Tilo Böttcher, Sr. Program Manager Microsoft Corp Markus Dopp, Director Sales and Marketing Sitrion

Interoperabilität zwischen SharePoint 2007 und SAP Anwendungen

Tilo Böttcher, Sr. Program Manager Microsoft CorpMarkus Dopp, Director Sales and Marketing Sitrion

Womit wir uns in dieser Session beschäftigen

Beispiele aus HR, Dokumenten-Management, Suche und Formularwesen

Wie Microsoft intern SAP und SharePoint nutzt

Aufbau von Lösungen mit iView WebParts, dem Business Data Catalog und iQL Studio

Interoperability – building OBA Applications

WebParts and Forms connecting to SAP

Building end to end solutions with iQL

Summary and further links

SAP and Microsoft System Landscape

Agenda

Search, Security and Single Sign-on






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SAP – Business and Roadmap

Microsoft and SAP – Best of Two Worlds

PeopleProcess






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Interoperability – building OBA ApplicationsLayers and Options for Connectivity

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Exposed Web Services from mySAP Business SuiteExposed Web Services from NetWeaver (XI, BW through WebAS)Enterprise Services Explorer for SAP in Visual Studio

BizTalk Server Adapter for mySAP Business Suite V2BizTalk Server Adapter for SAP NetWeaver (WCF based)

.NET Data Provider for mySAP Business Suite

.NET Data Provider for NetWeaver BI

Third Party conn. (Theobald Software, Sitrion, ...)SAP Connector for Microsoft .NET provided by SAPlimitation: Requires Visual Studio 2003 -> build proxy and use in VS 2005

2007 Office System Clients

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ApplicationCustomerIT Apps

SI OfficeApplication

MS OfficeApplication

Open XML File Format Extensible UI

2007 Office Office Sharepoint Server

Content Management

Communication andCollaboration

BusinessIntelligence

Search

Workflow and Process

Business Data Connectivity

WebSite and Security Framework

Office BusinessApplications

MicrosoftOfficeSystem

LOB Applications,Data Warehouses,Trading PartnerSystems, etc.

R/3 BW mySAPERP

SAP NetWeaver

Office Business Applications (OBA)

Build or buy: Duet vs. Custom build OBAs

Office Business Applications (OBA)

Duet™ - The Standard Solution Customized OBA Solutions

OBAs are a new breed of application that bridge the business data/IW (results) gapYou can customize and extend the Office client using VSTOYou can also integrate WCF, WPF, LINQ and other technologiesYou can integrate LOB Systems through SharePoint BDCLook for further integration of client and server as Office Business Application framework evolves

Duet enables the use of Microsoft Office as a front-end to SAP ERP modules including CRM, SCM, and HCM

Jointly developed, marketed and supported by SAP and Microsoft

Rich Set of Line of Business scenarios

770,000 licenses purchased since June 2006

280 enterprise customers

OBA and Microsoft internal SAP Applications

R/3 - SAP EnterpriseFinance: Financial Accounting, (Enterprise) Controlling, Corporate Finance Mgmt., Treasury, Real Estate, Project Systems

Human Resources: Benefits, Payroll, Organizational Mgmt., Personnel Time & Administration

Supply Chain: Sales and Distribution, Material Management

v4.7 BW - SAP Business Warehouse

Finance Accounts Payable Policy Compliance Vendor Spend Org. Spend Treasury-Exchange Asset ManagementSupply Chain Product ID Recon. Screening Reports

v3.5

FI CFMEC TRCO PSRE

BN PY OM PT PA

SD MM

GTS - SAP Global Trade SvcLegal & Logistics ServicesDenied Party Screening

v7.0

LLS BW

SCM - SAP Supply Chain ManagementSupply Network PlanningDemand Planning, Event Manager DP SNPEM

v4.1

NGS – StaffingE-Recruiting

v6.0

REC

MS Invoice

Retail Internet Ordering

…

Microsoft’s LOB Architecture

Excel based standard reportsMgmt P&L’s, Revsum, Inventory

Headtrax

HR WEB

Employee Self-Service

MS Expense

MS Market

SAP R/3SQL 2005

Strategies:All transactions processed in SAPCasual users use Intranet self-serviceFull-time users use SAP GUIPartners use XML, EDI or Internet self-servicePublish master data via a central storeAdhoc management reporting via business-

owned datamarts

BizTalkEDI

Partners Customers

eBusiness

Legacy & SAP BW

SQL AS/RS

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SharePoint Portal ServerClient SAP Application ServerWeb Services

SAP Application ServerSharePoint Portal ServerClient

SAP Application ServerSharePoint Portal ServerClient

SAP Application ServerSAP Enterprise PortalSharePoint Portal ServerClient

SAP Application ServerSAP Enterprise PortalSharePoint Portal ServerClient

SAP Enterprise Portal

Microsoft internal approach – Reference Architectures

Office Application or Browser






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iView Consumer WebPartWSRP WebPartBDC WebParts

Data ListsSearch

FormsCustom Build (see iQL Studio in this presentation)

WebParts with connectivity to SAP today

iView WebPart

Lightweight integration of PortletsMOSS SSO is a prerequisit to iView WebPartsNo “Drag&Relate” or other inter Portlet communication availableUsers must be mapped (today)UI/stylesheets apply partly only (hard to apply themes

iView WebParts in SharePoint

Based on entries in TrustedSAPHosts.Config

Steps to configure the iView WebPart

Set up SSO in SharePointEdit TrustedSAPHosts.Config in the SharePoint directory and add the URL of the SAP PortalSeparate the URL of the iView in the Portal and copy it to the iView WebPart URL

WSRP WebPart

WSRP needs to run NetWeaver PortalWSRP (still 1.0) has lots of limitationsWSRP implementa-tions vary from vendor to vendor

BDC connecting to SAP WebServices

For SAP we choose WebServices connectivity onlyBDC Definition Editor (part of SharePoint SDK download) creates service descriptionImport XML description file to SharePoint as Shared ApplicationCreate Actions if needed

Business Data Catalog

Reduces the need for custom front-end codeMakes use of SOA investments already in place

Optimized, manageable reuse of dataCentralized deployment, securityLow latency

Designed for portal & collaboration scenarios

Data query, indexing, personalizationNot limited to Web Parts

The BDC is not about: adapters, workflow, transactions, transformation, precomposition

Forms In The 2007 Office SystemApplying InfoPath to business process management solutions

ERP

CRM

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LOB System

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-Pre-built template parts and data connections

-Design a single form for browser and clients

-Apply IRM permissions to InfoPath client forms

-Develop forms solutions using Visual Studio 2005

-Complete forms with browsers and mobile devices

- Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, FireFox, Safari supported

-Zero client footprint browser and mobile forms

-Complete InfoPath forms inside Outlook 2007

- Integrated workflow management

-Automatic form template version management

-Centralized administration and deployment of form templates

-Scalable InfoPath Forms Services architecture

InfoPath Integration to LOB Applications

Form Design

Form Fill-inOffice

SharePoint Server 2007






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Enterprise Search aggregates structured and unstructured data from different data sources mostly in the INTRANET MOSS WebParts are capable to front end aggregated search within Microsoft and SAPMOSS can consume WebServices as well as provide API level functions through WS(20 services classes today)Today‘s SAP NetWeaver TREX engine provides some WS APIs

Performing Enterprise Search from MOSS in SAP NetWeaver Portal/KMC

Performing Enterprise Search from MOSS Architecture

Now as WebServi

ce available from KM

Performing Enterprise Search from MOSS BDC Architecture

End-to-end Identity Management and SSO

Single Sign-On

User Management

- Based on AD, Kerberos and SAP Logon Tickets.- SAML tokens are not interoperable today






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Unternehmen• Softwareherstel

ler• Enge

Kooperation mit Microsoft

• Internationaler Kundenstamm

• Unternehmensfokus: SAP-.NET-Integration

• Workshops und Prototypen

• Services im Bereich .NET-Entwicklung

Technologie• iQL Studio• Komplettpaket

für die SAP-.NET-Integration

• SharePoint, Office, ASP.NET etc. mit SAP-Anbindung

• 100% .NET 2.0-basiert

• Unterstützt Systeme ab Release 4.6c

• Testversion erhältlich

Lösungen• Mehr als 60

Lösungen auf Basis von iQL Studio

• Employee-Self-Services

• Manager-Self-Services

• Vertriebsmanagement

• Materialmanagement

• CATS• Travelmanage

ment• BANF• Und vieles

mehr…

Partner• Partner wie

Wipro, Avanade, Microsoft, IPI, Trinedy etc.

• Internationale Partner

• Sitrion als „Back-Office“ für Microsoft-Partner

• Partner können Lösungen in zentrales Portfolio stellen

• Herstellerunterstützung der Partner

Unser Fokus liegt auf der Anbindung von SAP an:

• Microsoft Office 2003/2007• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2003/2007• ASP.NET Webapplikationen• Windows Mobile Devices• Allgemeinen .NET-Applikationen

Unsere Mitarbeiter haben Skills in:

• Microsoft .NET 1.0 – 3.5• C# und VB.NET• SAP ABAP/4• SAP ABAP Objects• SAP Workflows• SAP HR, SD, MM, BW und FI/CO

Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den SAP und .NET-Teams wurde sehr vereinfacht und die internen Entwicklungs- und Administrationsaufwände konnten deutlich optimiert werden.Deshalb stellt iQL Studio für unsere aktuellen und zukünftigen Projekte im Bereich SAP-.NET-Interoperabilität eine optimale Technologie dar.

Thomas HuckeLeiter

Internet/Intranet

• SharePoint• Customer Management• Preiskalkulationen• Employee-Self-Service• Manager-Self-Service• Reporting

• SharePoint• Word• Outlook• Customer Factsheet• Sales Cockpit• Materialmanagement• Reporting

• SharePoint• Employee-Self-Service• Manager-Self-Service• BW Dashboard• Customer Management

Wir bieten Ihnen auf Basis unseres Produktes „iQL Studio“ folgende Lösungen an:

• Employee Self Services (ESS)• Manager Self Services (MSS)• Travelmanagement• Customer Factsheet• Sales cockpit• Materialmanagement• Angebots- und Auftragswesen• CRM• Zeiterfassung mit CATS• BANF Bestellanforderungen• Und vieles mehr…

Beispiellösung „Urlaubsantrag“ mit Anbindung an:

• SharePoint Server 2007• Outlook• Exchange Server• Office Forms Server 2007• Windows Mobile Device

Demo

Das iQL Studio-Komplettpaket:

• Entwicklung

• Schnittstellen

• Administrationswerkzeuge

• Deployment & Migration

Demo

Kontakt www.sitrion.com

[email protected]

Demo






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Call to action

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1 Portal and Information Integration within SAP and Microsoft works today, take away the Portal Interoperability Guide

Explore today’s Web Services Interfaces from SAP including Enterprise Services – many things work with existing services

Microsoft Forms Server provides a full Forms solution for SAP, test your own flavour

SharePoint can be extended with first class Partner Solutions like iQL Studio from Sitrion today

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EvidenceThere are dozens of references for SAP/MS Interoperabilitywww.microsoft.com/casestudies/

White paperswww.microsoft.com/isv/sap -> Interoperabilityhttp://sdn.sap.com -> SAP NetWeaver-> Platform and Operations -> .NET Interophttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb544954.aspxhttp://download.microsoft.com/download/f/1/4/f1439ea3-e87c-43d7-9071-c15c65f46064/microsoft_sharepoint_sap_portal_interop_V2.zip

Forumshttp://blogs.msdn.com/saptech http://sdn.sap.com: .NET Technologies ForumASUG Community of Interest (CoI) for Microsoft - SAP Interoperability

Further Information

http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/search.aspx?Keywords=SAP%20Integration

http://www.microsoft.com/isv/sap

http://sdn.sap.com/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb544954.aspx



http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/1/4/f1439ea3-e87c-43d7-9071-c15c65f46064/microsoft_sharepoint_sap_portal_interop_V2.zip



http://blogs.msdn.com/saptech

http://sdn.sap.com/

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Tilo Böttcher, Sr. Program Manager Microsoft Corp Markus Dopp, Director Sales and Marketing Sitrion