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Free SAP Customer Workshops "How Microsoft Runs SAP" Munich on February 7, 2006 and in Brussels on February 9, 2006.

These courses rarely come to Europe - so if you're interested be quick! From the blurb:- We would like to invite you to attend the upcoming SAP Customer Workshop about How Microsoft Runs SAP. The same session will be held in Munich on February 7, 2006

Microsoft .NET Data Provider for SAP

After my recent SQL 2k5 BI session, here at TVP Reading, I had an enquiry asking for more info regarding the SAP provider I showed in the list of providers available to SQL Server Integration Services .  The best public information I can find

Steve Ballmer on Mendocino - video available

The Video from SAPPHIRE (Steve Ballmer on Mendocino) is now available on the website at http://www.microsoft-sap.com/alliance.aspx Mendocino is described at www.sap.com/mendocino, and www.microsoft.com/office/sap. I think mendocino is very significant
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SAP and Microsoft Create 'Mendocino' Product to integrate Office, Exchange and SAP

Microsoft and SAP are to release a joint product to bring Office, Exchange and SAP together - code named 'Mendocino';  harnessing Web Services and Services-Oriented Architecture to Ease Integration You can find more info here http://uk.news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:MSFT&Feed=PR&Date=20050426&ID=4395944
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First Microsoft-SAP Collaboration Brief from Microsoft on loading data from SAP BW into SQL Server Anlaysis Srevices

It's a great pleasure to announce the first Microsoft Collaboration Brief on an official SAP site, written by Microsoft’s own Hermann Däubler.   Loading data from SAP BW into Microsoft Analysis Services using Open Hub Service.  (You can
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - The Pricing, The Editions, and the Edition's Features

All ye! All ye!  The pricing, the editions and the features available in the editions of SQL 2005 have all been decided, announced and published.  Naturally I meet scepticism that suggests SQL Server 2005 has slipped and slipped again, and that
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Its Sunbelieveable: Sun’s First Windows - Microsoft SQL Server SAP Benchmark and Certification

Actually, I reckon it must be Sun’s first Windows - SQL Server benchmark ever, unless you know otherwise?   It’s great to see Sun embracing the new Opeteron chip from AMD and coming up with a great 32 bit SAP SD 2 tier 2 proc benchmark   http://www50.sap.com/benchmark/pdf/cert0205.pdf

Microsoft SQL Server 64 bit links

Our 64 bit SQL Server case studies can be found @ http://www.microsoft.com/sql/64bit/productinfo/casestudies.asp The 64 bit SQL Server home page is @ http://www.microsoft.com/sql/64bit/default.asp Some material around 64 bit SAP/SQL @ http://www.microsoft-sap.com/technology.asp#64_bit

Using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services against SAP - and other Application Partners for Reporting Services

Do you want to use Microsoft Reporting Services to report data from SAP R/3 and SAP BW?  Then check out Software4You from the list of Application Partners for Reporting Services @ http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/partners/softwareapps.asp  
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Microsoft and SAP Deliver Integration of SAP NetWeaver and .NET with Visual Studio .NET 2003-Integrated Portal Development Kit for .NET (PDK)

This tool has been long awaited, now its arrived SAP developers can combine the power of .NET with the functionality of SAP.  This is great news if you're into developing SAP applications, along side SQL Server the PDK makes Microsoft a most
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SQL Server can run your enterprise? Here's how to prove it

SQL Server 2000 has to live with the legacy that it was once called SQL Server 6.5 – if a database could have a pain in the neck this would be SQL Server’s.  When Microsoft completely rewrote Microsoft Mail it gave it a new name, Exchange; thus everyone
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My Introduction to the Blogsphere - and my first useful tip for SAP enthusiasts

Hello, my name is Matthew Stephen, I work as a Microsoft SQL Server Evangelist, based in Reading UK.  I started working for Microsoft in early '93 as a PSS support Engineer.  I spent many happy years supporting SQL Server and then,
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