Microsoft-SAP Technical Guidance

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Interoperability Resources - SharePoint
Integration Topic	Document	Abstract	Date
SAP NetWeaver, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft .NET, Office Business Applications, OBA	UI Strategies - OBAs and MOSS for SAP	This document provides an overview about various methodologies that can be leveraged for providing an end user interface using Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Microsoft Office Suite).	2/2009
SAP Enterprise Portal, SharePoint Server, iView Web Part	iView Integration with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server	There are scenarios where an end user would require logging in to SAP GUI or SAP Portal to perform some of their commonly performed operations. It would be convenient if these operations were performed from a portal like Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Portal (MOSS) which an end user might be using more frequently. In such scenarios the best point of integration is to display SAP iViews or Web Dynpro iViews in MOSS. MOSS out of the box provides two web parts that can be used for displaying pages from portals/web sites outside MOSS. These are Page Viewer Web Part and iView Web Part. When configuring SAP iView or Web Dynpro iViews, these web parts can go in to an infinite refresh loop with some iViews. In order to overcome this issue, there is a need to develop a custom web part that would display the SAP iView.	12/2008
SAP Enterprise Portal, SharePoint Server, WSRP	Evaluating Microsoft and SAP Portal Interoperability using WSRP	Enterprises looking for a way to consume SAP Enterprise Portal iViews using Microsoft Office SharePoint System 2007 can consider Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP). The goal of the WSRP technology is to facilitate the reusability of portlets across the boundaries of specific manufacturer implementations. This technology extends SAP Enterprise Portal functionality and data to SharePoint end users without the complexities or the expense of custom solutions.	12/2007
SharePoint Server, SAP NetWeaver Portal	CB_045_Interoperability between SAP NetWeaver Portal and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007.pdf	This Technical Reference Guide lays out the status quo of existing interoperability scenarios between SAP NetWeaver Portal and SharePoint Technologies as of today. The paper was jointly developed by SAP and Microsoft and is a mature statement of do’s and don’ts in the Portal Interoperability today. Solution scenarios describe the high level overview where how to guides let consultants and interested techies step through the implementation.	12/2007
SharePoint Server, SAP Web Dynpro	Integration of SAP Web Dynpro with SharePoint 2007	This paper describes how to implement a SAP Web Dynpro application with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This paper introduces the technologies and architecture used, describes the Web Dynpro customer contact scenario, and provides a detailed technical walkthrough of the implementation process.	10/2007
SharePoint Server, SAP NetWeaver Portal	Integrating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and SAP	Interoperability between Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and SAP NetWeaver is a complex topic with lots of valuable scenarios. This overview animation explains options and possibilities as well as limitations in the combination of SharePoint 2007 and SAP NetWeaver.	10/2007
SharePoint Portal Server, SAP NetWeaver, SAP Business Suite	Integrating Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and SAP	Microsoft is committed to empowering information workers with simplified access to key business data and processes through the Microsoft Office System. This paper describes how organizations can extend the benefits of SAP to information workers through integration with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007	06/2007
SAP Business Server Pages, SharePoint Server	SAP BSP - MOSS Integration	This paper provides information about how to use SAP Business Server Pages (SAP BSP) with SharePoint 2007. The paper gives an overview about the technologies and a contains a detailed walk-through of how to configure the SAP system and SharePoint Server in order to use Business Server Page Packages from SAP like the SAP Learning Solution (SAP LSO) from within SharePoint 2007.	05/2007
.NET Framework 2.0, ASP.NET, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, SAP NetWeaver Portal, SAP Enterprise Portal (EP)	Performing Enterprise Search With MOSS in SAP NetWeaver Portal	The new Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) has significantly enhanced the search capabilities to provide the enterprise information workers with a consistent and quality search experience. It supports strongly the unification of enterprise data across unstructured documents, structured business data, and people to enable federated search across them. This whitepaper reviews the improvements concerning the search capabilities of the new MOSS server and demonstrates how to use them to provide enhanced search experience for the end user. Furthermore, this whitepaper checks up the possibilities and the constraints to build federated search with the new MOSS server and provides a simple sample to demonstrate how to integrate SAP NetWeaver Portal (also known as SAP Enterprise Portal) search into MOSS.	01/2007
SharePoint Portal Services, NetWeaver EP, WebDav	How to Integrate WSS and Exchange into SAP EP	This whitepaper describes how Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 can be integrated into SAP Enterprise Portal (SAP EP) by using WebDAV today without using extensions available only with the Repository Manager addition for Windows SharePoint Services or Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server. Additionally, it will examine what possibilities arise from integrating these solutions into SAP Enterprise Portal and what features can be used with the current software versions.	07/2006
SharePoint Portal Services, NetWeaver Portal	SAP Enterprise Portal and Windows Sharepoint Services Interoperability	The document addresses several questions in the context of SAP Enterprise Portal and Windows SharePoint Services co-existence. It covers the three main areas Document Management Interoperability, Front-end and Content Integration and Collaboration Interoperability. While the focus is on providing general guidance about integration opportunities, the document in some cases also offers technical How-Tos.	09/2005

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