Interoperability Between SAP NetWeaver Portal and Microsoft SharePoint Technology Carsten Bönnen / Director Global Technology Partner Microsoft May, 2011
SAP and Microsoft A Strategic Alliance
SAP and Microsoft Collaboration Aligning around Customer Needs Customer Success Providing our joint customers added value through SAP business applications and Microsoft technology SAP applications run on the latest versions of Windows and SQL Server Innovation Duet Software for Microsoft Office and SAP SAP BusinessObjects Live Office Efficiency Interoperability based on Web Services standards SAP performs tests of new releases of SQL Server before General Availability for customers 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 3
SAP and Microsoft Collaboration mysap CRM Mobile Client on Tablet PC Frontend Interoperability SAPGUI on Windows mysap.com Solutions on Pocket PC SAP Desktop Office Interoperability Joint Project Mendocino ships as Duet TM General Availability of Duet 1.5 General Availability of Duet Enterprise Technology Interoperability Platform Support Reference Customer and Global Alliance Integration with Microsoft Exchange Server DCOM Connector RFC SDK SAP R/3 on SQL Server SAP R/3 on Windows NT Microsoft selects SAP for its global Finance implementations SAP is Windows 2000 Launch Partner Partnership Agreement between Bill Gates and Hasso Plattner SAP.NET Connector SAP announces support SAP supports for Windows Server and Windows Server 2003 SQL Server 2008 SAP is SQL Server 2005 Launch Partner Microsoft uses mysap SCM to manufacture the Xbox Joint Commitment to Advanced Web Services Silverlight SAP Enterprise Services Client for Explorer for Microsoft.NET Business Portal Development Kit.NET ByDesign Announcement of joint Project Mendocino SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft.NET Interoperability Announcement Announcement of Duet Roadmap Announcement of Duet Enterprise 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 4
Resource Commitments SAP and Microsoft Corporate Teams Executive Sponsorship WW Coordination, Marketing, Technical and Sales Interoperability Lab Team of technical experts located in Walldorf Drives interoperability between SAP and Microsoft solution stacks SAP and Microsoft Development Teams SAP and Microsoft each have deep technical experts working in Redmond and Walldorf Field Resources Regional Alliance Managers in Americas, EMEA and APJ 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5
SAP NetWeaver Portal Overview
What is SAP NetWeaver Portal Today? Overview SAP NetWeaver Portal* provides easy access to business processes and information, and serves many unique user roles Delivers multi-system-, rolebased access to business processes and information Provides a secure and single point of access Increases people productivity Provides managed content in the context of business applications Offers an intuitive web interface for internal and external users * SAP NetWeaver provides also various additional capabilities such as application server, development environment and central administration / lifecycle management tools, etc. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 7
Showcases SAP runs SAP NetWeaver Portal SAP Corporate Portal Serves 50,000 SAP employees One of the top 10 intranets 2008 worldwide! Awarded by NN/g Nielsen Norman Group SAP Community Network: Serves more than1,000,000 SAP experts SDN Community BPX Community BusinessObjects Community SAP EcoHub 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 8
Showcases Customers run SAP NetWeaver Portal Försakringskassan Customer-facing public self services Web Page Composer and custom framework Valero A focal point for Valero s business transformation The destination employees go to improve their performance The place to share individual and institutional knowledge, for the safety of their colleagues and the benefit of their company. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 9
Shared Workspace Personal Workspace End user Empowerment & Self-Services Business Content Flexibility With Enterprise Workspaces Enterprise Workspaces: New user productivity solution, providing a flexible and intuitive environment, allowing business users to build portal pages using existing SAP and non-sap applications, in a self-service approach. Result of a successful co-innovation with a customer followed by market validation with 20 customers. For the individual Usage Users can add content based on their individual needs and structure it using pages For live information Sharing with a virtual team Users can share content using governance mechanisms within a team Benefits Empowerment: End-user self-service for individual/shared use Common Storyboard: Transactional and analytical content of both SAP and non-sap Content Discovery: Cross systems exposure of available to use content Modules: Continuous delivery with open framework & community sharing Key Capabilities Personal Workspaces for individual use Shared Workspaces to share live data Intuitive, state-of-the-art user experience Leverage existing corporate assets Allow end-users to pull information in a self-service approach Delivery Add-on software deployed on top of SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11 EhP 1 Requires no additional hardware or changes to platform Leveraging all of the customer current investments in portal and Business Suite or Business Objects This presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. 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.
End user Empowerment & Self-Services Managing and Mashing up Portal Pages with Web Page Composer The enhanced Web Page Composer (WPC) enables managed content scenarios for key users from the line of business to easily create and mash up enriched portal pages, blending business applications and user-generated content using intuitive authoring services. Mashup authoring Page authoring environment (lab preview) Key Capabilities Intuitive run time authoring environment Staging area for live and draft content Time-based publication & recall of pages Approval workflow for pages Interactive (mashup) portal pages using connections Searching & tagging pages Easy integration and re-use of existing portal content Advanced runtime capabilities Flexible permission model for delegation Customization options Benefits Enhanced user productivity for lines of business Flexible content management and mash up Reduce TCO through common platform / services Increase contribution and content quality This presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. 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. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 14
End user Empowerment & Self-Services Building Communities with Wikis & Forums Wikis and forums provide a framework to easily share and contribute knowledge and information in an intuitive way within the company by giving employees, customers, suppliers and partners a framework to collaborative writing and help to save time by making ideas available, sharing knowledge and managing related information. (lab preview) Key Capabilities Integral part of SAP NetWeaver Portal Easy and intuitive creation of wiki pages Governance by access control and permission concept Content control executed by administrator User control on collaboration with other users Customer branding Moderation support and approval processes Global search and tagging Versioning control Self-Publishing by contributors Benefits Enhanced User Productivity Simplified contribution and sharing of knowledge Reduced TCO This presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. 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. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15
End user Empowerment & Self-Services Content Management Scenarios with Knowledge Management Knowledge Management (KM) is the basic content services within SAP NetWeaver Portal. It provides the basic capabilities that customers need to run their scenarios as well as extension framework for custom implementations. SAP NetWeaver 7.3 introduces various KM enhancements including TCO improvements, archiving, multiple upload, new risk analysis and housekeeping reports, Hot Configurable Components, ACL indexing. Future Direction Enhanced Scenarios by Partners Current Key Scenarios Basic Document Management System Managed Content Search & Integration of Repositories Integral KM usage in standard EP role Wiki & Forums on top of KM Unmanaged Content/ Collaboration Customer Applications on top of KMC SAP Applications on Top of KM SAP plans to provide existing install base an option to extend current scope with additional ECM scenarios, by reselling a well integrated partner product. Optional deployment scenarios of the reselling product: Side by Side Migration 3 rd Party Repository Migr ate This presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. 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. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 16
IT Optimization Unified Access to Applications and Processes SAP NetWeaver Portal introduces an improved integration layer for SAP, Business Objects and non-sap applications & reports while maintaining low cost of operations and administration. Customers can implement Business Process Portals by easily integrating composite applications (e.g. CE) as well as business processes and workflow items (e.g. from BPM) into the portal. Central access to work items in Universal Worklist (lab preview) SAP BusinessObjects Integration Key Capabilities Simplified portal content creation and maintenance Advanced wizards: Role upload, content creation, transport Simplified SLM and directory synchronization Process desk provides access to necessary end-user functionality (alerts, notifications, workitems) in central Universal Worklist. New state-of-the-art default ajax framework page Unified transport and change recording for portal content through integration with CTS+. Customized error pages and administration traceability Advanced caching and memory consumption capabilities Benefits Reduce portal costs for operations and administration (with central SAP NetWeaver Administrator tool) Simplified content and system administration Improved performance & scalability This presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. 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. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 17
IT Optimization Portal Landscape Interoperability and Openness SAP NetWeaver Portal introduces extended integration capabilities for SAP and non-sap content, both into the SAP Portal and for 3 rd party Portals. Key Capabilities Support of JSR 168/ 286, WSRP 1.0 Support of SAML 1.0 and 2.0 Java EE 5 and Java SE 6 support Integration of SAP BusinessObjects reports via the Portal Integration Kit Exposing the portal navigation structure via a dedicated Web Service Advanced capabilities for consuming SAP application into 3 rd party portals Integration of SAP Portal navigation structure into a 3rd part Portal (lab preview) Benefits Single point of access to all corporate assets Open platform for 3 rd party content integration This presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. 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. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 18
IT Optimization Complementary Partner Solutions SAP NetWeaver 7.3 Portal extends support for various open frameworks for integration of third party content and services. In addition partners can leverage APIs to build complementary solutions on top of the portal s capabilities. Integration Levels Simple Integration Navigation / Role User Management Authentication / Session Management Portal Content Complex Integration Search Theme Languages Application Integration Key Capabilities for Integration Portal Content Model and Directory Navigation Connectors / Web Service KM Repository Manager JSP Tag Library and Ajax LShape-API Connectors for UWL, Collaboration Services JSR 168, 286, WSRP Java APIs Examples SAP Extended ECM by Open Text Business Package for Confluence Wiki by HLP MOSS Integrator & easywcm by btexx Conetweaversuite by CONET CMS for SAP Portal by imperia Click Stream by Sweetlets and lot more in SAP Eco Hub This presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. 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. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 19
Where can I find further information? There is plenty of interesting information available just for you: General news Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/portal_sap Decisions Makers SAP Roadmaps: https://service.sap.com/roadmap SAP.com http://www.sap.com/platform/netweaver/components/portal/index.epx Consultants, Developers & Architects SAP Community Networkhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nwportalandcollaboration Documentation: http://help.sap.com > SAP NetWeaver 7.3 > Key Capabilities > Portal Partners Partner Portal https://service.sap.com/partnerportal/products Project Managers Release Brochure - http://service.sap.com/releasestrategy Release Notes - http://help.sap.com > SAP NetWeaver 7.3 > Release Notes 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 21
Duet Enterprise Driving User Productivity
SAP and Microsoft IT Systems Growing demand to connect these systems Business and User Focus IT Focus Simple access to information through SharePoint and Office Facilitate team work and collaboration Changing business needs drive new solution requirements Increase the value of the investment in SAP and Microsoft Deliver improved experience: richer data, in context using Microsoft front-ends Extend the reach of IT systems to more users Flexibility to create custom solution at low cost 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 23
Consume and extend SAP applications through Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Drive people productivity Rapidly respond to business needs Expand the value of IT investments 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 24
Duet Enterprise Connecting SAP applications with SharePoint and Office 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 25
Duet Enterprise architecture SAP Environment Microsoft Environment Clients SAP Business Suite Application and Template Services Administration and Monitoring Application and Template Services Application Building Blocks Auto - Deploy User Mgmt Services Runtime services SAP NetWeaver SharePoint 2010 Simple No client footprint Builds on core platforms 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 26
Built on SAP and Microsoft core platforms SAP NetWeaver (ABAP) and Microsoft SharePoint SAP NetWeaver (ABAP) Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Duet Service Consumption Layer (SCL) - SAP NetWeaver Gateway Business Connectivity Services (BCS) Framework built as an NetWeaver ABAP addon, enabling simplified access to SAP software from any device or environment using standard market protocols SharePoint component bringing data from external systems into SharePoint and Office, enabling interaction, reuse, and easy UI development Simple and flattened data structures Aggregation of multiple data objects or SAP systems and versions Support for SAP security, authorization and roles Leverage of NetWeaver ABAP lifecycle management Integrating external data sources into SharePoint Data Models enabling code free UI generation and custom UI Enable integration with MS-Outlook, Word, Access SharePoint Workspace, and InfoPath No client footprint, offline support 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 27
Duet Enterprise functionality Tools to develop and extend SAP applications to Microsoft Rapid Development SharePoint and Microsoft Office Building blocks for key usage scenarios Access to SAP reports and workflows, creation of team Instant Value Core Interoperability Minimize Disruption and Training workspaces 20 SAP web services exposed to SharePoint Administration and supportability Security and authorizations Landscape and lifecycle management Built on core platforms of Microsoft and SAP Connects to any SAP Application Leverages existing IT skillset 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 28
Built-In interoperability The foundation for engineered integration Offline Support Authentication and Security Application Lifecycle Management Monitoring and Supportability Landscape Management Foundation Business Content Simple and Robust design approach Optimized IT landscape, minimal dependencies Manages key system integration areas Reduces complexity by utilizing existing platforms and skill sets 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 29
Duet Enterprise Composites Tools and Business content for quick solution composition Quick solution composition Various level of tools with different levels of expertise Building blocks and templates for rapid development Access to a broad range of non SAP developers Empower business innovation Focus on innovation and value-add rather than integration issues Introducing new type of Microsoft SharePoint composites consuming data and processes from SAP applications Business unit driven cycle for solution innovation 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 30
Development and configuration tools Ease of development using standard tools, leverage existing skill set SharePoint Designer Tools Declarative, No-code Create lists and doc libs Design Views/Forms Modify SPD solutions Custom UX and data integration Creating/editing building blocks Service composition and adaptation Custom Business logic development Field configuration Business Power User Microsoft.NET Developer SAP ABAP Developer 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 31
Duet Enterprise solutions Business content from Microsoft and SAP Solution accelerators Building blocks and templates Ecosystem composite solutions Vertical and horizontal solutions Rapid time to value Examples Quotation collaboration Hiring Manager Portal Purchase Requisition Management Plant Maintenance 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 37
Duet Enterprise Roadmap and Next Steps Generally available since December 2010 Partner solutions expected in 2011 SAP and Microsoft plan to deliver Content Packs Focused on development acceleration Services, Templates and Building blocks covering additional horizontal use cases First pack planned for late Q3/ early Q4 2011 Planned to take full advantage of future versions of SAP software and Microsoft SharePoint Enhancement to Netweaver Gateway are planned to be available with Duet Enterprise Additional tools and services will be offered to further simplify model generation and access to SAP Business Suite 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 42
Duet Enterprise Summary Ready-to-use Capabilities Enabling employees to use SharePoint and Office: Collaborate around SAP information Participate in SAP workflows Explore HR information Access SAP reports Search SAP and SharePoint Tools and Services For IT organizations and partners Enables composition of solutions that blend SAP data and processes with Microsoft SharePoint content and collaboration Leverages the standard development tools of Microsoft and SAP Foundation Access to SAP from Microsoft SharePoint and Office Developed by Microsoft and SAP Built on the Microsoft SharePoint and SAP NetWeaver platforms Unifying lifecycle mgmt., security, manageability and supportability 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 43
Portal Interoperability
Integration Depth Levels of Front End Integration RSS low high 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 45
Microsoft and SAP SOA Process People 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 46
A Unified Enterprise Services Repository and Registry To Ensure Integrity Customer Service definition process shared with community Richer content Productized enterprise services Built-in governance Partner Processes Services Business Objects Lifecycle management SAP Data Types Enterprise Services Repository Services Registry Enterprise Services Builder Definition of processes and services Service metadata Central modeling and design environment Services Registry Yellow pages of services Deployment information (i.e., endpoint) Services management Ease of consumption: browse, discover, and use services. 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 47
Leveraging SOA for.net Developers The SAP Enterprise Services Explorer for.net SAP s new interoperability offering for the Microsoft platform A design-time tool integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio as an add in Brings SAP enterprise services to Microsoft.NET developers Enables consumption of enterprise services in.net applications Allows publishing of enterprise services provided by Visual Studio Replaces SAP connector for Microsoft.NET 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 48
Leveraging SOA for.net Developers The SAP Enterprise Services Explorer for.net Enterprise Service Consumption Consuming Enterprise Services from: Windows Smart Client applications Microsoft Office applications Web (ASP.NET) applications SAP NetWeaver Portal (PDK for.net) applications Other.NET applications Enterprise Service Deployment Deploy.NET based Web Services into the Enterprise Services Registry of SAP NetWeaver 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 49
Installation Requirements Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 at minimum Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 For WCF support:.net Framework 3.0 at minimum Windows SDK 6.0 SAP SAP Enterprise Services Explorer for Microsoft.NET Sneak preview is ready for you to download here. Services Registry on one of the following NetWeaver shipments: SAP NW PI 7.1 SAP NW CE 7.1 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 50
Integration Depth Levels of Front End Integration RSS low high 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 51
Portlet Syndication WSRP Web Part NetWeaver Portal offers a WSRP Producer and Consumer SharePoint Server 2007/2010 can consume and expose WSRP compliant Portlets WSRP has lots of limitations WSRP implementations vary from vendor to vendor 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 52
Integration Depth Levels of Front End Integration RSS low high 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 53
Portal Component Embedding Embedding customized Web Part pages / lists into SAP NetWeaver Portal Integration using URL iview or App Integrator iview Usually navigation area and banner of both the host and guest portal are displayed Weak Point: Links in SharePoint may open additional SharePoint sites No Drag & Relate or other inter-portlet communication available SSO can be achieved using SSO22KerbMap Module UI/stylesheets apply partly only (hard to apply themes) 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 54
Portal Component Embedding Object Tag Page Viewer Web Part iviews are SAP Enterprise Portal s equivalent of Web Parts Lightweight integration of portlets No Drag & Relate or other inter-portlet communication available UI/stylesheets apply partly only (hard to apply themes) Known issues with iview and Page Viewer Web Parts Object Tag Page Viewer Web Part New SDN Whitepaper: Integration of Universal Worklist into Microsoft Office SharePoint Object Tag Page Viewer Web Part 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 55
Portal Component Embedding Business Server Pages in MOSS Reuse of existing Business Packages from SAP BSP Applications run on top of the ABAP stack If you use NetWeaver Portal you will get some benefits: Single Sign-On Session State Management 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 56
Portal Component Embedding Web Dynpro in MOSS Reuse of existing Business Packages from SAP Web Dynpro Applications run on top of the ABAP stack or the JAVA stack No NetWeaver Portal required if Web Dynpro for ABAP is used Single Sign-On requires SAP NetWeaver JAVA stack or a X.509 certificate infrastructure (for example using Microsoft Active Directories autoenrollment capabilities) Desired look and feel by CSS 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 57
Integration Depth Levels of Front End Integration RSS low high 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 58
Portal Embedding Sharepoint Portal in NetWeaver Portal NetWeaver Portal in Sharepoint Portal 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 59
Integration Depth Levels of Front End Integration RSS low high 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 60
Portal Launch 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 61
Integration Depth Levels of Front End Integration RSS low high 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 62
RSS MOSS pure RSS feed XML iview for RSS feeds 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 63
Thank You! Contact information: Carsten Boennen Director Global Technology Partner Microsoft Carsten.Boennen@sap.com