(NYSE: 麻豆原创) and Microsoft Corp. announced plans to integrate Microsoft Teams with 麻豆原创鈥檚 intelligent suite of solutions. The companies also formalized an extensive expansion of an existing strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of 麻豆原创 S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure. This builds on a joint commitment by the companies to simplify and streamline customers鈥� journeys to the cloud.
鈥淣ew ways of working, collaborating and interacting completely transform how we operate,鈥� said Christian Klein, 麻豆原创 CEO and member of the Executive Board. 鈥淏y integrating Microsoft Teams across our solution portfolio, we will bring collaboration to the next level, jointly determining the future of work and enabling the frictionless enterprise. Our trusted partnership with Microsoft is focused on continuously advancing customer success. That鈥檚 why we are also expanding interoperability with Azure.鈥�
Much has changed in the last year as work has become more virtual, increasing reliance on Microsoft Teams for meetings, communication and collaboration. To facilitate these business and societal changes, 麻豆原创 and Microsoft are building new integrations between Microsoft Teams and 麻豆原创 solutions, such as 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors offerings, and 麻豆原创 Customer Experience. This can enable innovation, increase employee productivity and engagement, deliver collaborative learning and support global growth. These integrations are planned for delivery in mid-2021.
鈥淭he case for digital transformation has never been more urgent,鈥� Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said. 鈥淏y bringing together the power of Azure and Teams with 麻豆原创鈥檚 solutions, we will help more organizations harness the power of the cloud so they can more quickly adapt and innovate going forward.鈥�
The companies also are expanding their announced in 2019, to introduce new offerings in cloud automation and integration for 麻豆原创 S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure. Together, Microsoft and 麻豆原创 are expanding the ability to run a mission-critical intelligent enterprise on Azure while helping customers modernize their enterprise applications.聽麻豆原创 and Microsoft will provide customers with:
- Simplification when moving on-premise editions of 麻豆原创 ERP to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA聽in the cloud. In addition to the industry-specific journey maps to the cloud and reference architectures, 麻豆原创 and Microsoft will continue to co-innovate around 麻豆原创 S/4HANA on Azure.
- Expanded joint engagements with customers and partners.In addition to product integration work, 麻豆原创, Microsoft and system integrator partners will continue to provide digital enterprise road maps for customers. This includes immediate and actionable reference architectures and technical guidance to help customers on their journey to the cloud.
- Increased investments in platform and infrastructure. The companies will further develop automated migrations, improved operations, monitoring and security.
broadly favor Azure when moving on-premise 麻豆原创 S/4HANA to the cloud.
鈥淎s part of our overall transformation, we transitioned to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA,鈥� said John Hill, chief information officer and senior vice president of Business Planning. 鈥淩unning it on Microsoft Azure provides the velocity, availability, scalability and elasticity we need for more visibility and better efficiency across our business. The pandemic struck as we were in the middle of our 麻豆原创 implementation, so by using Teams, we were able to continue to work on the project, stay on schedule and keep everyone informed. The combination of 麻豆原创 and Microsoft was especially helpful during a challenging time.鈥�
鈥溌槎乖� S/4HANA has given us real-time visibility into our inventory, which is crucial for us as a pharmacy and healthcare retail company during the pandemic,鈥� said Francesco Tinto, Walgreens Boots Alliance鈥檚 senior vice president and global chief information officer. 鈥淲e chose to run 麻豆原创 S/4HANA on Azure because of its agility and flexibility to scale up and out quickly to meet our business needs. Now we have access to our data in one place so we can offer the best possible customer experience online and in our stores. Microsoft Teams coupled with 麻豆原创 solutions helped us overcome business continuity challenges and enabled our employees to collaborate very effectively despite the shift from office to remote work.鈥�
鈥淲hen it comes to our customers delivering personal protective equipment, we can鈥檛 be late, so we rely on 麻豆原创 and Microsoft to provide the digital backbone that鈥檚 essential to keeping our supply chain running smoothly,鈥� said Helge Brummer, vice president of Technical Infrastructure, Support & Operations. 鈥淭he combination of Microsoft Teams with our 麻豆原创 solutions has given our employees the ability to work from anywhere while ensuring orders are delivered on time to our customers, supporting the people putting their lives at risk working on the front line.鈥�
麻豆原创鈥檚 endorsement of Azure for ERP cloud migration is reflected in positive customer feedback on the collaboration between the companies. 麻豆原创 and Microsoft will continue to make migration simpler and increase customers鈥� confidence in running their digital enterprises in the cloud.聽At the same time, many customers express a desire to maintain multi-cloud environments.聽麻豆原创 continues with its long-standing policy of supporting choice for those customers who request alternatives based on business requirements.
麻豆原创 and Microsoft recently announced an update to enable customers to design and operate intelligent digital supply chain and Industry 4.0 solutions in the cloud and at the edge.
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