Enterprise Portal Solutions

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1 Enterprise Portal Solutions based on SAP Portals Enterprise Portal Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server Rolf Schumann SAP Deutschland AG & CO.KG

2 Agenda Overview Comparison of SAP EP and MS SPS Positioning Conclusion SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 2

3 Agenda Overview Comparison of SAP EP and MS SPS Positioning Conclusion SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 3

4 Foundation Of Open E-Business Collaboration Portal User-centric collaboration Unification of underlying sources for seamless navigation Device independent presentation technology Applications Services provision Open standards-based connectivity through native Web technology Platform independent infrastructure Exchange Process-centric collaboration Shared business semantics and collaboration knowledge Application-independent business process collaboration PORTAL APPLICATIONS EXCHANGE SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 4

5 SAP Portals Enterprise Portal Delivers on the Enterprise Portal Vision Original Source iviews Applications & Unifiers & Legacy Systems Internet Content & Web Services Structured Enterprise Portal & Business Unification Unstructured Business Data Warehouse Intelligence & DSS Knowledge Content & Management Documents SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 5 Extracted & Manipulated

6 SAP Portals Enterprise Portal SAP offers two editions reflecting different requirements Unification Enterprise Portal Drag and Relate between non-sap applications Unification technology Enterprise Portal Global personalized Portal platform, content, and services Application integration iview Technology Pre-defined roles Seamless connection to Yahoo! Drag and Relate capabilities within SAP components Retrieval and classification Content Management Collaboration SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 6

7 Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Unlocking the Power of Information Sharing SharePoint Team Services Ad-Hoc Collaboration and Information Sharing Access via Browser, Office XP and FrontPage Search within the Team Web Site and sub Webs Team Web Sites for approx. 5 to 75 Users Discussions, Notifications and Surveys SharePoint Portal Server 2001 Content Aggregation and Document Management Enterprise Search across multiple Servers Portal Web Sites for more than 75 Users Discussions, Notifications Digital Dashboard-based UI / Web Parts Microsoft Integrated Security SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 7

8 Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 Solution for Content Aggregation and Document Management Scalable Enterprise Search Search Engine Data Access and Indexing Subscriptions Categories Document Management Document Profiling Check-in and Check-out Document Versioning Office and Windows Integration Document Collaboration Customized Portal Solution Digital Dashboard / Web Parts MS Standardtools / SDKs SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 8

9 Agenda Overview Comparison of SAP EP and MS SPS Positioning Conclusion SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 9

10 Comparision: Architecture (I) SAP Portals Enterprise Portal Framework Page Builder Advanced caching Eventing Device recognition iview Server Runtime environment Caching, scheduled refresh Rendering Portal Content Directory Roles & worksets Advanced navigation Personalization Packaging & deployment Branding User management & security Single sign-on Authentication User mapping Authorization LDAP-based Portal Infrastructure User Management & Security Browser Devices Page Builder iview Server iview Portal Appl. APIs Knowledge Mgmt Services Unification Server Applications / Services / Process Integration All accessible through APIs J2EE,.Net Portal development kit Robust Environment Scalable High Availability Fast reponse time Business Intelligence Services Portal Content Direct. SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 10

11 Comparision: Architecture (II) Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 SharePoint Portal Server One platform - Windows 2000 Web Storage System Netscape / IE Client Support Search Service Gatherer Parser or Filter Indexer Document Managmement Document publishing control Application of descriptive information (metadata) to identify a document Automated approval routes Web discussions for online comments Control of document access based on roles SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 11

12 Comparison: Roles Business Context vs. Technical Responsibities SAP Portals Enterprise Portal Roles define the content of the portal Roles describe the users business context Roles are mapped to the LDAP-directory based user account Roles are delivered for exisiting business scenarios Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server Roles allow coordinators to manage portal security on their own Roles are technical descriptions of portal permissions Roles are independent of NTFS Permissions The existing accounts of ADS are mapped to the roles Roles describe the permissions within the portal e.g. Author, Coordinator, Reader, Approver SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 12

13 Comparision: Content (I) SAP delivers out-of-the box business related content People Customer Supplier Partner Employee Content Industry Business Packages Business Area Content Building Blocks Vendor Platform Applications & Legacy Systems Enterprise Portal & Business Unification Business Intelligence Knowledge Management Internet, Web Services SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 13

14 Comparision: Content (I) SAP delivers out-of-the box business related content SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 14

15 Comparison: Content (II) Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server delivers WebParts Web Parts Parts of a digital dashboard connect to enterprise systems to deliver wrapped content can be written in HTML, XML, JavaScript and Microsoft VBScript Web Parts don t appear without permissions MSN News Provider Web Parts for Content (e.g. Stocks, News, ) available SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 15

16 SAP Portals Unification Platform Increase your business throughput by the usage of unifiers iviews iviews provide useful information and business data iviews tunnel data to the portal page from different sources iviews support caching and scheduling Unification Portal iviews SAP Database/ Legacy Baan PeopleSoft Siebel Oracle SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 16

17 SAP Portals Unification Platform Increase your business throughput by the usage of unifiers iviews iviews provide useful information and business data iviews tunnel data to the portal page from different sources iviews support caching and scheduling Unifier Connect different applications by the usage of Drag & Relate Technology No Modification of the underlaying application transcend physical boundaries of an application SAP Unifier SAP Database/ Legacy Unifier Unification Baan Unifier Portal iviews Components PeopleSoft Unifier Siebel Unifier Oracle Unifier Database/ Legacy Baan PeopleSoft Siebel Oracle SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 17

18 SAP Portals Unification Platform Increase your business throughput by the usage of unifiers iviews iviews provide useful information and business data iviews tunnel data to the portal page from different sources iviews support caching and scheduling Unifier Connect different applications by the usage of Drag & Relate Technology No Modification of the underlaying application transcend physical boundaries of an application Metadata Model SAP Unified object model Unification Portal iviews Components Database/ Legacy Baan PeopleSoft Siebel Oracle SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 18

19 Agenda Overview Comparison of SAP EP and MS SPS Positioning Conclusion SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 19

20 Positioning in the Enterprise Portals Market Gartner Group: 2H01 Horizontal Portal Product Magic Quadrant SAP Portals is poised to become one of the 800-pound gorillas in the portal product market. Gartner 7/2001 SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 20

21 Enterprise Portal Evolution: Industry Perspective Gartner Group: Classification of Enterprise Portals SAP EP MS SPS 3 rd Generation Generation 2 Generation 1 Gen 0 Heterogeneous Application Integration Business Intelligence / Analysis Content Syndication Dynamic Application Access Single Sign-on Mobile / Wireless Support Structured Information Access Personalization Collaboration Search / Taxonomy Aggregation Unstructured Content Access Structured Content Access SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 21

22 Measure the four Dimensions of Functionality Enterprise Portal Functionality Grid Information Access Microsoft SPS SAP Enterprise Portal Application Unification Knowledge Management SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 22 Business Intelligence

23 Coexistence between SAP EP and Microsoft SPS It is impossible to centralize all the information in a single repository possible customer situation SAP EP for Enterprise Business Systems and Unification scenarios Document Management based on SharePoint Technologies Running a high percentage of MS Server technology One or more departments or workgroups are heavy users of Microsoft office Need to find and Share these documents Strong commitment to Microsoft user interface SPS Web Server (Internet pages) Lotus Notes (Customer info) SPTS (HR Team) SPS (Dept. FI) WebDav servers MS Exchange (Communication) XML feeds SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 23

24 Coexistence between SAP EP and Microsoft SPS It is impossible to centralize all the information in a single repository SAP KM provides A unified view, taxonomies and set of common services on top of heterogenous repositories of unstructured information repository managers for different repositories Microsoft Microsoft Technology Technology IBM IBM Partners Partners Andersen Andersen Consulting Consulting KPMG KPMG SAP Knowledge Management Platform (Services around information) SAP KM consists of Content Management Retrieval & Classification Collaboration SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 24 SPTS (HR Team) SPS SPS (Dept. FI) Web Server (Internet pages) WebDav servers Lotus Notes (Customer info) MS Exchange (Communication) XML feeds

25 Agenda Overview Comparison of SAP EP and MS SPS Positioning Conclusion SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 25

26 SAP - Knowledge about Business Semantics Solve the Integration Challenge from a Business Perspective Portal Infrastructure Unification, Roles,... Web Application Server Web services Shared Collaboration Knowledge/ Business Semantics Exchange Infrastructure Business scenarios, Interfaces,... mysap Technology SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 26

27 Why run SAP Portals EP and Microsoft SPS together? Use the best of both worlds SAP offers Out-of-the-box solution, including business content and roles Business Intelligence & Unification Knowledge Management a complete Enterprise Portal Solution SAP and Microsoft offer SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 27 Microsoft offers Document-centric solution Technology based on open internet standards Collaboration and Information sharing Staging of workgroup collaboration servers on department level Office and MS Infrastructure Integration Integration of Microsoft Repositories into the SAP Knowledge Management Full support of Microsoft.NET Server infrastructure

28 SAP Enterprise Portal and Microsoft Sharepoint Integrate the Solutions to complete your Portal Vision Portal Strategy Enterprise Business Unit Department Team Consumer Collaboration Ad hoc Work Processes Structured Work Processes SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 28

29 Questions and Answers SAP AG 2002, SAP-Microsoft Congress, 10e_Schumann 29

30 Enterprise Portal Solutions based on SAP Portals Enterprise Portal Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server Rolf Schumann SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG

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