Summary

Integration platforms are at the heart of heterogeneous and hybrid IT landscapes. To manage the complex nature of integrations in these kinds of landscapes, it’s very important to have a systematic methodology and produce a strategy that transforms and optimizes your integration platform.

In this chapter, we covered several topics that can help you build such a methodology and produce a complete strategy to achieve your transformation goals. We also established a common understanding before stepping into more practical examples for integration services.

We started by explaining SAP’s recommended Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISAM), which also helps standardize integration concepts and terminology. Following the SAP ISAM, we discussed integration domains and styles. Then, we finalized the first section by putting forward an overview approach for building a concrete methodology for your integration requirements.

Next, we covered SAP’...