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SAP Enterprise Release 4.7
- Features and Benefits -
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3.0 Features and Benefits of SAP R/3 Enterprise Core (SAP
Enterprise 4.7)
Thus, the main difference between 4.6C and 4.7 is
that 4.7 comes with new technologies, optional deployment of new
features and more flexibility is available for future upgrades. The
basic architecture for SAP R/3 4.7 is given in the figure below.
Figure: New Architecture Model of SAP R/3
Enterprise versus SAP 4.6C
Commonalities:
- SAP 4.7 has all the features such as development workbench,
transport management system, monitoring, versioning and business
object repository of already existing SAP 4.6C.
- Web Application Server6.20 of 4.7 includes all the features of
SAP Basis of SAP 4.6C.
Differences:
- SAP 4.7 has a more structured approach as compared to SAP 4.6C
from a technical perspective. It is based on mySAP.com technology,
which is actually the Web Application Server 6.2C. This not only
includes SAP Basis Technologies with their latest advancements but
also the new features of SAP Web AS 6.20.
- SAP 4.7 is more structured even from a functional perspective
as this version has been developed after functional and
infrastructure developments of earlier SAP R/3 4.6C.
- In SAP 4.7 the functional and infrastructure developments are
made on separate levels. The functional developments are made in
the Enterprise Extensions and infrastructure developments are made
in the Enterprise Core unlike SAP 4.6C in which both the
developments take place within the systems.
- SAP in its Web AS has additional enhancements in the form of
package concept, global parameterization with business
configuration sets, Unicode compliance and accessibility that are
not present in 4.6C.
- SAP 4.7 Core supports the above-mentioned enhancements that
SAP 4.6C does not.
- SAP 4.7 unlike 4.6C has Enterprise Extensions that can be
separately deployed and have their own releases.
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