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The Microsoft
Partner Solutions for SAP News Update is to help our partners be the
first to know about news regarding Microsoft’s technology and marketing
offerings surrounding SAP.
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Microsoft Partner Solutions for SAP News Update
Dear
Partners,
With two very successful SAPPHIRES now under our belt, I am very
excited by the opportunities for Microsoft partners in the SAP space.
These are indeed exciting times for all of us.
Duet was the common theme that customers wanted to hear about on both
sides of the Atlantic. Fueled by the Duet roadmap announcement made at
SAPPHIRE in Atlanta, the customer interest was overwhelming. As ISVs
that is your cue to develop your own Office Business Applications (OBA)
– that is, applications that take advantage of Microsoft Office as a
user interface. Microsoft recently launched Visual Studio Tools for
Office (VSTO). This tool set will empower you to build the OBAs that
customers are expecting. Read more about OBAs and VSTO below.
At SAPPHIRE we also hosted the first-ever Partner Advisory Council
(PAC) for Microsoft Partners extending SAP. The meeting was very
effective in soliciting partner feedback on Microsoft priorities for
the next fiscal year. You should consider the PAC you voice into
Microsoft. If you are interested in participating in future PACs,
please send an email message to stigp@microsoft.com.
One piece of feedback from the PAC was that these News Updates are
valuable. Therefore, you will keep receiving them. Happy reading.
Best regards,
Stig Panduro
Sr. Business Development Manager
Microsoft
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Duet Partnership
Announced
At SAPPHIRE 2007, Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business
Division, joined Leo Apotheker, deputy CEO of SAP, to share the extended
product roadmap for Duet software. This is a solution that allows
information workers to interact with SAP business processes and data
through Microsoft Office applications, including SharePoint. In versions
2.0 -- planned for 2008 – and 3.0 – planned for after the next
generations of Microsoft Office and SAP Business Suite -- both companies
plan to enhance Duet with additional business scenarios, platform
capabilities, and development tools. These releases will deliver
additional high-value business scenarios, enhanced informational insight,
and collaboration with integration with Microsoft business productivity
platform (SharePoint), advanced infrastructure and tools capabilities.
Take a look at http://www.microsoft.com/sap
for more details. As ISVs, you can build your own OBA using Visual Studio
Tools for Office. Visit http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905533.aspx
to see blogs about OBA, learn more about the tools, and view code
samples.
Jeff Raikes
Discusses the Significance of the Duet Announcement
Jeff Raikes spent some time answering questions about the Duet
announcement. For the full interview, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/apr07/04-24RaikesDuet.mspx.
Here is an excerpt from that interview:
What is significant about today’s Duet announcement from Microsoft and
SAP?
Raikes: When we first set out with SAP to create and deliver the
Duet product, we had aspirations of great things. Our customers share our
excitement around the potential impact from Duet and today’s announcement
signifies the long-term commitment that Microsoft and SAP have made for
Duet. Together we’re both expanding the functionality of Duet as well as
transforming Duet from being just an application to an application that
is very extendable, allowing customers and partners to customize and
enhance Duet to best meet the needs of their business.
“Duet
by SAP and Microsoft, powered by HP” Announced
Also announced at SAPPHIRE 2007 was “Duet by SAP and Microsoft, powered
by HP.” Developed jointly by SAP, Microsoft, and HP, this new appliance
is an HP ProLiant server that has been preinstalled with Duet software.
The appliance allows customers to easily create a “proof of concept,”
enabling them to more quickly and easily evaluate Duet’s business
benefits using customer-specific data. Preloaded scripts have been engineered
to help customers jump-start the Duet proof-of-concept and production
implementations. The Duet appliance speeds up deployment by shortening
implementation time from setup to configuration, which both increases
return on investment and enables customers to realize business benefits
from Duet more quickly. To read the full press release, please visit http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/070423b.html.
SAP
and Microsoft Make Migration to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Easier
Also announced at SAPPHIRE 07 was an agreement between Microsoft and SAP
to jointly develop a solution that will simplify and accelerate customer
adoption of SQL Server 2005 and optimize it for the SAP Business Suite.
This provides customers with a way to lower total cost of ownership, take
advantage of existing expertise within their organization, and benefit
from the long-standing relationship between SAP and Microsoft to enhance
the business performance of their SAP and non-SAP applications. This
announcement will help make it easier for non-SQL Server customers to
unlock the value of SAP ERP on SQL Server 2005 by reducing the risk and
cost of migration from competitive database offerings. For information on
this agreement and solution, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/isv/sap/.
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At SAPPHIRE
'07 Vienna today, SAP and Microsoft announced an agreement on a joint
offering that will simplify and accelerate customer adoption of
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and optimize it for the SAP Business Suite.
The new offering will enable customers to easily transition to SQL
Server 2005 and take advantage of the benefits of a flexible,
enterprise, service-oriented architecture to transform their
businesses. SAP and Microsoft have also agreed to set up a joint lab in
Walldorf, Germany, to further optimize SAP Business Suite on SQL Server
2005. Read the full announcement.
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Now ISVs
have a place to find the technical, sales, and marketing tools you need
to be first to market with your Microsoft-based solution. You’ll find
information about building OBA applications, learn more about the SaaS
Incubation Center Program, and discover resources for marketing your
solutions. Check
it out today!
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July 10 - 12
Denver Convention Center, Denver, CO
Space is filling quickly for this year’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2007. This
event is a unique opportunity for Microsoft Partners to get the
knowledge and to develop the business relationships and resources that
will help drive businesses forward during the upcoming year and beyond.
Building on the success of last year's sold-out event, this year's
conference takes place July 10 - 12 in Denver, CO. To register and
learn more about the conference, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/partner/events/wwpartnerconference/
today.
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