .NET

mySAP Solutions .NET Applications.NET

Connector

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Duet Office

Smart Client

WinForms

Sharepoint

Custom

ApplicationMobile

APPLICATION PLATFORM

IBF /

Duet

Infrastructure

Based on Web Services and open standards protocols Based on other protocols

Service Oriented Architecture (ESA, SOA)

Applistructure Interoperability: SAP XI and BizTalkApplistructure Interoperability: SAP XI and BizTalk


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Applistructure Interoperability: SAP XI and BizTalkApplistructure Interoperability: SAP XI and BizTalk

Interoperability

Reliable messaging between SAP

XI 3.0 and Microsoft BizTalk2004 is possible using SOAPcompliant communication

including QoS Exactly Once

Both companies drive advancedWeb service protocols standards

enabling reliable and transactedinteroperability

BPEL4WS

WS-I Basic Profile

WS-RM (Reliable Messaging)

BizTalk Server Adapter for

mySAP Business Suite (SAPcertified)using SAP connector for Microsoft.NET

Adapters

BizTalk ConfiguratioDatabase

Business ActivityTracking

Health and Activit

Tracking

Orchestration Engin

Microsoft BizTalServer 2004

Messaging Engine

Adapter Engine

Integration Repository /Integration Directory

Central Monitoring

Business ProcessEngine

Business Rules Engi

SAP XI 3.0

Integration Engine

Transport

Messaging

Process Management

Monitoring

System LandscapeDirectory

Adapters

Repository

BizTalk Assemblie

End to end Identity ManagementEnd to end Identity Management


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SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver Portal

mySAP Business Suite

and SAP R/3

HR

SAP Net Weaver

Application Server

CRM

ERP

R/3

CUA

Microsoft Windows Server

Exchange

Sharepoint Portal

Active

Directory

Single Sign-On

SPNego

User ManagementUME MIIS

Microsoft .NET

Appl

istruc

Frontend,

Application

&

Services

End-to-end Identity ManagementEnd-to-end Identity Management

Microsoft PlatformsMicrosoft Platforms


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Microsoft PlatformsMicrosoft Platforms

Adaptive Computing support extended to Windows Server

Run applications as services on any shared computing resource at any time, reducingcost of ownership by up to 40 percent

Run multiple instances of enterprise software or databases on the same server throughvirtualization of applications from hardware resources.

Windows Server: New x64-bit Architecture

Major improvement of price/performance based on 64-bit addressability and multi-corechip enhancements

x64 will become the mainstream technology following x86

SAP will fully support this new architectureSQL Server 2005

Major enhancement regarding High Availability and easier administration with SQL 2005

Supported by SAP from first day

Reference: BizTalk and XIReference: BizTalk and XI


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Reference: BizTalk and XIReference: BizTalk and XI

Customer Profile Poste Italiane is one of the largest Microsoft Customer in

Italy. They manage Postal and Financial Services(Bancoposta).

Revenue: 8,562,115,000; FT Employees: 150.000;14000 branch offices

Business Situation and needs Target of the project was to provide the Business Unit

managers with tools that would support them in planningand monitoring the processes at the distribution centers.

Solution description In this project the central SAP instances have been

integrated with machines control systems located at theDistribution Centers using the Microsoft technology: theshop floor information are sent to the central site usingMicrosoft BizTalk, integrated in SAP ExchangeInfrastructure and remotely monitored (both real-timeand batch) in a reporting console based on the ICONICSsolution.

Benefits provided Easier maintenance and operation

Increase production efficiency by 4%. High reusability Cost saving High interoperabilty


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NET Interoperability in SAP sdnNET Interoperability in SAP sdn


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.NET Interoperability in SAP sdn.NET Interoperability in SAP sdn

SAP Interoperability on microsoft comSAP Interoperability on microsoft com


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SAP Interoperability on microsoft.comSAP Interoperability on microsoft.com

The Microsoft-SAP CTSC


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The Collaboration Technology Support Centerisa joint team of experts from SAP and Microsoft that

provides guidance and help for better integrationbetween SAP and Microsoft products.

The CTSC maintains a neutral Position betweenSAP and Microsoft towards customers andpartners.

Thomas Meigen

[email protected]

SAP

Andr Fischer

[email protected]

SAP

Tilo Bttcher

[email protected]

Microsoft

Jrgen Daiberl

[email protected]

Microsoft

The Microsoft-SAP CTSC

SummarySummary


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SummarySummary

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SAP and Microsoft are reliableSTRATEGIC PARTNERS

Customers deploy NetWeaver and.NET as their APPLISTRUCTURES

SAP and Microsoft supportSERVICE ORIENTED

ARCHITECTURES

SAP and Microsoft jointly offertight INTEROPERABILITY

More customers decide on SAP

and Microsoft as STRATEGICVENDORS


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