14 DAY TRIAL // Duet Enterprise comes to respond to a need that Microsoft and SAP customers expressed repeatedly, revealed Eric Swift, Microsoft SharePoint general manager, namely the bridging of SAP and SharePoint.
February 1st, 2011 marked the general availability of Duet Enterprise designed as a collaborative productivity solution connecting SharePoint 2010 / Office 2010 and SAP applications.
“Customers and partners have frequently requested deeper integration between their two leading IT solutions from SAP and Microsoft,” Swift revealed.
SharePoint’s GM underlined that Microsoft and SAP have continually built on the partnership, and that the recent GA of Duet Enterprise is another example of their ongoing collaboration.
“Duet Enterprise delivers on that need by combining the power of the SharePoint business collaboration platform and the familiarity of Microsoft Office 2010 applications with world-leading business process solutions from SAP,” Swift added.
When it first unveiled Duet Enterprise, the Redmond company underlined that the project is also designed to provide a foundation for interoperability between SAP and SharePoint.
In this regard, companies running both products will be able to benefit from enhancements related to system management, single sign on, authorization and user management, life cycle management, data models mapping, traceability and supportability.
Michael Reh, general manager and senior vice president, Information Worker Solutions, SAP AG also applauded the general availability of the new solution
“Duet Enterprise extends the power of SAP applications for many of our customers who also use Microsoft SharePoint,” he said.
“This provides users with streamlined productivity and better decision-making. It is built on project ‘Gateway,’ which enables easy and standards-based access to SAP applications.
“And together with SharePoint, the software delivers a layer of interoperability that allows customers and partners to focus on creating solutions that drive business growth while helping ensure that all technical integration aspects work reliably together.”
In addition to collaborating on Duet Enterprise, Microsoft and SAP also joined efforts for the creation of SAP-Microsoft Unite Partner Connection.
Designed for members of both SAP PartnerEdge program and the Microsoft Partner Network, the SAP-Microsoft Unite Partner Connection is a joint partner program from the two companies enabling partners to reach more customers.