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Microsoft-SAP Technical Guidance

Microsoft is committed to providing you with technical information on how to better integrate Microsoft and SAP solutions, reduce complexity, and have a continued focus on TCO. As such, providing the latest technical details and know-how on how to implement and integrate Microsoft and SAP technologies is of utmost importance. From learning about details on Microsoft SQL Server for SAP environments to integrating SAP applications with the Microsoft Office System, you'll find a breadth of knowledge in this section.

Such technical information is always a work in progress as new versions of technologies are released, best practices are refined, and some technologies are no longer applicable. Therefore, bookmark this page and return often. We're confident you will find helpful information to aid in your efforts of either implementing SAP on the Microsoft Windows and SQL Server platform or integrating SAP with Microsoft .NET.

Please click on the links below for individual technical documents and resources.

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Webcasts

Upcoming Webcasts
Topic Title Description Date

SharePoint Server, SAP NetWeaver Portal

Portal Interoperability Webcast

Microsoft and SAP will provide a review of their recent whitepaper on interoperability, with emphasis on portal interoperability, and provide insight on current plans and strategies going forward. Two customer presentations will highlight portal interoperability accomplishments and opportunities ahead for Shell and Dow Corning. Additionally, we will highlight some ‘Don’t Miss’ SAP and Microsoft Interoperability opportunities and sessions planned for the upcoming 2008 ASUG Annual Conference.

Speakers

Juergen Daiberl, Microsoft
André Fischer, SAP
Don Hodde, Shell
Johan Krebbers, Shell
Jeff Duly, Dow Corning

Register for the SAP and Microsoft Interoperability Community of Interest Portal Interoperability Webcast.

3/31/2008
10:00 a.m. CDT/11:00 a.m. EDT

Duet

Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP – Duet 1.5, Current Status and Future Roadmap Webcast

Learn more about the latest Duet 1.5 product updates, its new scenarios, and how to extend Duet with workflows, reporting, and contextual information. Gain insight on Duet 1.5 early preview customers and future plans for Duet. This Webcast will also provide an overview about the planned Duet activities for the 2008 ASUG Annual Conference from Microsoft and SAP.

Speakers

Pascal Gibert, Microsoft
Thomas Grassl, SAP

Register for the Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP – Duet 1.5, Current Status and Future Roadmap Webcast.

If you have any questions, please contact communities@asug.com.

4/10/2008
10:00 a.m. CDT/11:00 a.m. EDT

Windows

Windows Server 2008 for SAP Customers

In this webcast, we discuss the many new features and roles in the Windows Server 2008 operating system that are relevant for SAP customers. Windows Server 2008, with built-in Web and virtualization technologies, enables you to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure. New virtualization tools, Web resources, and security enhancements help you save time, reduce costs, and provide a platform for a dynamic and optimized datacenter. Learn how you, an IT professional supporting SAP, can take advantage of the breakthrough server release and optimize your infrastructure.

4/17/2008

SQL

SQL Server 2008 for SAP Customers

In this webcast, we talk about what will be delivered to SAP customers in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 including compression, minimal logging, parallelism improvements, and query handling enhancements. Join us to learn how upgrading or migrating to SQL Server 2008 can result in multiple improvements for your SAP implementations.

6/12/2008

Archived Webcasts
Topic Title Description Date

BI

Microsoft Business Intelligence for SAP Netweaver

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 includes the integrated Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services solution to easily create and manage reports on information inside any SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) data warehouse. An updated data provider and a new query designer enable you to take advantage of the data in SAP BW (now called SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence). Join this webcast to learn how to set up, configure, deploy, and use these new capabilities.

3/13/2008

VS

Developing .NET Framework Applications with SAP Enterprise Explorer

In this webcast, the Microsoft SAP Alliance team presents several approaches to creating Microsoft .NET Framework applications with the SAP Enterprise Explorer—a product developed by Microsoft that enables developers working with the Microsoft Visual Studio development system to quickly build .NET Framework solutions. Juergen Dailberl, technical evangelist, and Dudu Benabou, architect and author of the Explorer, demonstrate the Explorer and show how you can use it to quickly create applications that can dramatically improve the productivity of SAP users.

2/6/2008

MOSS, SAP EP

SAP Enterprise Portal and SharePoint Server 2007 Interoperability

In this webcast, we discuss SAP and Microsoft portal interoperability. We cover how you can integrate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SAP Netweaver Portal from front-end integration (iView, Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP), and URL linking) to integrate components and services across the portal (via Web Services, SAP Portal Development Kit for the Microsoft .NET Framework and connectors). We explore approaches for interoperability based on search and the Business Data Catalog feature in SharePoint Server 2007. We also demonstrate the various types of solutions and describe how to approach portal integration.

1/22/2008

IT

How Microsoft IT Runs SAP

In this webcast, we describe how the Enterprise Application Services (EAS) team in the Microsoft Information Technology (IT) department utilizes the new database mirroring and online indexing features in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to dramatically increase the availability of SAP R/3 at Microsoft. We also discuss how, by using the 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 with commodity 64-bit hardware, EAS was able to lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) while increasing performance, scalability, and reliability in the SAP R/3 landscape.

1/17/2008

Office

Microsoft Office Interoperability with SAP

Join this webcast to learn how to integrate Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Office InfoPath, Project, and Visio with SAP. We start with an overview of the key design principles and detail the guidelines and best practices for integrating these applications with SAP. We show you how to create front-end Web services to connect to SAP, and also how to consume these Web services to architect compelling solutions that dramatically improve the productivity of your users.

1/10/2008

MOSS

SAP Enterprise Portal and SharePoint Server 2007 Interoperability

In this webcast, we discuss SAP and Microsoft portal interoperability. We cover how you can integrate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SAP Netweaver Portal from front-end integration (iView, Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP), and URL linking) to integrate components and services across the portal (via Web Services, SAP Portal Development Kit for the Microsoft .NET Framework and connectors). We explore approaches for interoperability based on search and the Business Data Catalog feature in SharePoint Server 2007. We also demonstrate the various types of solutions and describe how to approach portal integration.

11/8/2007

SOA

Unlock the Power of SAP with the Microsoft Platform

This webcast is designed for IT professionals who would like to understand how they can unlock the power of SAP with the Microsoft platform. In this session, we discuss scenarios for interoperability across the front end (including Microsoft Office and SAP Netweaver Portal), applications and services (such as SAP Netweaver BW and Microsoft SQL Server business intelligence), and applications and infrastructure, known as the "applistructure" (including SAP Netweaver XI and Application Server with Windows, Microsoft BizTalk Server, and SQL Server). We also explore how Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) makes it possible to build solutions that dramatically improve SAP user adoption and productivity.

10/12/2007

Duet

Duet Implementation Best Practices

Listen to the experts present the Duet Architecture, planning concepts and hot tips to facilitate Implementation.

11/2006

BI

Setting Up and Deploying SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services for SAP BW

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1), released in April 2006, includes an integrated Reporting Services solution to easily create and manage reports on information inside any SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) data warehouse. An updated data provider and a new query designer enable you to take advantage of the data in SAP BW (now called NetWeaver Business Intelligence). Join this webcast to learn how to set up, configure, deploy, and use these new capabilities.

06/2006

SQL

Setting Up and Configuring SQL Server 2005 for SAP Applications

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is the database that many organizations use for SAP business applications deployments. Attend this webcast to learn the best practices for setting up and operating SQL Server 2005 for secure, reliable, and scalable SAP deployments. Find out about architectures, 64-bit deployments, SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) configurations, database mirroring, and five of the most common configuration problems.

06/2006

BizTalk

BizTalk Adapter Spotlight: SAP

The Microsoft BizTalk Adapter v2.0 for mySAP Business Suite is a connectivity solution that integrates Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) data seamlessly from SAP R/3 4.X and R/3 6.20 (Enterprise) systems with BizTalk Server 2004. This webcast provides an overview of the adapter, covering its functionality and demonstrating the adapter in an end-to-end scenario.

03/2006

SQL

How Microsoft IT Runs SAP on SQL Server 2005

This webcast describes how the Enterprise Application Services (EAS) team in the Microsoft Information Technology (IT) department utilizes the new database mirroring and online indexing features in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to dramatically increase the availability of SAP R/3 at Microsoft. Additionally, by using the 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 with commodity 64-bit hardware, EAS was able to lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) while increasing performance, scalability, and reliability in the SAP R/3 landscape.

01/2006

 

 

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