Updated: July 13, 2020 (October 18, 2004)

Kit Connects Project, SAP

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Connecting SAP and project management software from Microsoft is a major focus of the new Project 2003 SDK, released Oct. 2004. The SDK could prove useful to developers who want to extend and integrate Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management solution, which includes the Project Professional client application and Project Server. However, at present the components of the SDK are starting points and samples, not out-of-the-box solutions.

Much of the new SDK consists of “solution starters,” code samples and documentation for systems integrators and solution providers who integrate Project with enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and other internal systems. Service partners like these are critical to the success of Project 2003, sales of which have ramped up more slowly than expected due to “the enterprise nature of the sale,” according to Office Senior Vice President Steven Sinofsky.

SAP Human Resources, Financials Links

SAP ERP integration is the target of the most extensive solution starter in the kit. Specifically, the Project SAP Connector supports integration of SAP human resources (HR) and financials with Project as follows:

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