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Duet Enterprise site tempate for SharePoint and SAP connectivity available Out Of box
Duet Enterprise site template is a product development jointly by Microsoft and SAP that enables interoperability between SAP applications and Microsoft SharePoint Server.
Duet Enterprise sites empowers employees to consume and extend SAP processes and information from within SharePoint Server and Microsoft Office client applications. Duet Enterprise includes features and functionality from both Microsoft Corporation and SAP AG.
The Duet SAP and Duet SharePoint add-ons, alongside Microsoft BCS enables communication between SAP NetWeaver and Sharepoint. The addition of SAP for Duet Enterprise is installed directly onto SAP NetWeaver, and with the Business Logic inside Duet Enterprise it acts as broker for SAP systems and SharePoint Server. Different SAP systems can connect to other SAP systems like ERP and BW, which supports high availability, scalability and even load balancing for both SharePoint Server and SAP NetWeaver.
An important consideration in the SAP to SharePoint integration strategy is the use of documents within SAP. Many “inside SAP” business processes are heavily involved with the handling of, or reference to, documents. These can be physical documents that may need to be digitally captured, CAD drawings, images, photos of employees, signed contracts, etc.
The SAP BAPIs used by Duet Enterprise only support the passing and handling of data thru their APIs. The SAP interface for archiving and recalling unstructured content needed for business processes is not BAPI based but rather a sophisticated HTTPS protocol that is based on the SAP ArchiveLink interface. Thus the DMS document services for storing documents, recalling them to workflows, deleting and adding notes to them, etc., in a managed, controlled and traceable framework are a set of functionality not delivered in Duet Enterprise.
The ERP-Link platform adds these capabilities to Duet Enterprise. The ERP-Link Suite for SharePoint and SAP brings the bi-directional access of documents (unstructured content) to users of SharePoint and SAP. With ERP-Link, your SAP and SharePoint users will have common access to documents and the ability to work on shared business processes. ERP-Link can be used for accounts payable and finance, HR, plant maintenance, project management – anywhere documents are needed to support functions based in your SAP system of record.
Duet Enterprise can support multiple SAP Systems, and even other distributed systems, which gives users the option of connecting NetWeaver to a multitude of SAP systems. If an HR system runs SAP ERP 2004 and the other runs 6.0, connectivity can be achieved through the EMEA system with system mapping.