Session ID: ESA107 Roadmap for SAP NetWeaver & Microsoft · 2019-11-12 · Microsoft .NET SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for .NET (PDK .NET) Document Management Interoperability

Session ID: ESA107 Roadmap forSAP NetWeaver& Microsoft .NET

This presentation is delivered to you jointly through the Collaboration Technology Support Center of SAP and Microsoft

Tilo Böttcher, Microsoft

Jürgen Daiberl, Microsoft

Thomas Meigen, SAP

André Fischer, SAP

© SAP AG 2005, SAP TechEd ’05 / ESA107 / 3

CTSC Disclaimer

For a better understanding of this presentation please note:

The CTSC focuses on technical guidance and information around integration of SAP and Microsoft product stacks The CTSC maintains a neutral position between SAP and Microsoft.This presentation is a jointly agreed presentation of the CTSCThis presentation may only be used without alterations and deletions

The Collaboration Technology Support Center

Summary and Q&A

The SAP and Microsoft Alliance

NetWeaver and .NET Interoperability Roadmap


Summary and Q&A




SAP and Microsoft Timeline

APRIL 1993 Agreement

between Bill Gates and Hasso

Plattner

JULY 1995Microsoft selects SAP for its global

finance implementations

AUGUST 1995Microsoft SQL Server Support

OCT 1997 DCOM Component Connector availability

20051993 APRIL 1994First R/3

Release on Windows NT

OCT 99/ FEB 00Microsoft and SAP

partner for mySAP.com and

Windows 2000 launch

MARCH 2000mySAP.com solutions on Pocket PC

MAY 2004SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft

.NET interoperability announcement

NOV 2002 mySAP CRM

Mobile Client on Tablet PC

NOV 2001Microsoft uses mySAP SCM to manufacture the

Xbox

APR 2003Windows

Server 2003 support

OCT 2004PDK for Microsoft

.NET and.NET Connector

v2.0

APR 2005Announcement of joint Mendocino

product


SAP and Microsoft

“More than any other company we work with, SAP has strong influence on our product development, and we see that growing in the future.“

Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft

„This relationship consists to 95% of partnership and 5% of competition.“

Henning Kagermann, CEO, SAP AG (CeBIT, Germany 2003)


SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver™

Com

posi

te A

pplic

atio

n Fr

amew

ork

PEOPLE INTEGRATION

Multi channel access

Portal Collaboration

INFORMATION INTEGRATION

Bus. Intelligence

Master Data Mgmt

Knowledge Mgmt

PROCESS INTEGRATION

Integration Broker

BusinessProcess Mgmt

APPLICATION PLATFORM

J2EE

DB and OS Abstraction

ABAP

Life Cycle M

gmt

…

OpennessFull interoperability for .NET and J2EE

Platform independent

Business ValueInnovative business processes

Flexible business strategies

Easy development of best practices

Reduced total cost of ownership


Microsoft .NET

Open and connectedConnected Systems

Efficient Operations

Connected Productivity

Trustworthy Computing

Business ValueTrustworthy Computing

Low TCO

Quick time to value

High Scalability and Reliability

Accelerates Implementations of Microsoft and Partner Solutions

Large Developer base


Importance of Interoperability: Development

From J2EE Versus .NET: The Divide Inside IT, September 2004

Primary Development Platform: App Delivery Teams Favor J2EE; Others .NET


Interoperability Matters!

Customers are faced with choosing the best technology components from both SAP and Microsoft and having an integration between those for their specific needs.

Therefore, interoperability of SAP and Microsoft is of utmost importance.

Ente

rpris

e Se

rvie

Arc

hite

ctur

eN

etW

eave

r Dev

elop

er S

tudi

o


Bus. Intelligence

Master Data Mgt.

Knowledge Mgt. Sharepoint Exchange

TRex Search Content Mgt. Srv. SQL Analysis/Rep.

PROCESS INTEGRATION

Exchange Infrastructure

AdvancedWeb Services


BizTalkServer


Solution Manager

Microsoft .N

ET Framew

orkVisual StudioPortal

Single Sign-On Active Directory

Windows Server / SQL Server

System Center

PEOPLE INTEGRATION

Mobile Infrastr. Windows XP Windows Mobile

SAP NetWeaver

Mendocino

Microsoft .NET

Office SystemEnterprise Portal

PDK for .NET

Web Appl. Server.NET Connector


Sapphire ´04: Announcement of Joint Roadmap

Full press release on: http://www.sap.com/company/press/press.epx?pressID=2799

http://www.sap.com/company/press/press.epx?pressID=2799


Sapphire ´05: SAP and Microsoft Announce Mendocino

Full press release on: http://www.sap.com/company/press/press.epx?pressID=4520

http://www.sap.com/company/press/press.epx?pressID=4520


Roadmap NetWeaver and .NET Interoperability

Information Integration

Process Integration

Development Interoperability

Application Platform

This roadmap contains the current status for existing or announced interoperability scenarios between SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft .NET

SAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for .NET (PDK .NET)

Document Management Interoperability (2005)

BizTalk Server and SAP XI Interoperability

SAP connector for Microsoft .NET 2.0

Windows and SQL Server (Ongoing)

g

g

y

= Solution ready

= Solution announced

g

y

= Collaboration Brief on SAP DeveloperNetwork (SDN)

Web Services Collaboration (Ongoing)

Content Management Integration

(Status: September 2005;list is incomplete;This presentation reflects current planning. Contents may be changed without prior notice, and are in no way binding upon SAP)

g

g

g

g

People IntegrationMendocino (Technical Preview 4Q05)y

Identity Managementg


Summary and Q&A




Ente

rpris

e Se

rvie

Arc

hite

ctur

eN

etW

eave

r Dev

elop

er S

tudi

o


Bus. Intelligence

Master Data Mgt.



PROCESS INTEGRATION




BizTalkServer


Solution Manager

Microsoft .N

ET Framew




System Center

Development Interoperability

PEOPLE INTEGRATION


SAP NetWeaver™

Mendocino

Microsoft .NET

Office SystemEnterprise Portal

PDK for .NET

Web Appl. Server.NET Connector


PDK .NET: Overview

InteroperabilityDevelop iViews using Microsoft Visual Studio .NETIntegrate Microsoft based applications into EPSeamless integration with SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0Leverage resources around Microsoft .NET framework and ASP.NETIsraeli Ministry of Finance: „Our .NET developers were comfortable using the SAP portal development kit for .NET within just two hours.”

Product RoadmapFirst Prototype shown at Saphire 2003 by Shai Agassi (SAP) and Eric Rudder (MSFT)Download from SAP Developer Network

CollaborationBrief available


PDK .NET: Architecture

SAP J2EE – EP 6.NET Server

Browser

Portal Services

Interoperability Framework

Ja.NET.NET iView .NET

Proxies &Managers(iViews & Services)

Visual Studio .NET

.NET Portal Services

SAP .NET Controls

SAP connector for .NET

Deployment


PDK .NET: Architecture in Detail

What is a .NET iView?.NET iView can be developed like an ASP.NET pageAccess to Enterprise Portal services offers true integrationSAP .NET Controls provide a set of .NET user interface controls that support SAP unified rendering

The .NET ServerASP.NET Networking process is used to run the .NET iViews. IIS is not being usedInteroperability Framework allows API calls from the Java stack to the .NET stack and vice versa.


PDK .NET: Visual Studio Integration

SAP Menu

Solution Explorer

Context Sensitive Help

SAP UIControls

SAP ServerExplorer


Example: Find Route using MapPoint Web Service


What‘s new in PDK for .NET Patch 3?

Enhanced debugging on shared portal server

IntelliSense in HTML

New and Enhanced ControlsListbox (enhanced)Combobox, SAPRequiredValidator, RadioButtonGroupByKey (new)

Portal System Template

Server-Side Events

OthersInstallation & Upgrade ToolMMC Snap-In for SAP Portal RuntimeCCMS Monitoring Tools IntegrationHigh Availability through clustering, load balancing and failover mechanisms


SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET

HighlightsAccess SAP business objects and function modules in .NET based applications

Extend mySAP applications with .NET components

Version 2.0Support for C# and VB .NET

Seamless integration intoVisual Studio

Drag-and-Drop Proxy Generation


Development Paths for SAP-centric Applications

Ente

rpris

e Se

rvic

e A

rchi

tect

ure

Net

Wea

ver D

evel

oper

Stu

dio

PORTAL FRAMEWORK

VisualComposer

SAP NetWeaver

Microsoft .N

ET Framew

orkVisual Studio

SAP NetWeaver™ Microsoft .NET

SAP PortalDevelopment

Kit forMicrosoft .NET

Enterprise Portal

Microsoft .NET

WebDynpro

mySAP Solutions

Service Oriented Architecture (ESA, SOA)

Mendocino

.NET Applications

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Based on Web Services and open standards protocols


Mobile

IBF /Mendocino

Infrastructure

Based on other protocols

„Whatever technology you prefer, ...


Development Paths for Microsoft-centric Applications

Ente

rpris

e Se

rvic

e A

rchi

tect

ure

Net

Wea

ver D

evel

oper

Stu

dio

FRONTEND

SAP NetWeaver

Microsoft .N

ET Framew

orkVisual Studio


ASP .NETWebForms

Microsoft .NET

mySAP Solutions .NET Applications.NET

Connector

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Mendocino Office

Smart ClientWinForms

SharepointCustomApplicationMobile


IBF /Mendocino

Infrastructure

Based on Web Services and open standards protocols Based on other protocols

Service Oriented Architecture (ESA, SOA)

... key to interoperability is a Service Oriented Architecture.“


Ente

rpris

e Se

rvie

Arc

hite

ctur

eN

etW

eave

r Dev

elop

er S

tudi

o


Bus. Intelligence

Master Data Mgt.



PROCESS INTEGRATION




BizTalkServer


Solution Manager

Microsoft .N

ET Framew


Web Appl. Server



System Center

People Integration

PEOPLE INTEGRATION



PDK for .NET

.NET Connector

Mendocino Office SystemEnterprise Portal


Project Mendocino

Uniting the Universes of theDesktop and the Enterprise

1st joint product of SAP and Microsoftextending partnership to the next level

Designed for information workerswho spend a lot of time in Microsoft Office

Extends selected SAP businessprocesses into Microsoft Officemanager and employee self-services for Mendocino version 1.0

Instantly usableRevolutionizes access to enterpriseapplications

Shortest time-to-valueHigher productivity and better decision making for enterprise information workers


Mendocino Version 1.0

Existing Process

New Process

MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

SAP MSS/ESS

New ScenariosTime management – Use Outlook calendar as front-end for SAP time reportingBudget monitoring – Receive reports in your Outlook Inbox and work offlineLeave management – Add leave requests as calendar items integrated with SAP approval guidelinesOrg management – Up-to-date information about employees integrated in Outlook contactsPersonnel Change Requests – Trigger changes to personnel using Infopathforms


Timeline

General AvailabilitySecond half 2006

2005 2006 2007

Limited Customer Preview ReleaseQ4 2005

MendocinoGeneral Availability

Limited Preview ReleaseLate 2005

General AvailabilityEmployee and Manager Role

http://www.sap.com/index.epx


Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework

Information Bridge Framework (IBF) enables users to discover andact on enterprise business objects from within Office applications like Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003 & Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003.

HighlightsBuilt on XML support in Microsoft Office SystemExpose enterprise business objects (entities) of interestRelate entities across multiple LOB systemsContextually access and act on entities using smart tag/attached schema Office documentsMendocino uses future versionof IBF


Identity Management: User Management

SAP NetWeaver™

Microsoft Windows Server

Enterprise Portal

Microsoft Active Directory

mySAP ERPHCM

mySAPBusiness

Suite

CUA

Use

as u

serr

epos

itory

UME

Cre

ate

and

mod

ifyus

ers

Sync

hron

ize

user

data

user data

mySAP ERPHCM

mySAPBusiness

Suite

Impo

rt/ex

port

Em

ploy

ee d

ata

MIIS

user data

Cre

ate

and

mod

ifyus

ers

w/o MIIS with MIIS



Identity Management: Single Sign-On / Authentication

SAP NetWeaver™ - Portal Framework

SAPEnterprise

Portal


mySAPBusiness

Suite

Aut

hent

icat

ion

Iden

tify

user

Microsoft.NET

Application

SAP Kerberos Ticketing

BridgeSAPLogonTicket

KerberosTicket

SAPLogonTicket

User (Windows

Workstation)SSO

orAuthentication




Identity Management: Single Sign-On / Authentication


KerberosTicket

SSO

WindowsIntegrated

Authentication

User mapping

SharePointPortalServer

Microsoft .NET

mySAPBusiness

Suite

Microsoft.NET

Application


Aut

hent

icat

ion

User (Windows

Workstation)


SAP Mobile Infrastructure on Microsoft Pocket PC

Why SAP Mobile Infrastructure?Runs on PocketPC 2003, Win32Real End-to-End solutionComplete solution for enterprise mobilityPlatform independentSupport open Industry StandardsBack-End Integration of SAP and non-SAP systemsCentral Administration and MaintenanceSupport for Customer-specific development

Valuable BenefitsMobile Service/ Sales for handheld using CRMMobile Sales for handheld using R/3Mobile Asset ManagementMobile ProcurementMobile Time and Travel…


Ente

rpris

e Se

rvie

Arc

hite

ctur

eN

etW

eave

r Dev

elop

er S

tudi

o


Bus. Intelligence

Master Data Mgt.



PROCESS INTEGRATION




BizTalkServer


Solution Manager

Microsoft .N

ET Framew


Web Appl. Server



System Center

Information Integration

PEOPLE INTEGRATION



PDK for .NET

.NET Connector



Document Management Interoperability: Sharepoint

Product OverviewWindows Sharepoint Services ship with Windows Server 2003Sharepoint Portal Server integrates corporate WSS sites and adds services (search, navigation)WSS and SPS as a document collaboration tool and portal platform

InteroperabilityUnified view from SAP Knowledge Management to locally stored documents and outside repositoriesLeverage the investment in Microsoft document repositoriesPortlet (iView, WebPart) Syndication trough WSRP not yet possible

Product RoadmapMicrosoft will provide WebDAV Connector for SharepointAccess Sharepoint document libraries using SAP WebDAV Repository Manager



Document Management Interoperability: Exchange Server

Product OverviewExchange Server offers Public Folders of interestWebDav Repository Manager for SAP EP connects to Public Folders

InteroperabilityUnified view from SAP Knowledge Managementto outside repositories

Product RoadmapExchange specificRepository Managersolution described in Collaboration Brief



Content Management Integration

Microsoft Content Management ServerContent Management Server (CMS) is a comprehensive solution for content creation, publishing, and storage

Microsoft Word, FrontPage as Simple Content Editing Tools

CMS iViews from Spell GmbH to publish content and support Business Managers and Business Users inside SAP Enterprise Portal

SAP Business Package for Web EditingPublish content of Microsoft Office documents in SAP Enterprise PortalConsulting Solution of SAP Consulting Germany



Ente

rpris

e Se

rvie

Arc

hite

ctur

eN

etW

eave

r Dev

elop

er S

tudi

o


Bus. Intelligence

Master Data Mgt.



PROCESS INTEGRATION




BizTalkServer


Solution Manager

Microsoft .N

ET Framew


Web Appl. Server



System Center

Process Integration

PEOPLE INTEGRATION



PDK for .NET

.NET Connector



BizTalk & SAP Exchange Infrastructure

Adapters

BizTalk ConfigurationDatabase

Business ActivityTracking

Health and ActivityTracking

Orchestration Engine

Microsoft BizTalkServer 2004

Messaging Engine

Adapter Engine

Integration Repository /Integration Directory

Central Monitoring

Business ProcessEngine

Business Rules Engine

SAP XI 3.0

Integration Engine

Transport

Messaging

Process Management

Monitoring

System LandscapeDirectory

Adapters

Repository

BizTalk Assemblies

InteroperabilityReliable messaging between SAP XI 3.0 and Microsoft BizTalk 2004 is possible using SOAP compliant communication

including QoS Exactly Once

Both companies drive advanced Web service protocols standards enabling reliable and transacted interoperability

BPEL4WSWS-I Basic ProfileWS-RM (Reliable Messaging)

BizTalk Server Adapter for mySAP Business Suite (SAP certified)using SAP connector for Microsoft .NET Collaboration

Brief available


Ente

rpris

e Se

rvie

Arc

hite

ctur

eN

etW

eave

r Dev

elop

er S

tudi

o


Bus. Intelligence

Master Data Mgt.



PROCESS INTEGRATION




BizTalkServer


Solution Manager

Microsoft .N

ET Framew


Web Appl. Server



System Center

Application Platform

PEOPLE INTEGRATION



PDK for .NET

.NET Connector



Microsoft Platforms

Windows Server: New x64-bit ArchitectureMajor improvement of price/performance based on new processors AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T processors

64-bit addressability, while maintaining support for 32-bit applicationsmulti-core chip enhancements

x64 will become the mainstream technology following x86SAP will fully support this new architecture

SQL Server 2005Major enhancement regarding High Availability and easier administration with SQL 2005

Database MirroringDatabase SnapshotTable PartitioningOnline Index (Re)buildFast Recovery

Available November 2005


Monitoring and System Management

Microsoft Operation Manager MOM (Tidal Horizon for SAP)

Automated problem identification and analysis of multiple SAP instances with capture of real time work processesAutomates daily SAP Administrator checklist Analyzes individual applications and transactions

SAP Solution ManagerProblem identification and analysis of systems and business processes for ABAP and Java applicationsAutomates SAP Administration tasksProvides statistical reports along with recommendations and integration to SAP Service Delivery (SAP EarlyWatch Alert and Service Level Reporting) Collaboration

Brief available


Summary and Q&A




The Microsoft-SAP CTSC

„The Collaboration Technology Support Center is a joint team of experts from SAP and Microsoft that provides guidance and help for better integration between SAP and Microsoft products.“

The CTSC maintains a neutral Position between SAP and Microsoft towards customers and partners.

Thomas [email protected]

SAP

André [email protected]

SAP

Jürgen [email protected]

Microsoft

Tilo Bö[email protected]

Microsoft


Relationship Triangle: Customer, SAP, Microsoft

Customer

Development Development

Cons

ultin

g

Sale

s Sales

Consulting

Collaboration Technology Support Center (CTSC-MS)

SAP Microsoft Competence Center

Partner


The CTSC Engagement Model

Roll-In

Initiate Assess

Roll-Out

Present Transfer

[email protected]@microsoft.com

Consulting

Account Team

ExistingSolution?

NewScenario?

Business Case

CTSC SteeringCommittee

Prototype /CTSC Lab

DocumentSolution

CollaborationBrief

CustomerReference

Success StoryCase Study

SAP DeveloperNetWork (SDN)

SAP or MSFTDevelopment

Customer Event / Webcast

Partner

Process

Partner

CustomerBriefing

MicrosoftWebSite


.NET Interoperability in SAP Developer Network


SAP Interoperability on Microsoft .com


Documents for Interoperability NetWeaver and .NET

Collaboration Briefs in SAP Developer NetworkUsing SAP Logo Tickets for Single Sign on to Microsoft based web applicationsCreating users in Active Directory from employee data stored in SAP HRIntegration of Outlook Web Access (OWA) into SAP Enterprise PortalSAP Enterprise Portal Development Kit for Microsoft .NET 1.0 (PDK for .NET)SAP CCMS Monitors Microsoft Windows EventlogAccess to the SAP BW ODS BAPI using C# and SAP .NET Connector 2.0Access SAP BW OLAP BAPI Using C-Sharp and SAP .NET Connector 2.0Microsoft Content Management Server Integration with SAP Enterprise PortalIntegration of Windows File Servers into the SAP KM platform using SSO and the WebDAV repository managerInteroperability between SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 and Microsoft SharePoint 2003

General DocumentsSolutions in Detail: SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft .NETTechnical Brief: SAP Connector for Microsoft .NETTechnical Brief: SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft Active DirectorySuccess Story: PDK .NET at Government of IsraelSuccess Story: EnBW Central User Administration


CTSC Collaboration Brief

Documents key interop scenarios

ConceptsStep-by-step samplesMore than 10 papers under way or available already

Help others understand Interoperability

Become an authorTalk to us at [email protected]@microsoft.com

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Summary and Q&A




Public Webwww.sap.comNetWeaver Developer‘s Guide: www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/developersguide.sdnSAP Customer Services Network: www.sap.com/services/http://www.sdn.sap.com SAP NetWeaver .NET Interoperabilityhttp://service.sap.com microsofthttp://www.microsoft-sap.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/interop SAP

Contact the [email protected]; [email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]

Further Information

Related SAP Education Training Opportunitieshttp://www.sap.com/education/


Related Workshops/Lectures at SAP TechEd 2005CD100 Portal Development Kit for .NET, LectureCD352 Content Creation with PDK for .NET, Hands-OnUP355 Integrating Windows File Servers into Knowledge Management

with SSO and WebDAV, Hands-OnUP259 Using SAP Mobile Application Studio to Customize mySAP CRM

Field Applications, Hands-OnUP260 Web-Based Authoring with SAP NetWeaver Portal & Knowledge

Management, Hands-OnIM255 MS Excel Integration with the New Business Explorer Analyzer,

Hands-On

... or meet us at the Microsoft booth

Further Information


Questions?

Q&A


Please complete your session evaluation.

Be courteous – deposit your trash, and do not take the handouts for the following session.

Feedback

Thank You !


Copyright Microsoft and SAP AG2005

This document is a publication by SAP and Microsoft (“Co-Editors”) who have both contributed to its content and retain respective rights therein.

The information contained in this document represents the current view of the Co-Editors on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Because the Co-Editors must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of the Co-Editors, and the Co-Editors cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication.

This Presentation is for informational purposes only. NEITHER OF THE CO-EDITORS MAKES ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT.

Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of the Co-Editors.

Either Co-Editor may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from the respective Co-Editor(s), the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property.

© 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

© 2005 SAP AG. All rights reserved.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.


Copyright 2005 SAP AG. All Rights Reserved

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP AG. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice.Some software products marketed by SAP AG and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.Microsoft, Windows, Outlook, and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, OS/2, Parallel Sysplex, MVS/ESA, AIX, S/390, AS/400, OS/390, OS/400, iSeries, pSeries, xSeries, zSeries, z/OS, AFP, Intelligent Miner, WebSphere, Netfinity, Tivoli, and Informix are trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corporation.Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation.UNIX, X/Open, OSF/1, and Motif are registered trademarks of the Open Group.Citrix, ICA, Program Neighborhood, MetaFrame, WinFrame, VideoFrame, and MultiWin are trademarks or registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc.HTML, XML, XHTML and W3C are trademarks or registered trademarks of W3C®, World Wide Web Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.JavaScript is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc., used under license for technology invented and implemented by Netscape. MaxDB is a trademark of MySQL AB, Sweden.SAP, R/3, mySAP, mySAP.com, xApps, xApp, SAP NetWeaver, and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. Data contained in this document serves informational purposes only. National product specifications may vary.

The information in this document is proprietary to SAP. No part of this document may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express prior written permission of SAP AG.This document is a preliminary version and not subject to your license agreement or any other agreement with SAP. This document contains only intended strategies, developments, and functionalities of the SAP® product and is not intended to be binding upon SAP to any particular course of business, product strategy, and/or development. Please note that this document is subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.SAP assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this document. SAP does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links, or other items contained within this material. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.SAP shall have no liability for damages of any kind including without limitation direct, special, indirect, or consequential damages that may result from the use of these materials. This limitation shall not apply in cases of intent or gross negligence.The statutory liability for personal injury and defective products is not affected. SAP has no control over the information that you may access through the use of hot links contained in these materials and does not endorse your use of third-party Web pages nor provide any warranty whatsoever relating to third-party Web pages.