Interoperability between Microsoft 'NET and SAP NetWeaver

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

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

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SAP and Microsoft 11 Successful Years

• Windows SQL Server best TCO
• Over 40,000 SAP installations
• 53 of all SAP installations
• 63 of new SAP installations
• Major Operating System for 4 years and it
  continues to improve!
• Windows Server and SQL Server scale to the
  highest needs of any SAP installation
• Microsoft delivers the lowest cost platform for
  SAP solutions
• Largest SAP customers choosing and running on the
  Microsoft platform today

Share of Microsoft Windows installations as part
of all SAP installations
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Full InteroperabilitySAP NetWeaver and Microsoft
.NET

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

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SAP NetWeaver
Microsoft .NET
SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for
.NET Microsoft Office System Smart Clients
People Integration
Multi-Channel Access
Portal
Collaboration
Microsoft Content Management Server Repository
Managers for WSS/Exchange
Information Integration
BusinessIntelligence
KnowledgeManagement
Master Data Management
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Process Integration
IntegrationBroker
Business ProcessManagement
Application Platform
SAP .NET Connector Visual Studio .NET Web Services
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
DB and OS Abstraction
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SAP NetWeaver
Microsoft .NET
SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit
for.NET Microsoft Office System Smart Clients
People Integration
Multi-Channel Access
Portal
Collaboration
Microsoft Content Management Server Repository
Managers for WSS/Exchange
Information Integration
BusinessIntelligence
KnowledgeManagement
Master Data Management
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Process Integration
IntegrationBroker
Business ProcessManagement
Application Platform
SAP .NET Connector Visual Studio .NET Web Services
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
DB and OS Abstraction
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People IntegrationSAP Enterprise Portal
Development Kit for .NET

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

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People IntegrationMicrosoft Office System

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

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People IntegrationSmart Clients

• Interoperability
• Seamless participation alongside SAP EP and xApps
• Product Roadmap
• White papers describing smart client solutions
• SAP will deliver smart client sample applications
• SAP will deliver Longhorn smart client and SDK
• Prescription
• Install Visual Studio .NET and .NET Framework
• Get on the smart client bus
• 2004 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• 2005 Visual Studio 2005 (Whidbey)
• ? Longhorn

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SAP NetWeaver
Microsoft .NET
SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for
.NET Microsoft Office System Smart Clients
People Integration
Multi-Channel Access
Portal
Collaboration
Microsoft Content Management Server Repository
Managers for WSS/Exchange
Information Integration
BusinessIntelligence
KnowledgeManagement
Master Data Management
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Process Integration
IntegrationBroker
Business ProcessManagement
Application Platform
SAP .NET Connector Visual Studio .NET Web Services
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
DB and OS Abstraction
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Information IntegrationMicrosoft Content
Management Server

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

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Information IntegrationRepository Managers for
WSS/Exchange

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

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SAP NetWeaver
Microsoft .NET
SAP Portal Development Kit for Microsoft
.NET Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Microsoft
Office System
People Integration
Multi-Channel Access
Portal
Collaboration
Microsoft Content Management Server Repository
Managers for WSS/Exchange
Information Integration
BusinessIntelligence
KnowledgeManagement
Master Data Management
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Process Integration
IntegrationBroker
Business ProcessManagement
Application Platform
SAP .NET Connector Visual Studio .NET Web Services
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
DB and OS Abstraction
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Process IntegrationMicrosoft BizTalk Server

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

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SAP NetWeaver
Microsoft .NET
SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit
for.NET Microsoft Office System Smart Clients
People Integration
Multi-Channel Access
Portal
Collaboration
Microsoft Content Management Server Repository
Managers for WSS/Exchange
Information Integration
BusinessIntelligence
KnowledgeManagement
Master Data Management
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Process Integration
IntegrationBroker
Business ProcessManagement
Application Platform
SAP .NET Connector Visual Studio .NET Web Services
J2EE
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
DB and OS Abstraction
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Application PlatformSAP .NET Connector

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

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Application PlatformVisual Studio .NET

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

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Interoperability Roadmap
People Integration
SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for
.NET Beta Jun04 GA Aug04
Office Sample Integrations NetWeaver 05
Smart Client Sample Applications Visual
Studio 2005
Longhorn Smart Client and SDK Longhorn
Information Integration
Repository Managers for WSS and Exchange Early
2005
Microsoft Content Management Server Early 2005
Process Integration
BizTalk Server and SAP XI Interoperability 1H2005
NetWeaver 05
Application Platform
SAP .NET Connector V1 Now V2 Aug04
Web Services Collaboration Ongoing
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Collaborative Technology Support Center (CTSC-MS)

• Cross-company team of technical experts located
  in Walldorf
• Drives interoperability between SAP and Microsoft
  solution stacks
• Customer-centric and project-based
• Email address ctsc_at_sap.com

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Summary

• Successful first decade
• Majority platform for SAP
• Brightest future compared with alternatives
• Entering the second decade
• Solving the integration challenge
• SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft .NET integration
• http//microsoft-sap.com