SAP Business One Certification Updates

The SAP Business One release 2007* certifications will expire in the partner program at the end of 2011 when the 2007 release goes out of mainstream maintenance.
Additionally, prices for certifications taken at Pearson Vue centers will increase on August 15.
Therefore, it may be to your advantage to consider taking an 8.8 certification exam in the near future.
Currently, the passing scores for the 8.8 exams are as follows:
C_TB1200_88: 64%
C_TB1300_88: 57%

Hi,
When one has had an unsuccessful first attempt with the TB1300, there are 2 attempts to resit the exam.
Certificates are for specific Business One versions and they expire when that version is taken off the mainstream support i.e TB1300 Certificate for SBO 2007 is invalid in 2012. Would it be possible for one to wait till the next release of Business One is out to sit the TB1300? (Version 9 of Business One).
Will one be eligible or is it a must to be successful on the 8.8 version first?
How long does it take between the time SAP releases a new version i.e Version 9 to when the certification exams are ready to be taken for the newly released version?
Do the exam pass marks change with new Business One releases i.e do they go higher or lower than the current pass marks?
I appreciate your assistance.
Kind regards,
Esau.
PS:
@ mburnejko
Your blog did answer some questions I had about TB1200 course - hopefully, others found it enlightening as I did.

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How to Get Training for SAP Business One Certifications

Training paths for the C_TB1200_88 Implementation and Support Consultant certification:
Classroom Training
                                 - TB1000 Logistics (multiple languages)
                                 - TB1100 Acccounting (multiple languages)
                                 - TB1200 Implementation and Support (multiple languages)
Self Study
                                -   Product Training e-learning
                                 - Study Guide
Guided Self Study
                                 - Virtual Course for TB1000 and TB1100 combined with Product Training e-learning
A Practice Test is available for the C_TB1200_88 certification.
Training paths for the C_TB1300_88 Development Consultant certification:
Classrom training
                                - TB1300 Software Development Kit
Self Study
                                -   Development Consultant e-learning
More details can be found on the channel partner portal on the Education page for SAP Business One. Choose the Role-Based Training link.

Hello Daniel,
Don't know whether this link will help. It contain all the tables in SBO
https://websmp203.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700003984512006E.pdf
XL Reporter 2005 SP01 - Meta Data Description (valid for for SAP Business One A SP01)
Chris au st.

SAP Business One Development/Implementation

Hi all,
as I was searching through SAP site,
I am having trouble of finding the documents regarding SBO development/programming/implementation.
(I meant other than TB1300 or SDK)
Are there any documents provided by SAP officially?
Thanks, have a great day!

Hi Vinoth,
Please check below links.
https://training.sap.com/shop/certification/c_tb1200_90-sap-certified-application-associate--sap-business-one-90-g/
SAP Business One Certification Updates
SAP B1 9.0 Certification
SAP B1-Regarding certification
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=sap-business-one-practice-exam
SAP BUSINESS ONE CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS
SAP Business One 2007 Certification Review Questions, Answers and Explanations
SAP Business One Certification Questions (TB1100) &laquo; Lanre Awojoodu Weblog
Hope this help
Regards::::
Atul Chakraborty

SAP Business One Development Associate

Hi all,
Can I get 'Sample Questions' for SAP Business One Development Associate Certification.
Please help me, Where I can get, if you have kindly send mail.
Regards,
Vinoth

Hi Vinoth,
Please check below links.
https://training.sap.com/shop/certification/c_tb1200_90-sap-certified-application-associate--sap-business-one-90-g/
SAP Business One Certification Updates
SAP B1 9.0 Certification
SAP B1-Regarding certification
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=sap-business-one-practice-exam
SAP BUSINESS ONE CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS
SAP Business One 2007 Certification Review Questions, Answers and Explanations
SAP Business One Certification Questions (TB1100) &laquo; Lanre Awojoodu Weblog
Hope this help
Regards::::
Atul Chakraborty

SAP Business one 8.8 Integration for SAP Netweaver

hi all,
Where to download SAP Business one 8.8 Integration for SAP Net weaver Components(Installation Packages for 32 bit). I installed one B1iSN but its only Integration for SAP Business One Not for SAP Business one 8.8 Integration for SAP Net weaver.
Please send me the link. Its urgent
Thanks & Regards
B.Lakshmi Narayanan

Hi
[https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/sbo-swcenter]
Software Distribution Center >SAP Business One Products > Updates
SAP Business One 8.8 >>> SAP B1 8.8 INTEGRATION FOR NW >>>Comprised Software Component Versions
B1 8.8 INTEGRATION CONTENT
B1 8.8 INTEGRATION SIM
B1 8.8 INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY
Hope you find.
Thanks
Kevin

Update Business Partner via SAP Business One Webservices

Dear all,
We use the SAP Business One Webservices to add/update businesspartners and items.
We can add/update items without any problem.
We can also add businesspartners without any problem.
But when we try to update a businesspartner.
We always get the error message : "Entry already exists in following tables:"
This is the code we use to update BusinessPartner:
Dim bpsService As BP.BusinessPartnersService = New BP.BusinessPartnersService()
Dim msgheader As BP.MsgHeader = New BP.MsgHeader()
msgheader.SessionID = sSessionID
    msgheader.ServiceName = Global.BP.MsgHeaderServiceName.BusinessPartnersService
    msgheader.ServiceNameSpecified = True
    bpsService.MsgHeaderValue = msgheader
            ' fill business partner class
            Dim oBp As BP.BusinessPartner = Nothing
            Dim myBPParams As BP.BusinessPartnerParams = New BP.BusinessPartnerParams()
            myBPParams.CardCode = sCardCode
            ' Call GetByParams command
            oBp = bpsService.GetByParams(myBPParams)
oBp.CardName = "Test update BP"
Can someone tell me what is going wrong when I call this function :
bpsService.Update(oBp)
Kind regards
Bart

Hi Bart,
I think the problem is because you are using the BPService twice without initializing it one more time in the middle.
You call first GetByParams and then Update.
The following code works for me:
        myBPService = New BusinessPartnersService()
        Dim myBP As BusinessPartner = New BusinessPartner()
        Dim myBPParams As BusinessPartnerParams = New BusinessPartnerParams()
        ' Create Header
        Dim msgHeader As MsgHeader = New MsgHeader()
        msgHeader.SessionID = B1WS_WindowsSample.GlbData.sessionID
        msgHeader.ServiceName = MsgHeaderServiceName.BusinessPartnersService
        msgHeader.ServiceNameSpecified = True
        myBPService.MsgHeaderValue = msgHeader
        myBPParams.CardCode = MainForm.CardCodeTextBox.Text
        myBP = myBPService.GetByParams(myBPParams)
        myBPService = New BusinessPartnersService()
        ' Create Header
        msgHeader = New MsgHeader()
        msgHeader.SessionID = B1WS_WindowsSample.GlbData.sessionID
        msgHeader.ServiceName = MsgHeaderServiceName.BusinessPartnersService
        msgHeader.ServiceNameSpecified = True
        myBPService.MsgHeaderValue = msgHeader
        System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Update a BP")
        myBP.CardName = "CardName MOD"
        '/ call Asyncronous Add
        myBPService.Update(myBP)
Hope it works also for you
Regards
Trinidad.

SAP Business One 8.8 Certification for Application associate

Hi all,
I wanted to know about SAP Business One 8.8. Certification for Application associate.
1 )What would be the fee
2)What are minimum requirements to get certification
3)How much useful is this certificate compared SAP R/3 certification
Regards
Darshan Desai

For all these questions go to
https://websmp204.sap-ag.de/~form/handler?_APP=00200682500000002702&_EVENT=DISPLAY&_HIER_KEY=201100035870000001783&_HIER_KEY=301100035870000002834&_HIER_KEY=501100035870000019706&_HIER_KEY=601100035870000248281&_HIER_KEY=601100035870000248571&

SAP Business One 8.8 - Customer Receivables Ageing Report

Hi All,
We have one client on ramp up for SAP Business One 8.8. They love the new version and the feedback has been exceptional. I have one issue with the customer receivables ageing report. Once the results are displayed we are applying a filter on the report which does not seem to meet our expectations (Possible Bug?) We are trying to filter a particular ageing column only to display values if they are greater than 0 for that column. The filter partailly works since it displays the values greater than 0 but it also displays values where the column value = "Blank" thus not achieving the desired result! Does anybody know how to do this and if not should I log this on the SAP Messages Dashboard?
I have also tried to use a condition where the column is not equal to blank but then again it displays customers who have a negative balance in that column! Once again not the desired result.
Any help / feedback will be much appreciated!
Thanks
Andre Pienaar

Hi,
Please check by selecting any amount appearing in the list in the column you are filtering in the "Greater than". After selcting the value update the same to be zero and then filter the results.
Check if it bring the desired results.
Also, if not, please update us with the patch you are checking in order to test.
Kind Regards,
Jitin
SAP Business One Forum Team

SAP Business One 8.8 Preview Program

Hi All,
Anybody has Idea about the latest status for starting of SAP Business One 8.8 Preview Program ?
Today I see on the SAP BUSINESS ONE 8.8
CENTRAL INFORMATION page on SAP SMP site, there it is mentioned that SAP Business One 8.8 Preview Program will start beginning of May 2009.
BR
Samir Gandhi

For anyone interested in an additional source of info on SAP Business One 8.8, we have a section of our website dedicated to it. You can find information about it below.
[The Orchestra Team|http://www.orchestrateam.com] has a centralized place for previews and reviews of SAP Business One 8.8
If your customers or prospects are interested in getting an honest "first impression", this is a great start. If there is anything specific you want us to review, we're happy to take requests and will get it into our weekly updates on the new version. Check back periodically or subscribe to the [rss feed|http://www.orchestrateam.com/rss.xml] to keep up to date also.
[Your Resource for Information About SAP Business One 8.8|http://www.orchestrateam.com/content/sap-business-one-88]
Welcome to Orchestra's SAP Business One 8.8 preview! The following pages are going to be a review of features for the new SAP Business One 8.8 release going into ramp-up this fall. Also, we'll be sharing with you our opinions of the new feature set and sharing some videos with you on the new product.
We'll be starting with a few video links and posts about our impressions of the 8.8 preview version and moving on to a more in-depth look at all of the new bells and whistles. Updates are available via our rss feed.
Check out the bottom navigation links to navigate to more information.
[SAP Business One 8.8 - New Features and First Impressions|http://www.orchestrateam.com/sap-kb/sap-business-one-88-new-features-and-first-impressions]
[SAP Business One 8.8 - New Skin and UI Design|http://www.orchestrateam.com/sap-kb/sap-business-one-88-new-skin-and-ui-design]

Minor Release SAP Business One 8.81 Now in Unrestricted Shipment

Minor release SAP Business One 8.81 is the successor release of major release SAP Business One 8.8.
SAP Business One 8.81 delivers significant value in:
- Improved business processes and enhanced business control
Request for quotation, Recurring transactions, Tax code determination, Purchase confirmation wizard, Cost accounting, SEPA payment method
- Enhanced reporting and embedded analytics
International Financial Reporting Standard support, Report filtering based on UDFs, Reference fields enhancements
- Partner enablement
SDK enhancements (UI/DI API), Electronic File Manager, Crystal Reports for Add-ons
- End-to-end integration and collaboration
One product u2013 Dashboard caching mechanism, B1&B1iC integration (shipped as one package with B1 product or upgrade, integration with installation and upgrade wizards)
Note that with the unrestricted shipment of SAP Business One 8.81, no more patches will be delivered for SAP Business One 8.8 after April 30. Learn more on the [SAP Business One 8.8 Release Family Central Information page |http://channel.sap.com/sbo/88] on Channel Partner Portal (for channel partners only)

Hi Ashish,
as always, the SAP Business One software can be downloaded by Partners only from the SAP Business One Software Center at [http://service.sap.com/sbo-swcenter] . You will then need to navigate to "SAP Business One Products" and then to either "installations" or "updates", depending if this is a new installation or if you want to upgrade to SAP Business One 8.81.
Cheers, Marie-Laurence

Can different cluster of SAP Business One installed on the same Server

Hi!
Can anyone tell me if B1 different cluster version installed and run on the same server. Example B1 2005A AND B1 2005B. If it can, could you please include the procedure how can it be done.
Thanks,
Jo Borlagdan

No, A and B have different patch cycles - so there would be conflicts in SBO-Common. Therefore it will not work.
You could try to workaround that with named instances of MSSQL, but installation & update would need additional care + workarounds.
The best way to combine 2 SAP Business One cluster "servers" but still on one hardware would be to use a tool like VMWare... - but such a configuration has not been released by SAP - i.e. if there's an issue that could be traced back to the VMWare system, SAP might not be (li?)able to fix it
Sorry,
Frank
Message was edited by: Frank Moebius
BTW: Please note that you need to think eventually about conflicts with MS licenses. SAP has an agreement with MS which ASFAIK covers the license for 1 VMWare Windows system on 1 Windows PC so that we can use WMWare for SAP Business One sandbox systems - after RAM upgrades () it works fine...

SAP Business One v8.8 (PL12) - Upgrading

Hello Forum
this is my first post so apologies....
I am trying to establish a SAP B1 v8.8 test environment on a 'offline' server. I am encountering 2 issues when installing/upgrading...
Original environment:
         HP ProLiant Server
         5gb RAM
         Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Server
         (Service Packed and Updated from Windows Update)
Firstly,
    SAP Server Tools / Server / Client will all install using a base of PL05, I can then upgrade this to PL10 (both of which were supplied by our Partner) - I operated on this PL level for a week or so with no trouble what so ever. Later I recieved PL12 on a disc from our Partner and went through the upgrade process from PL10 to PL12.
   This failed showing 'Creatordll.DLL' error straight away when the process started to upgrade the SBO-COMMON database. I could see the Server Tools get upgraded first and then the SBO-Common database getting backed up and as soon as this has completed the error happens. The upgrade then rolls back (Restores) the SBO-Common and then stops advising also that the Server Tools will need a manual restoration.
   MS Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package was the only reference that I could find on SDN so I followed the instructions here.
Amended environment:
         HP ProLiant Server
         5gb RAM
         Windows 2008 Enterprise Server
         (Updated from Windows Update)
Secondly,
   When attempting to troubleshoot this problem, the directory "C:\Program Files\SAP\SAP Business One Server " has only the B1_SHR available in Windows Explorer. When I check this against our LIVE environment using SAP B1 2007a the same directory has "B1_SHR \ DI API \ SAP Business One DI API \ B1iServer \ B1iSetup" listed.
When in the PL05 or PL10 environments SAP operates perfectly fine despite the fact that there is no other directories showing here. The base install and upgrade to PL10 completed without error so I had no need to investigate the SAP Business One directory until PL12 failed.
I'm hoping that someone in the Forums can help me out with these issues.
Thanks

Hi Garry,
I would suggest you to download the latest installation package on 8.8 PL10 which is available on the Service Market Place. In order to solve the issue with 'Creatordll.DLL' please follow the steps from the Note [1408662|https://websmp130.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1odSZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=1408662]. Issue could be caused due to missing Microsoft ATL security patch.
hope it helps,
Regards,
Ladislav Meszaros
SAP Business One Forum Team

SAP Business One - Java Connector

Hi All,
 
We have a SAP Business One Application installed on a laptop. The requirement is to be able to use the SAP Java API to update tables in the system. We are not allowed to connect directly to the database and was advised to use the API instead.
 
The downloaded API that we are using is "sapjco30P_6-10005324 32 bit.zip". I have included the dll file contained in this package in the WINDOWS/system32 folder. I am using Eclipse as IDE and already included the "sapjco3.jar" in the classpath.
 
First question: Am I using the right Java Connector for SAP Business One?
 
I got sample code on how to connect using JCO:
 
package sample; 
import java.io.File; 
import java.io.FileOutputStream; 
import java.util.Properties; 
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.AbapException; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.JCoContext; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.JCoDestination; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.JCoDestinationManager; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.JCoException; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.JCoField; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.JCoFunction; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.JCoFunctionTemplate; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.JCoStructure; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.JCoTable; 
import com.sap.conn.jco.ext.DestinationDataProvider; 
public class StepByStepClient 
{ 
 static String ABAP_AS = "ABAP_AS_WITHOUT_POOL"; 
 static String ABAP_AS_POOLED = "ABAP_AS_WITH_POOL"; 
 static String ABAP_MS = "ABAP_MS_WITHOUT_POOL"; 
 static 
 { 
 Properties connectProperties = new Properties(); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_ASHOST, "localhost"); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_SYSNR, "06"); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_CLIENT, "000"); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_USER, "manager"); //sapuser 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_PASSWD, "manager"); //sap1234 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_LANG, "en"); 
 createDataFile(ABAP_AS, "jcoDestination", connectProperties); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_POOL_CAPACITY, "3"); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_PEAK_LIMIT, "10"); 
 createDataFile(ABAP_AS_POOLED, "jcoDestination", connectProperties); 
 connectProperties.clear(); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_MSHOST, "localhost"); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_R3NAME, "SID"); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_CLIENT, "000"); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_USER, "manager"); //sapuser 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_PASSWD, "manager"); //sap1234 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_GROUP, "GROUP"); 
 connectProperties.setProperty(DestinationDataProvider.JCO_LANG, "en"); 
 createDataFile(ABAP_MS, "jcoDestination", connectProperties); 
 } 
 static void createDataFile(String name, String suffix, Properties properties) 
 { 
 File cfg = new File(name"."suffix); 
 if(!cfg.exists()) 
 { 
 try 
 { 
 FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(cfg, false); 
 properties.store(fos, "for tests only !"); 
 fos.close(); 
 } 
 catch (Exception e) 
 { 
 throw new RuntimeException("Unable to create the destination file " + cfg.getName(), e); 
 } 
 } 
 } 
 public static void step1Connect() throws JCoException 
 { 
 JCoDestination destination = JCoDestinationManager.getDestination(ABAP_AS); 
 System.out.println("Attributes:"); 
 System.out.println(destination.getAttributes()); 
 System.out.println(); 
 destination = JCoDestinationManager.getDestination(ABAP_MS); 
 System.out.println("Attributes:"); 
 System.out.println(destination.getAttributes()); 
 System.out.println(); 
 } 
 public static void main(String[] args) throws JCoException 
 { 
 step1Connect(); 
 } 
} 
 
Each time I run the application I run into an error:
 
Attributes: 
Exception in thread "main" com.sap.conn.jco.JCoException: (102) JCO_ERROR_COMMUNICATION: Connect to SAP gateway failed 
Connection parameters: TYPE=A DEST=ABAP_AS_WITHOUT_POOL ASHOST=localhost SYSNR=06 PCS=1 
LOCATION CPIC (TCP/IP) on local host with Unicode 
ERROR connection to partner '127.0.0.1:3306' broken 
TIME Mon May 09 10:46:46 2011 
RELEASE 720 
COMPONENT NI (network interface) 
VERSION 40 
RC -6 
MODULE gwxx.c 
LINE 646 
DETAIL NiIRead: P=127.0.0.1:3306; L=0.0.0.0:50496 
SYSTEM CALL GwRead 
ERRNO 10054 
ERRNO TEXT WSAECONNRESET: Connection reset by peer 
COUNTER 2 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.MiddlewareJavaRfc.generateJCoException(MiddlewareJavaRfc.java:662) 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.MiddlewareJavaRfc$JavaRfcClient.connect(MiddlewareJavaRfc.java:1362) 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.ClientConnection.connect(ClientConnection.java:721) 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.PoolingFactory.init(PoolingFactory.java:103) 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.ConnectionManager.createFactory(ConnectionManager.java:293) 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.DefaultConnectionManager.createFactory(DefaultConnectionManager.java:46) 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.ConnectionManager.getFactory(ConnectionManager.java:262) 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.RfcDestination.initialize(RfcDestination.java:509) 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.RfcDestination.getAttributes(RfcDestination.java:347) 
 at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.RfcDestination.getAttributes(RfcDestination.java:27) 
 at sample.StepByStepClient.step1Connect(StepByStepClient.java:74) 
 at sample.StepByStepClient.main(StepByStepClient.java:304) 
Caused by: RfcException: [null] 
 message: Connect to SAP gateway failed 
Connection parameters: TYPE=A DEST=ABAP_AS_WITHOUT_POOL ASHOST=localhost SYSNR=06 PCS=1 
 
Second question: What seems to be the problem with my sample application? Do I need to use a different Java Connector for SAP Business One or SAP Business One does not support Java Connector?
 
Please help.
 
Thank you all.
Edited by: kevinroy on May 9, 2011 4:51 AM

Hi, 
Thank you very much for the reply. I am now able to move forward with what I am doing. 
I used the following code in connecting but am encountering an error: 
public class ConnectSAP {
 // company interface
 public ICompany company;
 private SBOErrorMessage errMsg = null;
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 ConnectSAP company = new ConnectSAP();
 company.conn();
 //method make connection andinitialize company instance
 public int conn() {
 int rc = 0;
 try {
 company = SBOCOMUtil.newCompany();
 company.setServer("192.168.0.216"); //192.168.0.216
 company.setCompanyDB("SBODemoUS");
 company.setUserName("manager");
 company.setPassword("manager");
 company.setDbServerType(SBOCOMConstants.BoDataServerTypes_dst_MSSQL2005);
 company.setUseTrusted(new Boolean(false));
 company.setLanguage(SBOCOMConstants.BoSuppLangs_ln_English);
 company.setDbUserName("username");
 company.setDbPassword("password");
 //company.setAddonIdentifier("...");
 //company.setLicenseServer("...");
 rc = company.connect();
 if (rc == 0) {
 System.out.println("Connected!");
 } else {
 errMsg = company.getLastError();
 System.out.println(
 "I cannot connect to database server: "
 + errMsg.getErrorMessage()
 + " "
 + errMsg.getErrorCode());
 } catch (Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 return -1;
 return rc;
 public void freeConnection(){
 company.disconnect();
} 
I am getting the error "Failed to Connect to SBOCommon -111". 
Error is still the same even if I set UseTrusted to true and comment the DbUserName and DbPassword. 
Do I need to specify the license? Or login to SAP before connecting? 
Thank you.

Running SAP Business One on a 64-bit server

One of our clients wants to upgrade their server to a 64-bit server running Windows Server 2008.
What are the implications of this and do we also need to then use Microsoft SQL Server 2008?
I went to this web link: https://websmp103.sap-ag.de/smb/sbo/platforms and found some info, but the questions I still have is the following:
1. If we upgrade to SQL 2008, do we have to buy licenses or can we also just get an installation from SAP with our software (if we've gone live over 2 years ago already on SQL 2000, then upgraded to SQL 2005).
2. Can we still stay on SQL 2005 or is it better to use SQL 2008 and what is the implications?
I found the following on the link posted above:
Mar 11: SAP Business One 2007 now supports Microsoft® SQL Server 2008.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is now fully supported by SAP Business One 2007 A (as of patch 47) and SAP Business One 2007 B (as of patch 10), including SAP-developed add-ons.
Jan 21: SAP Business One 2007 now supports Microsoft® Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is now fully supported by SAP Business One 2007 A (as of patch 46) and SAP Business One 2007 B (as of patch 09), including SAP-developed add-ons. 64-bit and WTS support are still pending and will be announced when available.
What exactly does the bold part mean?
Any tips/hints on making this decision will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Adele

Hi Adele,
"64-bit and WTS support are still pending and will be announced when available" means that Windows 2008 64bit has not been tested working with SAP Business One yet. Thus not supported (yet).
Same applies to W indows T erminal S erver 32bit and 64bit.
>
Adele le Roux wrote:
> 1. If we upgrade to SQL 2008, do we have to buy licenses or can we also just get an installation from SAP with our software (if we've gone live over 2 years ago already on SQL 2000, then upgraded to SQL 2005
I am not sure if procedure as described in note [928839|https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMSZ3PTU4ODAwMDAr)/bc/bsp/spn/smb_searchnotes/display.htm?note_langu=E&note_numm=928839] will apply. In order to get excact clarification I have asked the owner of the note to update it reagarding MSSQL 2008 licenses.
>
Adele le Roux wrote:
> 2. Can we still stay on SQL 2005 or is it better to use SQL 2008 and what is the implications?.
Yes, you can still stay on MSSQL 2005 and upgrade later to MSSQL 2008. The other way around will not work. MSSQL 2008 is currently supported only as of SAP Business One 2007 A PL47 or SAP Business One 2007 B PL10. Refer to [http://service.sap.com/smb/sbo/platforms|http://service.sap.com/smb/sbo/platforms].
Regards
Mario

Installation of SAP Business One client and required administration rights

Dear community,
I would like to kindly ask you for your feedback on the installation of SAP Business One client and its patches on end-user computers.
The pain points I have heard so far are the following:
- The installation of SAP Business One client and its patches has to be started by a user with administrator rights. As far as I know (and please correct me if I am wrong), this is also required in case of installation of any other software.
- End users usually do not have administrator rights and therefore the SAP Business One clients have to be manually upgraded by administrator. This is time consuming (and therefore costly) activity.
We are considering to design a new solution which would overcome the above limitations.
I would like to confirm with you if my understanding is correct:
Question 1:
Is it a common situation that the end-users of SAP Business One client do not have administrator rights and therefore cannot install the patches of SAP Business One client by themselves?
If yes, how do you resolve this currently?
Question 2:
Do you use Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager or Active Directory (or any other 3rd party solution) to automatically distribute software packages and updates to client PCs at your customers?
Question 3:
If the SAP Business One client installation (and its patches) is delivered as MSI package with silent installation capability, would you be able to automate the deployment of B1 client updates to client PC using the abovementioned technologies? Or can you still see some obstacles?
Thank you
Best regards
Jan Ruzarovsky
SAP Business One Product Management

Dear all,
Thank you very much for your comments, very helpful!
@Marco - SAP Business One 8.8 client currently does not support the silent installation / upgrade. However we are currently considering this requirement and we would like to deliver it as soon as possible.
We are currently considering several possible designs. One of them is as follows:
1. A new SAP Business One Updater Service will be installed on each client workstation.
It will be a windows service installed and running under a local system account.
2. The updater service will check regularly if there are any new patches of SAP Business One client or add-ons uploaded to a configured shared directory.
3. If a new patch is found in the shared directory, the updater service will SILENTLY install the new patch (add-ons, SAP Business One) on the client workstation.
The service would be able to install patches even if nobody is logged in.
Questions:
If we consider the above design, there are a few open topics:
1. During the upgrade of the SAP Business One server, the client patches (and SAP add-on patches, partner add-ons) would be placed to a SHARED directory instead of into SBO-Common (as it is implemented currently).
- Does this have any impact on your tools, processes or add-ons?
2. SAP Business One upgrade wizard will put the latest patch of SAP Business One client into a configured shared directory. The shared directory will have to be read-only for everybody in the network to avoid that the valid installation files are replaced by malware or virus infected files
- Can you configure such a shared directory?
From customer perspective, if a new patch is put into the shared directory, the updater service can behave as follows:
1. Manually initiated upgrade of the client
Example: Customer starts the old (not upgraded) SAP Business One client. The client will inform him/her that a new patch has been found and it has to be installed in order to continue working with the client. After customer clicks "Yes", the upgrader service starts the silent installation of the client and informs customer about the progress. Once the upgrade is finished, the upgraded SAP Business One client will be started automatically.
2. Automatic update:
- Update the client automatically (e.g. overnight) if customer is not working with SAP Business One
- If SAP Business One client is running, ask customer if he/she wishes to upgrade the client now or to delay the upgrade by X minutes.
Question: Which of the above two scenarios would you and your customers prefer?
If the upgrade is fully silent, automated and handled by the upgrader service, Is it acceptable for customers to trigger the installation manually and wait till the client is upgraded? Or would they prefer to have the client updated for them e.g. overnight so they can immediately start to work?
Best regards
Jan
Edited by: Jan Ruzarovsky on Sep 29, 2010 9:37 AM

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