LOBApps

Enterprise Services for LOB Applications deployed on the Microsoft Application Platform

Standing on the Shoulders of Students

Morning! I just arrived home from an interesting week up in the Pacific Northwest, and wanted to...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 03/10/2012

SQL Server TDE with SAP Applications - Part #1 Enabling TDE

Introduction An organization can take several precautions to help secure a database, such as...

Author: Fazil Osman Date: 12/01/2011

Issues with SAP tools during migration/Unicode conversion

Hi, We raised some issues with the SAP migration tools during a replatforming project including...

Author: GuidoSchmitt Date: 05/03/2011

BI: The New Pervasive Mission-Critical Application

I have been thinking about Business Intelligence and Business Analytics the last few weeks. In my...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 04/18/2011

Experiences with SQL Server Database Compression

I want to share some customer experiences with database compression we gathered in a large SAP...

Author: GuidoSchmitt Date: 04/13/2011

Transitioning Non-Production LOB systems into the Cloud

The more I speak with executive IT leaders nowadays, the more I hear the same: help me cut costs,...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 01/19/2011

JD Edwards & SQL 2008 R2 Unicode Compression

One of the most important new features introduced in SQL Server 2008 was database compression (row...

Author: jacksmccullough Date: 01/18/2011

Trace Flag 1117 - A Safety Net You Might Not Be Aware Of

Are you running SQL 2008 for your SAP instance? If so, are you aware of trace flag 1117? There are a...

Author: rasmi1 Date: 01/12/2011

Mission Critical Support for SAP and LOB Applications

In the IT community, we often talk about mission critical applications with the need to achieve high...

Author: Bryan McCutchan1 Date: 12/29/2010

Thinking for a Change

Thinking for a Change I thought I would take a break from all of the technical blogs and write about...

Author: rasmi1 Date: 12/16/2010

Monitoring the Performance of your SAP SQL Database Files

Monitoring the Performance of Your SAP SQL Database Files The driving force behind outstanding...

Author: rasmi1 Date: 12/16/2010

Configuring your SQL File Systems

Configuring Your SQL File Systems SQL Server will perform much better when the file systems are...

Author: rasmi1 Date: 12/15/2010

Best Practices - SAN LUN Creation and Size Expansion for SAP Architectures Continued - Chapter 2

In the previous blog about LUN Creation and Size Expansion we talked about one of the don'ts for...

Author: Jock Williams Date: 12/07/2010

SAP TCO/Risk Analysis and my Session at the SAP Insider IT 2011 Conference

I’m looking forward to presenting at the SAP Insider IT 2011 conference March 15-18 in Las...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 12/02/2010

LOB Workload Testing: Single Unit, Load, Stress, and Smoke Testing

Testing the performance of a particular mission-critical workload on your Line of Business...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 11/23/2010

SAP user and groups requirements in the active directory

Today for an SAP installation on Windows in an existing AD domain, some user and groups requirements...

Author: GuidoSchmitt Date: 11/22/2010

UKOUG JD Edwards 2010 November 10th and 11th

I will be presenting a session at the UK Oracle Users Group JD Edwards conference on Getting the...

Author: jacksmccullough Date: 11/02/2010

Is there more to LOB than SAP?

Thomas's opening blog implied that LOB wasn't just about SAP but also JD Edwards, Peoplesoft and...

Author: jacksmccullough Date: 10/27/2010

Cheap vs. Cost-Effective: The Underestimated Role of the DBA

Several weeks ago one of our joint customers with SAP complained about the capabilities of SQL...

Author: Thomas Dreller Date: 10/23/2010

Twelve Methods of Flipping your Innovation/Operations Position

Think about the typical bell curve most SAP and other LOB IT organizations face today when it comes...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 10/22/2010

Geographically dispersed cluster configuration for SAP on Windows / SQL Server

Our competitors often mention to our customer base, that it is not possible running a SAP...

Author: GuidoSchmitt Date: 10/22/2010

CoE Job Opening: Hiring an LOB Application Platform Architect

The LOB Application Platform team is looking for an additional team member. If you’re an experienced...

Author: Thomas Dreller Date: 10/07/2010

Dear followers For those who couldn't access the link of Brazil case studies another public link is...

Author: vera_robles_hotmail.com Date: 10/05/2010

The Most Important Thing

As we roll into a new fiscal quarter here at Microsoft, I’ve had a question stuck in my mind:...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 10/03/2010

Think Week & Microsoft Research

As Microsoft being the perfect example how to develop great software, expand and drive channel...

Author: pauloberhoffen Date: 09/30/2010

Posting content in Spanish and Portuguese

Being part of LOB team based on LATAM I can share content in Portuguese and Spanish with our...

Author: vera_robles_hotmail.com Date: 09/30/2010

Upgrading your SAP databases to SQL Server 2008 R2 using the System Copy Methodology

Recently I was onsite with a customer and worked on a checklist for them to upgrade to SQL Server...

Author: Jock Williams Date: 09/29/2010

SQLIO Tips and Tricks for LOB Disk Performance Testing

At the request of one of our blog readers, I wanted to share several tips, tricks, and other basic...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 09/27/2010

Building an SAP/Microsoft Interoperability Team

Building an SAP/Microsoft Interoperability Team I am passionate about the opportunities that are...

Author: rasmi1 Date: 09/18/2010

Best Practices - SAN LUN Creation and Size Expansion for SAP Architectures

While dealing with customers over the last few months we have been encountering numerous scenarios...

Author: Jock Williams Date: 09/14/2010

Process Maturity: When it comes to HA, it’s more important than Technology

When most of us think about system availability and maximizing uptime, our technical backgrounds and...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 09/10/2010

The Cloud, about computing and services and how it relates to the SOA strategy

There is no doubt that the industry did shift from Hard- to Software years ago. We all faced the...

Author: pauloberhoffen Date: 09/08/2010

SAP Database Refresh: Backing Up Users

When a SAP database refresh needs to be performed, you want to make sure you back up your users in...

Author: rasmi1 Date: 09/08/2010

SAP Database Refresh: Exporting Printers in a non-production Environment

Every SAP shop performs database copies from their production system back to their QA and Test...

Author: rasmi1 Date: 09/08/2010

Using Microsoft SQLIO to Baseline LOB Application Disk Performance

When implementing, replatforming, upgrading, or simply making technology stack changes to an LOB...

Author: -GeorgeA- Date: 09/03/2010

Failover Clustering of SAP Systems with Hyper-V – Deployment Options

In the last months we got always the question from customers how to deploy and run SAP systems on a...

Author: GuidoSchmitt Date: 08/31/2010

Introducing the LOBApps Blog - Services for JD Edwards, Peoplesoft, SAP, Siebel, and other mission-critical line-of-business applications

Microsoft Services is the consulting and enterprise services support division of Microsoft. The...

Author: Thomas Dreller Date: 07/22/2010