Read this white paper to choose SQL Server over Oracle if you are running SAP Business Suite.

SAP has released an insights document that talks about the value and advantage of running SAP Business Solutions on Microsoft SQL Server. Read about total cost of ownership (TCO) advantages, partnership between SAP and Microsoft, performance improvements, and examples of customers running SAP Business Solutions on SQL Server.

Read this technical whitepaper or view the presentation for an overview of how Microsoft uses SQL Server 2005 to provide high availability, reliability, scalability, and high performance for its global SAP R/3 environment.

On January 20, 2006, less than two months after SQL Server 2005 general availability, SAP released SAP note #905634, updating its support status for SQL Server and showing SAP is ready for SQL Server 2005. SAP states that "Our current test status and the positive feedback from our early production customers allow us ... to support SQL [Server] 2005 for all types of SAP systems, including production systems." The Windows platforms include x86, IA-64, and x64.

See how SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services enables you to view business data and content in SAP BW.

CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. implemented SAP R/3 running on the Microsoft Windows operating system and recouped its investment in just 20 months. Availability is at 99.98 percent. Watch the video case study.

Industrial giant Danfoss moved its SAP R/3 system from Unix and Oracle to Windows and SQL Server to cut costs in half and increase processing speed by 40 percent.

Fujifilm migrated its SAP business applications from Oracle to SQL Server to achieve increased stability and improved response. Watch the video case study.

When Klosterfrau upgraded from SAP R/3 4.0B to 4.7, it modernized the underlying database platform and replaced its Oracle database with SQL Server 2000. It migrated 800 gigabytes of data in a single weekend and has cut administration effort by 30 percent.

This German paper manufacturer deployed SAP business applications on SQL Server 2005 64-bit, with 100 percent planned uptime.

You can find many more customer cases on the Microsoft | SAP Customer Information Center site.

The SAP certified Sales and Distribution three-tier standard application benchmark, using SQL Server 2005 and Windows Server 2003 running on HP and Intel hardware, delivered record-breaking results with 93,000 concurrent users. This 64-processor benchmark, certified on November 3, 2005, is 3.5 times more scalable than SQL Server 2000 and demonstrates the enterprise-class capabilities of SQL Server 2005.

The SAP certified Sales and Distribution three-tier standard application benchmark, using SQL Server 2005 and Windows Server 2003 running on HP and AMD hardware, delivered record-breaking value with 18,000 concurrent users in a standard commodity four-processor server. This four-processor benchmark, certified on June 27, 2005, is eight times more scalable than SQL Server 2000.

HP and Microsoft delivered the first SAP certified Transaction Banking (TRBK) Standard three-tier application benchmark. The benchmark, certified on December 22, 2005 (running SQL Server 2005 and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter on a 16-processor database server with HP and Intel hardware), is based on SAP Release Account Management 3.0 (32 bit). The benchmark achieved 8.279 million postings to bank accounts per hour and 4.27 million balanced accounts per hour. (Adobe Reader required to view this PDF file.)

A study covering 68 SAP/ERP customers unveiled today by an independent firm, Wipro Technologies, shows that "Microsoft SQL Server migration pays big dividends for SAP/ERP customers." The study concludes that "Migrating an SAP/ERP environment to SQL Server can reduce unplanned downtime by over 20%", "cut IT labor costs by nearly 25%," and "cut ongoing software support costs up to 85%."

Learn how Microsoft and SAP are working together. Read about Mendocino, Microsoft, and SAP interoperability and find out about all the resources available to ensure the success of SAP deployments on the Microsoft platform.

Microsoft and IMGroup have developed sample scenarios showcasing Microsoft BI technologies with NetWeaver BI.

SAP engineers in Waldorf, Germany tested SQL Server 2005 to ensure total interoperability, scalability, and performance. Read this overview to understand the key benefits of SQL Server 2005 for SAP deployments.