Interoperability between Microsoft .NET and SAP NetWeaver

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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Information Integration Process Integration Application Platform 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 KnowledgeManagement BusinessIntelligence 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

6. Information Integration Process Integration Application Platform 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 KnowledgeManagement BusinessIntelligence 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. Information Integration Process Integration Application Platform 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 KnowledgeManagement BusinessIntelligence 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Information Integration Process Integration Application Platform 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 KnowledgeManagement BusinessIntelligence 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

14. 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 100’s of adapters

15. Information Integration Process Integration Application Platform 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 KnowledgeManagement BusinessIntelligence 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

16. 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 1000’s of BAPIs/RFCs • Smart Client applications • Disconnected, Manageable, and User-friendly • Web Services as universal integration framework

17. 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

18. Interoperability Roadmap People Integration SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for .NETBeta: 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

19. 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@sap.com

20. 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