Duet is a first-of-its-kind software solution from Microsoft and SAP that empowers information workers to easily and quickly participate in SAP business processes and share SAP business data via the familiar Office environment. The result of a groundbreaking collaboration between Microsoft and SAP, it is the first joint product created by these two industry leaders and is designed to revolutionize how information workers interact with SAP Applications. Best of class enterprise systems, such as SAP, provide significant gains in operational efficiency by automating business processes. As the reach of these processes extended further out into the enterprise so did the need for intuitive access. However, regularly SAP Applications suffer from low adoption by already licensed information workers. Duet advances the way information workers participate in SAP business processes and share SAP business data. Seamlessly from Microsoft Office, information workers can now perform business functions previously funneled through a few skilled power users

Using Duet, companies can give all their information workers improved, flexible, yet appropriate, access to SAP data and processes via their familiar Microsoft Office interface. Duet software brings together the worlds of business productivity applications (Microsoft Office) and enterprise applications so that every information worker can become an "Enterprise Information Worker". Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP—Where people ready meets “Enterprise Ready”.

Duet empowers information workers to engage in the business at new levels:

Enables Participation

• Empower information workers to perform more SAP activities themselves
• Enable information workers to more easily follow business policies and processes

Increases Effectiveness

• Increase individual productivity
• Improve team collaboration
• Accelerate business processes

Improves Insight

• Facilitate access to trustworthy business information for all employees
• Drive business insight from relevant, up-to-date information

Duet is sold and supported by both Microsoft and SAP. Please contact your regional Microsoft account manager for information about pricing, availability, installation, and upgrades. You can also request one of our account managers from your local area to contact you by joining the Duet Insider's Community or Request to be contacted by Microsoft: duetweb@microsoft.com.

About the partnership

Microsoft, the leader in business productivity solutions, and SAP, the leader in enterprise software applications, enjoy a strong partnership. The collaboration between the two companies has delivered significant value to customers for more than 15 years — from SAP R/3 running on Windows in 1993 to comprehensive .NET/Enterprise Services Architecture interoperability in 2004. With Duet, the companies take the partnership to the next level — a jointly developed, marketed, sold, and supported product.