The advent of SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP Business Suite 7, raises a number of questions: why should I upgrade? What will upgrading give me? What differences will my users see? What are SAP’s recommendations?

SAP UK Education have introduced two virtual delivery sessions exploring the upgrade strategy and possibilities offered by upgrading. These sessions are not about the technical nuts and bolts of instigating an upgrade process, nor about the detailed configuration changes which will become available to you once this is completed. Instead we focus on the bigger picture: why upgrade? And what does upgrading offer?

Why Upgrade?

Session one (DERPUP1) looks at SAP’s upgrade and release strategy, and at the rationale for upgrading. This session will also discuss upgrade tools, plus the services offered to support you with your upgrade.

Although this session will be of interest to anyone considering an upgrade, we anticipate it will be particularly valuable to partner organizations and customer-based architecture teams.

Our aims in this session are to:

• Enable you successfully to position upgrades to SAP ERP 6.0 and Business Suite 7
• Facilitate determining the value-to-upgrade, with content and methodology from SAP

What Does Upgrading Offer?

Session two (DERPUP2) looks at the functional possibilities offered by upgrading: what’s new in ERP, CRM, SRM and NetWeaver. This session looks at functional changes and possibilities, to give you a starting point for more detailed study of delta functionality.

This session will be of interest to anyone who is likely to be involved in an upgrade project, or who is looking for awareness of functional possibilities offered by the latest solution releases.

We will not be looking at detailed delta changes, but our aims are to:

• Offer the most current and consistent information available for SAP ERP 6.0 and enhancement package functionality
• Consider functionality offered by SAP Business Suite 7

Availability

These two sessions will be scheduled as independent, but consecutive, events. So, you can book to attend either session, or both, to best meet your requirements.

Day One: DERPUP1 SAP Upgrade Positioning 2nd December 2009
Day Two: DERPUP2 SAP Upgrade Functionality 3rd December 2009

Sessions will be scheduled from 10.00-16.00 each day (UK time)

Please note: in line with SAP Education’s recent VLC price review, the price for each session will be £315 per person, lower than previously advertised.

Virtual Live Classroom Training

SAP Education provides regularly scheduled delivery of project team training on a virtual, remote, classroom basis.

With virtual live classroom training you get comprehensive training from SAP experts using over-the web connectivity. The same type of content delivered in SAP's traditional "brick and mortar" classrooms is presented during virtual classroom deliveries. As in SAP's traditional classrooms, SAP virtual live classroom stresses hands-on learning providing each registered student with exclusive access to live SAP systems throughout each course.

In addition to the substantial travel cost savings and elimination of travel hassles, other benefits from attending virtual live classroom training include:

• Training from wherever you choose
• Ability to stay connected with your real job while attending training
• Access to a live instructor for the complete duration of the course
• Interaction with classmates from around the country and world

Before registering for a virtual classroom delivery please review the SAP Education virtual live classroom technical requirements document to ensure you can participate.

For more details on the content and availability of the SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade Positioning Enablement Training, and to book your place on this event, please click the course links below.

• DERPUP1 SAP Upgrade Positioning
• DERPUP2 SAP Upgrade Functionality