SAP IT Service Management in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 David Birkenbach - Senior Solution Manager 2013
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Overview
SAP Solution Manager: Integrated IT Management for new Innovations IT Service Management Incident
Business Requirement
Problem
Portfolio
Request for Change
Project
Enhancement
Minor Release Urgent Change
Business Process Monitoring and Analytics Monitoring of Systems, Technical Scenarios and End User Experience
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Single Source of Truth
IT Portfolio and Project Management
Major Release
Design Mgmt
Build Execution
Build Mgmt Change Test Mgmt
Test Execution
Release & Deployment Management
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SAP Solution Manager verified for ITIL® Service Lifecycle Continual Service Improvement
Service Strategy Service Portfolio Management Financial Mgmt. for IT Services
Service Transition Change Management Service Asset & Configuration Management Release & Deployment Mgmt. Knowledge Management
Service Transition
Service Strategy Service Design Service Level Management Service Catalogue Mgmt. Capacity Management Availability Management IT Service Continuity Mgmt.
Service Design
Service Operation Service Operation Event Management Incident Management Request Fulfillment Problem Management
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SAP Solution Manager is external verified to support processes in all ITIL Service lifecycle phases Currently SAP Solution Manager is the only IT Management tool in the market that owns the ITIL v2011 edition certificate for all 15 processes that can be certified Management of IT services according to ITIL is integrated in the scenarios of Build- and Run SAP like a factory The core ITIL best practice processes are delivered out of the box in SAP Solution Manager Public
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System Landscape for E2E Integrated Service Management SAP Solution Manager as the central IT integration platform SAP ERP*
IT Service Management Incident Management
Problem Management
Request Fulfillment
Change Management
Service Asset & Configuration Mgmt
Service Level Management
Release & Deployment Management
(IT Service Desk)*
Capacity Management Availability Management Service Catalog Management
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SAP IT Infrastructure Mgmt.*
Financial Management
Service Portfolio Management Event Management IT Service Continuity Mgmt.
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IT Service Management from SAP ITIL®-aligned IT service and support processes with SAP Solution Manager Service Strategy Business Relationship Management Financial Management
Service Design
Service Portfolio Management Demand Management
Service Transition
Service Catalog Mgmt. Service Level Mgmt.* Capacity Management Availability Management* IT Service Continuity Mgmt. Information Security Mgmt. Supplier Management Application Management ( Function)
Continual Service Improvement Service Review Service Measurement Service Reporting* © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
Transition Planning and Support Change Management* Service Asset and Configuration Management* Release and Deployment Management* Service Validation and Testing* Change Evaluation Knowledge Management* IT Operations Management (Function)
Service Operation Event Management* Incident Management* Request Fulfillment* Problem Management* Access Management Service Desk (Function)*
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Integrated IT Service Management and Application Lifecycle Management SAP Solution Manager integrates Application Lifecycle Management and IT Service Management processes on a single platform. CRM 7.01
SAP Solution Manager 7.1 (with full SAP CRM stack!)
ITSM
SAP Solution Manager 7.0
ALM
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Core IT Service Management ITIL®-compliant IT service and support processes Incident Management Service Request Management Incident & Service Request Management Service Level Management
Problem Management Problem Management
Change Management Knowledge Management
Customer Service Asset & Config Management
Change Management
Service Asset & Configuration Management Service Level Management
Knowledge Management
IT Analytics IT Service Desk *
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IT Service Desk Enhance Productivity of IT Service Desk Agents IT Service Desk Provide IT service desk agents with an easy-to-use application interface with integrated communication toolset Intuitive UI grants access to all processes and functions which are necessary for the agent to provide best-in-class IT services Communication management queues inbound communication, defines routing rules, and routes communication to agents
Benefits Easy-to-use application for rapid adoption with minimal training Empower IT service desk agents with powerful tools and information Increase customer satisfaction and service transparency
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Inbound communication processing and contact management enables agents to receive customer requests via phone, e-mail, fax, or chat, and to identify the customer and affected configuration item Integrated solution search enables fast and professional solution provisioning, for example by integrated solution e-mailing Agent guidance supports IT service desk agents with rule-based alerts, interactive scripts and surveys as well as automated navigation Public
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IT Service Desk Best Practice process IC Agent
Receive call or eMail
Create incident by template
Complement data
Close message
OR IT Support 2nd Level
IT Support 1st Level
IC Agent
Highlights Account identification with object and installation identification Interaction History Agent Inbox E-Mail Response Management System Scripting, Alerts and Messages
Receive a call and create IT message
Categorize IT Ticket and search for quick solution
Receive incident
Search for solutions
Provide solution
Optional Handover to 2nd Level.
Analysis
Create Request for Handover Change to Change Management
Notification to end user
Optional integration with SAP BCM or 3rd party telephony system
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Incident Management Increase Efficiency of Responding to User Requests
Incident & Service Request Management Service Level Management
Problem Management
Incident Management Provide IT service desk agents with an easy-to-use application interface with integrated communication toolset
Customer InstalledBase & Object Management
Change Management
Knowledge Management
Benefits Increase IT support productivity Deliver the best solution in a timely manner Enhance customer satisfaction
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Incident creation captures all relevant information including references to configuration items and enables rule-based dispatching as well as escalation management Incident classification categorizes user requests based on multi-level categorization and enables solution suggestions as well as auto completion Solution provisioning helps the support staff to search for relevant knowledge articles in the knowledge repository and to deliver the best solution to the end user Incident completion closes user requests and notifies users; optionally it can trigger follow-up processes such as recording of working time, billing, etc.
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Incident Management Best Practice Process
Service Level Management
IT Support 1st Level
Business User
Incident & Service Request Management Problem Management
Customer InstalledBase & Object Management
Change Management
Knowledge Management
Create IT message
Multiple inbound channels
Categorize IT Ticket with guided procedure
Send to IT Support
Receive incident
Search for solutions
Provide solution
Optional -Handover to Problem Mgmt.
Notification to end user
Highlights Related searches based on Categorization Multiple inbound channels through ALM integration Flexible UI enhancements (Auto) Dispatch to Teams based on end user data or system data or categorization © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
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Service Request Management Increase Efficiency of Responding to User Requests
Incident & Service Request Management Service Level Management
Problem Management
Service Request Management Capture, document, and track all user requests from creation to resolution
Customer InstalledBase & Object Management
Change Management
Knowledge Management
Benefits Increase IT support productivity Deliver the best solution in a timely manner Enhance customer satisfaction
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Service request creation captures all relevant information including references to configuration items and enables rule-based dispatching as well as escalation management Service request classification categorizes user requests based on multi-level categorization and enables solution suggestions as well as auto completion Service Request fulfillment helps the support staff to delegate predefined tasks via workflow. Read , fulfill and document the tasks and notify the completion to the main processor. Service request completion closes user requests and notifies users; optionally it can trigger follow-up processes such as recording of working time, billing, etc.
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Service Request Management Best Practice Process Business User
Incident & Service Request Management Service Level Management
Service Request Fullfillment
Problem Management
Customer InstalledBase & Object Management
Change Management
Knowledge Management
Create IT Service Request
Select offered Service
Fill in SR specific data
Forwarde d to IT Support
Receive Service Request
Process according to checklist tasks
Complete Service Request
Send back to enduser
Workflow tasks to several IT employees
Highlights TOP n Service requests in Self Service Portal Individual Service Request data tab Checklist steps to fullfill the service includes Workflow tasks Integration in Change Management
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Problem Management Investigate and Resolve Issues in the IT Infrastructure Problem Management Investigate, resolve, and document issues in the IT infrastructure as well as workarounds or solutions to them Problem creation captures all relevant information with regards to the issue, including the links to all related incidents
Benefits Document problem investigation in detail Speed up incident resolution Make investigation results available to all relevant parties Provide detailed information to change management
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Problem classification categorizes problems based on multi-level categorization and problem class, e.g. known error Incident references establishes relationships, optionally based on system proposals, to all incidents with the same root cause and facilitates automatic incident completion once the problem is solved Problem closure documents the outcome of the investigation and triggers follow-up activities such as creation of knowledge articles for the solution repository; optionally it can trigger follow-up processes such as recording of working time, billing, etc. Public
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Problem Management Best practice process
Business User
Create Incident message
Multiple inbound channels
Highlights
IT Support 1st Level
Search solutions & Dispatch
IT Experts
IT Support 2nd Level
Analysis
Create notifications
Handover to Create Problem Problem message Management
Lock related incidents
Deep issue investigation
Create tasks
Create Provide solution Handover to Request & Update for Change Change Incident(s) Mngmt.
Create Knowledge Article
Combine multiple incidents with same cause & lock related incidents Deep investigation of issues with Impact & Root Cause Analysis Forward problem messages to SAP Create Tasks, Knowledge Articles or Request for change as follow-up.
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Change Management Ensure Authorized Changes are Proper and On Time Change Management Request, approve, and document IT infrastructure changes to make sure that only authorized changes are implemented Request for change creation captures all relevant information for the requested change such as who is requesting it, which configuration items are affected, and which services need to be provided
Benefits Minimize possible negative impact of changes by implementing only authorized changes Enhance visibility of responsibilities per change phase Bill and charge-back based on actual effort
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Approval management defines who needs to approve the request for change and informs the relevant parties via workflow Resource planning makes sure that the requested work gets carried out by qualified resources and that the required service parts are available in time Change completion documents the time spent and components used for the change implementation, and triggers the update of the configuration item documentation
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Change Management Ensure Authorized Changes are Proper and On Time
Change Transaction
Request for Change
Benefits Minimize possible negative impact of changes by implementing only authorized changes
Requester
Change Manager
Create Request for Change
Process Request
Approver
Approve / Reject Request
Notification via Workflow
Change Manager
Handover to Execution
Developer & IT Staff
Create Change Transaction
Execute & document Change
Tester
Requester
Test Change
Confirm Change
Change Request Management supports all types of changes SAP and non-SAP Changes
Technical & non Technical Changes
Enhance visibility of responsibilities per change phase Bill and charge-back based on actual effort
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System Landscapes
IT Assets
Admin Tasks
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Knowledge Management Leverage Organizational Knowledge to Meet User’s Needs Knowledge Management Document solutions and offer them via search to the IT service desk and directly to end users Knowledge article creation documents solutions to issues in the IT infrastructure with relevant linkage to incidents, configuration items, and other knowledge articles
Benefits Decrease time to resolution for known issues Leverage and publish organizational knowledge
Knowledge article classification categorizes and tags knowledge articles for easy access and auto suggest functions Knowledge article provision publishes knowledge articles to relevant publishing groups, enables auto suggest and manual search, and delivery of the solution via e-mail
Minimize training time for new support employees
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Knowledge Management Leverage Organizational Knowledge to Meet User’s Needs
Business User
Search released solution in Knowledge database
IT Support 2nd Level
IT Support 1st Level
Search released solution in Knowledge database
Assign Knowledge article (KA) to ticket
Provide solution
Notification to business user
Highlights
Describe solution
Notification to end user
Create KA with problem & solution descriptions
Check & release KA
Create Knowledge Article
Multi -language, Approval concept Publish knowledge to 1st Level support & end users Use integration in Service Desk, incidents and problems
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Service Asset and Configuration Management Gain Complete Control over Your Configuration Items Service Asset & Configuration Management Track and manage configuration items which are referenced in service processes IT asset procurement covers all types of purchasing for hardware and software, leveraging central vendor and contract information Receiving assets creates both technical as well as financial records, i.e. equipment and fixed assets in can be created automatically
Benefits Manage IT assets and track configuration information Analyze potential impact of any infrastructural changes Leverage SAP ERP for IT procurement and service processes
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Installed-base management manages relationships of IT equipment, allowing the installation or assignment of items, keeping the information automatically in sync between ERP and CRM, if required Object references in service transactions establishes links to all affected IT objects during incident, problem, and change processing, to complete the requests efficiently Integration to change management automatically updates status information of IT objects assigned as references to requests for change Public
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Service Asset and Configuration Management with SAP IT Infrastructure Management Modeling of IT infrastructure components within SAP Solution Manager
Integration in IT Service Management on SAP Solution Manager for Incident & Problem Management (e.g. End-User issues with desktop PC) Request for Change & Change Management (e.g. Deployment of firmware to network infrastructure)
Integration in End-to-End Monitoring & Alerting on SAP Solution Manager Integration of alerting data for IT infrastructure (e.g. availability of network devices)
Model business process based on delivered templates
Applications Deep modeling of systems, instances, hosts,… out of the box for SAP & manually non-SAP
Infrastructure
Monitoring & Alerting
Storage of modeling data in REALTECH‘s Configuration Management Database (CMDB) including integration in SAP Solution manager
Incident, Problem & Change
Agentless auto discovery based on technology & functionality provided by REALTECH
Business Process
Auto Discovery of Hosts, Printers, Storage, Network with SAP Infrastructure Management
Visualization of IT infrastructure components in context of influenced systems, databases and hosts
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Service Level Management Optimize Service Delivery and Provide Transparency
Service Level Management
Incident & Service Request Management Problem Management
Service Level Management Define and manage all IT services and their related service level agreements
Customer InstalledBase & Object Management
Change Management
Knowledge Management
Service & product definition defines service products which are offered in a service catalog Contract management defines contracts with customers to specify the agreed-upon conditions for the selected services
Benefits Optimize service delivery Monitor service level compliance Provide transparency between IT and business Increase transparency of revenue and costs
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Service & contract determination automatically determines the available services and contracts during incident, problem, and change management Service level determination automatically identifies service level agreements from contracts, customers, or other objects, and sets service process dates and thresholds accordingly Service billing and cost allocation makes sure that the delivered IT services are correctly billed and costs allocated correctly Public
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Service Level Management Optimize Service Delivery and Provide Transparency IT Support 1st/ 2nd Level
Business User
Service Level Management
Incident & Service Request Management Problem Management
Customer InstalledBase & Object Management
Change Management
Knowledge Management
Highlights Escalation procedure based on IRT & MPT Define SLAs on object, Business Partner or contract level
IRT running Create incident
Multiple inbound channels
MPT running Provide solution
Processing
Incident in queue
60% due
60% due
Reminder Notification processor
Reminder Notification processor 100% due
Notification to Manager
100% due Notification to Manager
SLA determination on priority and service times Ignore SLA irrelevant status for duration calculations © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
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IT Analytics Analytics roles
Incident & Service Request Management Service Level Management
IT Manager (CIO) Problem Management
Customer InstalledBase & Object Management
Change Management
Service Manager
Knowledge Management
Team Manager
Benefits Gain insight of IT service processes
“Are there any major issues in the IT department?”
“How efficient are my IT Services and how can I improve them?”
“How does my service team perform?”
Measure IT service performance and service level compliance Provide basis for intelligent business decisions
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ITSM Processor
“Where should I start to work next?” Public
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IT Analytics Role based Reporting
Dashboard Reporting
Incident & Service Request Management Service Level Management
Predefined Dashboard Apps Problem Management
Easy compilation of own dashboards, based on dashboard apps
Customer InstalledBase & Object Management
Based on SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards technology
Change Management
Business Warehouse Reporting
Knowledge Management
ITSM & Cross ALM KPIs Based on historical data (OLAP) Predefined Web Templates Easily extensible by customer Predefined ITSM KPIs
OLTP* Reporting
Operational reports Individual creation of reports via wizard Sharing of reports Based on Search functionalities
Online Monitoring
Easy access via „Saved searches“ Graphical display Post-processing via spreadsheet export
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SAP IT Service Management on SAP Solution Manager Organizational Tailoring Operations (with SAP ITSM ) Mobile App / 3rd party Help Desk
E-Mail / Phone
Service Request
ALM Process Integration
SAP Frontend Integration
SAP Support message
End User Self Service Portal
Incident
Problem
QGM
Task Request for Change
Requirement Mgmt.
Knowledge Articles
Change Normal, Urgent, General Software
Infrastructure
Execution (ALM) CTS+, RCA © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
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SAP IT Service Management on SAP Solution Manager Integrated IT Support processes
IT Service Management Incident Management
Monitoring & Alerting
Problem Management
Root Cause Analysis
Impact Analysis
Change Management
Knowledge Management
Deployment Management
Test Management
Application Lifecycle Management
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Predefined User Roles
IT Service Management on SAP Solution Manager Incident, Problem and Change Management Business User
2nd / 3rd Level Support
1st Level Support Call Agent Incident Manager
Self Service Portal or mobile App
Problem Manager
Change Manager
IT Service Desk Dispatcher ITSM 1st Level Support
ITSM Professional
ITSM Professional
ITSM Professional
SAP Frontend Pre-Clarification, Search, Dispatching
Email Inbound
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IT Service Management Business Roles Collaboration Portal for Business Users Web Self Service UI – End Users can manage their incidents and requests Highlights:
Create and view your incidents in one single UI
Display own incidents, and service requests Guided procedure to create incident or service requests. Include guidance documentation for end users Interact with Support units Enable search for known solutions Set own data (password, contact data, ..)
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IT Service Management Business Roles End Users create incidents
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SAP IT Incident Management Typical Business Challenges Employees need to be able to create IT related incident messages easily without having to log-on to SAP Solution Manager Creating an incident messages for IT assets like printers can best be done at the time and place of the problem identification SAP Mobile Business Impact With the SAP IT Incident Management mobile app for iPhone and iPad, all employees can initiate and follow up on their incident messages anywhere and anytime. This app connects to the SAP Solution Manager IT Service Management solution and allows end users to create and edit incident messages right from their iPhone or iPad.
Facts & Figures • Role:
All employees
• Target Segment:
All LOB
• Version:
1.0
• Availability:
11/2012
• Prerequisites:
SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP6
• Mobile Device Support:
iOS 5.0, 6.0
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Capabilities Create incident messages Attach photos to your messages View the processing status of your incident messages Reply to and confirm your incident messages Public
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IT Service Management Business Roles Interaction Center* for IT Service Desk Agents Role-based access Account identification with object and installation identification Interaction History Incident, Problem, Request for Change Management Agent Inbox Knowledge Article Search E-Mail Response Management System Scripting, Alerts and Messages Transaction Launcher Optional integration with SAP Business Communication Management or 3rd party telephony system *Pricelist component © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
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IT Service Management Business Roles Processing UI for First Level Users Dispatcher UI: First Level UI for a quick message creation on behalf of Business Users Highlights: Quick access in Tab view Fast closing E-Mail Inbox Dispatching Assignment Block New message from template © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
Create Incidents for Business Users
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T-screen with quick access to relevant information
Creation based on templates. Quick confirm Rule based Dispatching Public
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IT Service Management Business Roles ITSM Professional UI for 2nd, 3rd, Problem & Change Management (1) The Business Role „ SOLMANPRO“ is designed to process professionally incidents, problems, requests for changes and change documents. The role includes functional enhancements and deep integration in ALM processes of SAP Solution Manager. It runs integrated in the existing SAP ITSM functionalities, so typical SAP CRM or SAP ITSM functionalities can further be used .
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IT Service Management Business Roles ITSM Professional UI for 2nd, 3rd, Problem & Change Management (2) A problem is an incident to which one or more incidents are assigned and locked. When many incidents are locked to a problem, users process only that problem rather than processing multiple incidents individually.
You can create an incident ‚from scratch‘ or from a template. You can copy an existing incident You can create follow-up transactions from the incident, for example, a problem or a change request © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
In the incident you have access to Dispatch Auto Complete Find Related Problems Find Knowledge Articles Unlock Send E-Mail Print / Print Preview
In the Incident (Service Request) Details you can document who has reported the issue and who is responsible for it the processing status SLA dates the impact, urgency, priority and multiple categories textual descriptions of diverse text types which objects are affected whether the incident is assigned to a problem, request for change, or knowledge article
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IT Service Management Business Roles ITSM Professional UI for 2nd, 3rd, Problem & Change Management (3) In the incident document, you have access to detailed information such as SAP Attributes and Collaboration activities Related knowledge articles and further related transactions Attachments and notes (correspondence, SAP Notes) ALM process integration (Testcase defects, Alerts,) Information about related Business processes Date and duration information Time recording Organizational data and parties involved Change history and processing log 3rd party Help Desk interfaces etc… © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
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Released Features in ITSM Major enhancements 7.1 Support Package 5 New WebClient Business Roles for IT Requestors and 1st Level Support Service Request Management Integration with SAP IT Infrastructure Management ITSM Analytics with BW reporting and dashboards Guided procedure of SAP ITSM Setup (integrated in SOLMAN_SETUP) Mobile App for Incident Management And Change Management Usability improvements
Service Request
Widgets Related source
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Planned new Features in ITSM Major standard enhancements 7.1 Support Package 10 Custom fields in ITSM BW Templates Enhanced Status schema Email inbound inbox in Dispatcher Role Service Catalog My Messages Widgets Issue Management integration Substitution of Business Partners
Service Order
Enhanced Task Management Knowledge Article converting in pdf documents
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Search usability improvements (attachments, new search attributes) Single Point of Contact CI Authorization via Org Modell & Extended BP Management with LMDB integration © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
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ITSM mobile apps
SAP IT Incident Management Typical Business Challenges Employees need to be able to create IT related incident messages easily without having to log-on to SAP Solution Manager Creating an incident messages for IT assets like printers can best be done at the time and place of the problem identification
SAP Mobile Business Impact With the SAP IT Incident Management mobile app for iPhone and iPad, all employees can initiate and follow up on their incident messages anywhere and anytime.
Facts & Figures • Role:
All employees
• Target Segment:
All LOB
• Version:
1.0
• Availability:
Since 11/2012
• Prerequisites:
SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP6
This app connects to the SAP Solution Manager IT Service Management solution and allows end users to create and edit incident messages right from their iPhone or iPad.
Capabilities Create incident messages Attach photos to your messages View the processing status of your incident messages
• Mobile Device Support:
iOS 5.0, 6.0
Reply to and confirm your incident messages
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ITIL compliant Incident & Problem Management process Incident Management Business User
Create Incident message
IT Support 1st Level
Search solutions & Dispatch
Multiple inbound channels
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Problem Management
IT Support 2nd Level
Analysis
-optional- Create notifications
IT Experts
Handover to Problem Mgmt.
Problem message
Lock incidents
Deep issue investigation
-optional-Create tasks
Provide solution & Update Incident(s)
Handover to Change Mgmt.
Create Request for Change
-optionalCreate Knowledge Article
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SAP IT Change Approval Typical Business Challenges Change Managers need to judge and decide on requests for change Critical information is often not available when needed, delaying the approval workflow
SAP Mobile Business Impact With the SAP IT Change Approval mobile app, change managers can approve and follow up on their requests for change anywhere and anytime. This app connects to the SAP Solution Manager application management solution and allows end users to approve and reject requests for change right from their iPhone or iPad.
Facts & Figures • Role:
Change Manager
• Target Segment:
IT Organisation
• Version:
1.0
• Planned Availability:
11/2012
• Prerequisites:
SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP6
• Mobile Device Support:
iOS 5.0, 6.0
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Capabilities • Approve and reject requests for change and enter comments • Display all requests for change to which you are assigned as a change manager • Display the processing status of your requests and sort them by status, priority, and date
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One central process to control change execution Request for Change Requester
Create request for change
Change Manager
Process Request
Approver
Approve / Reject Request
Notification
Change Transaction Change Manager
Handover to Execution
Developer & IT Staff
Create Change Trans-action
Execute & document Change
Tester
Test Change
Requester
Confirm Change
Change Request Management supports all types of changes
via Workflow SAP and non-SAP Changes
System Landscapes
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Technical & non Technical Changes
IT Assets
Admin Tasks
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Prerequisites & Additional Information Prerequisites SAP Enterprise Support or higher SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP6 Basic & Scenario configurations ( SOLMAN_SETUP Wizard) Activated SAP NetWeaver Gateway on SAP Solution Manager or Central SAP NetWeaver Gateway Optional –Sybase Unwired Platform
Maintenance & Support Non-periodical updates per App --> automatic notifications via Apple and Google Store Error messages via SAP components (MOB-APP-SMG…)
More information: Apps:
http://store.sap.com
Help:
http://help.sap.com/sm-mobileapps
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SAP IT Infrastructure Management
Closing the gap between Enterprise Architects and Infrastructure Operations Enterprise Architect
Applications
Infrastructure
ABAP
J2EE
? Infrastrucutre Operations
Business Processes
Enterprise Architects model business processed with BPM tools (like ARIS, Solution Manager,…) Modeling stops on system level
How to close the gap between infrastructure and enterprise architects? Configuration Management with SAP Solution Manager provides single source of truth CMDB’s provide auto discovery of infrastructure with inventory management. Modeling stops at physical server level in CMDB
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Impact analysis with SAP IT Infrastructure Management Conventional modeling approach
Using deep modeling with SAP IT Infrastructure Management
BPM
? CMDB
FIN FIN
DB App Serv1
App Serv2
App Serv3
DB Invoice Printer
Invoice Printer
Host 1
Host 1
Host 2
Host 2 Network Device
Network Device
Storage Device
Manual Automatically
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Integrated processes with SAP Solution Manager and SAP Infrastructure Management
Integration in IT Service Management Incident & Problem Management (e.g. End User reports incident with a printer) Request for Change & Change Management (e.g. deployment of firmware to router)
Integration in End-to-End Monitoring & Alerting Alerting for IT infrastructure (e.g. availability of network devices) Visual impact analysis (context to systems, databases and hosts) © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
Business Process
Applications
Monitoring & Alerting
Agentless automatic discovery of all infrastructure devices and relations Configuration Management Database (CMDB) integrated with SAP Solution Manager
Incident, Problem & Change
Modeling of IT infrastructure components
Infrastructure
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SAP Solution Manager Integration with SAP IT Infrastructure Management and other tools Asset Management SAP Power Designer FI/CO & HR
ARIS
Application Landscape non SAP
Business Processes Directory
Request Management
Change Management
Incident Management
SAP Landscape Management Database
Configuration & Asset Management
Capacity Management
Availability & Performance Management
Event Management
SAP IT Infrastructure Management Automatic Discovery Active Monitoring
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How SAP IT Infrastructure Management works Control Center
Visualization Dashboards Reports Alerts
CMDB
Asset & Inventory Dependencies Performance Integrations
Infrastructure
Servers
Firewalls
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Discovery Inventory Scan Topology Scan Monitoring Provisioning
Switches
Routers
Other SNMP devices
Printers
Storage
Virtualization
Load balancers
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Reduce Manual Effort in Configuration Management Intelligent and automatic discovery to detect dependencies via standard protocols (SNMP, WMI, etc.) – no agents required. Discovery
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Normalization Layer
Technical Monitoring & IT Service Management
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Normalized Data Management
Manufacturer 1:
Manufacturer 1:
Port Speed: 1024 Mbps
Field „Temp“: 93,2 ° Fahrenheit
Manufacturer 2:
Manufacturer 2:
Port Speed: 1 Gbps
Field „Temperature“: 93,2 ° Fahrenheit
Normalized Data:
Normalized Data:
1 073 741 824 bps
Temperature: 93,2 ° Fahrenheit
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Real-time Access to all your Device Types Product Specific Module for all common Device Types Consistent look & feel and intuitive handling via graphical display Support of all standard and proprietary Management Information Bases Support of the most important management protocols (SNMP, CIM, WMI/WBEM) Development of new Product Specific Modules at a standard rate
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Easier Network Management and Planning Overview of distributed Networks Topology Overview Visual Assisted Analysis System Network Status
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Manage your Network Configuration with Provisioning Network Device Provisioning Distribute changes to all your active network devices Collect configuration of all your active network devices Compare configuration history with current configuration
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Typical Use Cases Integrated Scenarios Impact analysis for network device replacement Monitoring of infrastructure devices with relation to applications End User Incident Management for Printer Incident End User PC (including installed software) Change Management with impact analysis for infrastructure devices Provisioning of network devices (e.g. firmware deployment) Integration of financial information with ERP (warranties, purchase data,…)
Standalone Scenarios Discovery of infrastructure devices and relations Visualization of network topology Standalone Monitoring of infrastructure devices Asset & inventory reporting Discovery of MS Exchange Discovery of virtualization infrastructures (like VMWare ESX, HyperV,…) Import of asset information © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
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Additional information
IT Service Management on SAP Solution Manager Incident , Problem & Change Management for entire customer IT solution Enterprise Support SAP Solution Manager Solution Documentation (Business process, ibase objects) New sales opportunity received via mobile device
Entered in SAP ERP / CRM System
SAP Components
Mobile
„Need Firmware update“
Saved in 3rd party database
Printing of Invoice
Database
„Can´t save my data“
„Low performance in PO1“
Printer
„Printer is out of paper“
Incident & Service Request Management Repair
Problem & Knowledge Management Research
Change Request & Change Management Resolve
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SAP ITSM usage rights on SAP Solution Manager Summary Named User license All employees who are working with ITSM tickets need at least a SAP „Limited Professional User“ All employess who are just creating and tracking ITSM tickets in a WebSelf Service don´t need a named user license.
Usage Scope
SAP Cmp.
SAP Support customers in general don´t need a license package to run SAP ITSM on SAP Solution Manager Exception: – SAP Standard Support customers need a CRM license if they run SAP ITSM beyond SAP components – SAP Enterprise Support customers need a CRM license if they run SAP ITSM for IT which has no relation at all to SAP solutions. (see definition in http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/011000358700001743982008E/20101209_ES_ScopeDescr_EN.htm#14)
Functional enhancements SAP ITSM could be enhanced with further SAP Business Suite functionalities. The usage of these additional features might need an additional license package. – E.g. Call Center UI, Service Contract Management, Enterprise Search etc. © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
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Unique value with SAP ITSM Harmonized technology from your main Business Software provider Reduce your application and technology zoo: One application to run all your IT
You have a SAP Solution Manager
installation already! Real integration with your SAP ERP processes Integration into SAP Business Suite (time recording, financial management, HCM and resource planning)
Manage all IT levels - from the infrastructure , over application even to the Business process © 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
Run your IT Services integrated in Application Lifecycle and Run SAP like a factory processes in SAP Solution Manager Increase Service Management productivity with ITIL compliant processes Verified on newest „ITIL 2011 Edition“ with all 15 available processes
Maximum UI flexibility with latest SAP WebClient Framework
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IT Service Management on SAP Solution Manager 10 steps to make yourself an expert SAP Solution Manager Book
ALM overview http://service.sap.com/ALM
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Implementation Services
SAP Trainings
ITIL Whitepapers
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Overview, Demos & Guides http://service.sap.com/ALM-Processes 4
Self Learning Maps http://service.sap.com/RKT-SOLMAN 6 7
SAP Help Portal – http://help.sap.com 5
SAP Community Network - ITSM Wiki -
SAP ITSM Best Practices Book 9 10
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Where to find more information? Solution Manager Demo System
www.sapsolution managerdemo.com Try SAP Solution Manager without any risk Available in the cloud 24x7 Demo scripts available for many scenarios
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Visit our IT Service Management Wiki in the SAP Community Network
Additional Service Offerings from SAP
Expert Guided Implementations for SAP Solution Manager Presentations, Information, Demos around IT Service Management and Change Request Management Content is targeted and tailored for Managers, End-Users and Administrators
Get an expert on-site from SAP Consulting and RunSAP Partners
Pre-packaged Rapid Deployment Solutions for fix-price
Recorded Webinars
Add-on Packages tailored for large scale usage
MaxAttention and Active Embedded
Individual Workshops and Configuration Support
Book now available: IT Service Management with SAP Solution Manager
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Public information about SAP ITSM
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Expert Guided Implementation* Training, Practical Experience, Expert On Demand Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Empowering, Web session, 1-2 hours each morning
Participants execute demonstrated steps within their own project, on their own SAP Solution Manager software
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* For SAP Enterprise Support customers
ITSM EGIs
SAP expert explains step-by-step configuration using training materials
Execution, 2-3 hours on the same day
Day 5
Setup Change Request Management
Expertise on demand Participants have direct access to an SAP expert who directly supports them remotely, if necessary, during the execution
Setup of IT Service Management Technical Upgrade SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Upgrade of Change Request Management from 7.0 to 7.1
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Summary Key Take-Aways of SAP IT Service Management on SAP Solution Manager Highlights ITIL compliant & certified IT Service Management tool Web-based user interface which is highly flexible and easy to extend End-to-End process integration into Application Lifecycle Management One solution to manage both SAP and non-SAP components Highly preconfigured – “ready to use out-of-the-box”
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Thank you Contact information: David Birkenbach Senior Solution Manager
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