SAP Basis in the Cloud
SAP Electronic Data Interchange
The past ten years have primarily revolutionized the infrastructure and database layer. The fascinating thing is that there have been hardly any changes to the SAP installation program SAPinst during this time.
Capacity must be built to provide the necessary space for pilot and research projects and to meet the increased demands. This can be done, among other things, by increasing the previous resources or/ and by measures of standardisation & automation as well as "cloudability", outsourcing & outtasking.
SP01 Output controller: spool requests
When I began my career administering SAP ERP on Oracle in the early 1990s, running a database required far more knowledge. An Oracle administration expert with a decade of experience understood perhaps only about 5% of what the database required.
Tools such as "Shortcut for SAP Systems" are extremely useful in basic administration.
On "www.sap-corner.de" you will also find useful information about SAP basis.
The security of an SAP system requires protection against unauthorised access, e.g. through the secinfo and reginfo files.