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Infrastructure Technology Basics for SAP Deployment
Introduction 1
Part I: Introduction to SAP
HOUR 1 What Is SAP? 9
2 SAP Basics: What It’s All About 21
3 Business Basics: Developing a Roadmap for Deploying SAP 29
4 Infrastructure Technology Basics: Hardware, Operating Systems, and Databases 41
5 Developing a Technical Roadmap for Deploying SAP 57
Part II: SAP Products and Components
HOUR 6 SAP Overview: SMB and Enterprise Products 71
7 Laying the Groundwork: SAP NetWeaver 87
8 SAP ERP: SAP’s Core Product 97
9 The SAP Business Suite 121
Part III: Implementing SAP
HOUR 10 Implementation Overview: A Project Management Perspective 139
11 Implementing SAP: A Business and Functional Perspective 157
12 Implementing SAP: A Technical Perspective 171
13 Development Tools and Methodologies 181
14 SAP and Enterprise SOA 199
Part IV: SAP Technical Considerations
HOUR 15 Technical Installation of SAP 211
16 Integrating SAP with Microsoft Office 231
17 After Go-Live: System Administration and Operations 253
18 After Go-Live: SAP Upgrades and Enhancements 265
Part V: Using SAP
HOUR 19 Logon, Session, and SAP GUI Basics 281
20 SAP GUI Screen and Printing Basics 301
21 Customizing Your SAP Display 323
22 Reporting and Query Basics 343
Part VI: Developing a Career in SAP
HOUR 23 Where Do I Start? 379
24 SAP Resources 393
Appendix
APPENDIX A Case Study Answers 411
Index 427