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John Gravely; Vice President, Marketing and Product Marketing Bob Sturim; Vice President, Products Lou Antonucci; Vice President, Sales © SCRIBE SOFTWARE CORPORATION 2009 Scribe 6.5 Product Launch
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Agenda General Comments and Observations Brief Scribe Updates Release Themes Product Overview with Demonstrations Q&A
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General Comments and Observations High Customer and Partner Satisfaction with Scribe solution and company >60% Attachment to Dynamics CRM >70% Dynamics customers integrate to non-Dynamics sources/applications ‘One Club in the Bag’ message resonates Size and scale of deployments growing
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Scribe Updates Strong Q1 Scribe 6.5 Released EMEA Office; Den Haag Netherlands Improved Knowledge Base launched Certified for Dynamics CRM Certified for Dynamics GP
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Release Themes Enterprise –Failover/Disaster Recovery –Web Services Adapter –Support for 64-bit Windows Server 2008 –Windows Authentication Usability/Flexibility –OpenMind Ideas
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OpenMind Ideas https://openmind.scribesoftware.com
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Insight Architecture Overview Extensible Integration Deployments
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Enterprise Features Scribe Insight 6.5 (released 3/30) –Failover –Windows Authentication –Windows Server 2008 64 bit WebServices Adapter (targeted 4/22) –Web Services
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Failover Support environments that require high availability Available to customers with enterprise licenses –No additional fees for Scribe Insight Enterprise licenses –Unavailable for Scribe Insight licenses OpenMind Idea #78
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Failover Built on Microsoft Clustering Services (MCS) –Clients reference Scribe Server by virtual Cluster Name rather than physical machine names –Install Scribe on two nodes Active Passive MCS maintains a heartbeat between the nodes –If heartbeat fails, MCS will activate the passive node
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Failover Microsoft Clustering Services Scribe (active node) Scribe (passive node) Shared Resources Message Queues Windows Services Scribe Internal Database
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Failover Demo Failover Demo Scenario 1.This demo will show both an “active” instance of Scribe and a “passive” instance of Scribe. 2.The active instance will be shut down 3.MS Cluster Services will start Scribe on the passive instance with no manual intervention required.
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Failover Failover Demo Summary –Automatic without need for human interaction –Downtime measured in seconds –No lost state
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Windows Authentication Scribe Internal Database stores –Integration processes –Execution log –Monitors and views –Functions (used in Formulae) –Licensing –Etc. All installs of Scribe require an Internal DB OpenMind Idea #26
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Windows Authentication Prior to Scribe Insight 6.5, Scribe utilizes SQLServer (Mixed Mode) Authentication to connect to the database –Requires username and password persisted in the Scribe –Requires a Scribe user created in the database –This violated the security standards of many users
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Windows Authentication Scribe now supports Windows Authentication –Leverages the built in security in Windows to grant access to SQL Server –Scribe no longer needs to persist credentials –Scribe no longer requires a Scribe user in the database
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Windows Authentication With the Insight 6.5 release, the user can now choose to use SQLServer or Windows Authentication –Scribe creates an ODBC Data Source with the correct configuration automatically as part of the installation
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Windows Server 2008 Scribe Insight 6.3 –Added support for Windows Server 2003 64 bit –Added support for Windows Server 2008 32 bit Scribe Insight 6.5 –Added support for Windows Server 2008 64 bit
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Web Services Adapter Web Services are used to wrap legacy applications –Our targeted user for v1.0 is someone who has created their own web service Many Commercial applications are exposing API’s through Web Services –AX has web services - users will need a working knowledge of AIF to be successful –SharePoint has web services - users will need to stitch together XML strings via workbench functions
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Web Services Adapter Web Services are a development tool by their nature; users should have a working knowledge of both general Web Services concepts and XML V1.0 of the Adapter will support: –Soap based Web Services via HTTP & HTTPS –Using a Web Service as a source and/or target –Soap Headers –Custom exception handling
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Web Services Adapter Demo Web Services Demo Scenario 1.Review Web Services Adapter in Scribe Workbench 2.Demonstrate CRM Accounts being created in SharePoint
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Update Source Before Insight 6.5 –You can update a source field with a static value In Insight 6.5 –You can specify a formula to update source field with dynamic values (e.g, timestamp) –You can utilize a new function GetRowError() These two features can be used together OpenMind Ideas #57 & 76
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Regular Expressions Regular expressions provide an extremely powerful and concise syntax for pattern matching in strings regexmatch() –For example, verify well-formed zip codes regexreplace() –For example, normalize telephone numbers Roll your own string matching functions OpenMind Idea #20
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Demonstrations Update Source 1.Updating source using GetRowError() function 2.Updating source using current date Regular Expressions Demos 1.Use a Regular Expression to filter vendors from customer list based on format of Account ID
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Name Target Steps Before Insight 6.5 –Scribe automatically generated “generic” step names –Step controls were cryptic, hard to understand In Insight 6.5 –You can choose your own names for steps OpenMind Idea #88
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Enhanced Step Copy Prior to Insight 6.5 –Selecting “step copy” will create a new step with no datalinks or lookup links In Insight 6.5 –Selecting “step copy” will create a new step with the same mappings as the original step OpenMind Idea #38
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Refresh Data Prior to Insight 6.5 –Inconvenience corner case Source with zero or one record, “First” button disabled Close and re-open the DTS to refresh source data In Insight 6.5 –You can click the refresh button to instruct the Workbench to requery the source OpenMind Idea #80
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Demonstrations Rename Step –Provide intuitive names to Scribe steps Enhanced Step Copy –Copies data and lookup links when step is copied Refresh Data –Quick refresh (w/o closing Workbench) simplifies testing
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DTS Without DataLinks Field values can be populated via a variety of mechanisms –Explicitly using a data link –Implicitly via auto foreign key assignment –Implicitly via application logic, database default values, or adapter logic OpenMind Idea #71
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DTS Without DataLinks Prior to Insight 6.5 –Scribe complains if a mapping contains no data links In Insight 6.5 –Scribe allows mappings with no datalinks
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Offline DTS in Insight 6.5.1 Prior to Insight 6.5.1 –Could not open a DTS unless you could connect to the source and the target In Insight 6.5.1 –Can now open a DTS in offline mode –Does not require connection to source or target –Full access to links and formulae –Read-only OpenMind Idea #18
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Webcast Handouts Download Handouts: –Release Overview document –Updated Support Policy
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Q2 Enterprise Promotion Upgrade to Scribe Insight Enterprise –Offer good through June 30, 2009 only –Customer gets credit for existing Scribe software already purchased –Customer gets pro-rated credit for maintenance paid on existing products –Customer gets 25% off of the price of the Enterprise Product –For End Users - contact your Scribe Partner for details –For Partners - contact Major Accounts Group at Scribe for details: jannakin@scribesoft.comjannakin@scribesoft.com
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Frequently Asked Questions My organization currently has Scribe Insight version 6.4 installed and we do not feel we need any of the improvements in Scribe Insight 6.5. Do you recommend we upgrade anyway? No. If the functionality of Scribe Insight 6.4 currently meets your business needs it is not necessary for you to upgrade at this time. Where can I download Scribe Insight 6.5? The latest version of Scribe Insight, all adapters and all templates can always be found at http://community.scribesoft.com/downloadshttp://community.scribesoft.com/downloads Who is entitled to an upgrade? All Scribe customers who are current on their maintenance are entitled to download and install Scribe 6.5 Is there an additional charge for Scribe Insight 6.5? The Scribe Web Services adapter is included in Scribe Insight Enterprise at no additional charge. For end users of Scribe Insight the Web Services adapter is available for an additional charge.
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Frequently Asked Questions Can I upgrade Scribe Insight only or do I need to upgrade my adapters as well? With the release of Scribe Insight 6.5 corresponding Scribe adapters have also been released and must be upgraded when Scribe Insight is upgraded. Scribe Insight 6.5 and the compatible adapters are available for download at http://community.scribesoft.com/downloadshttp://community.scribesoft.com/downloads What are the differences between Scribe Insight and Scribe Insight Enterprise? Scribe Insight Enterprise includes the following features and capabilities beyond Scribe Insight: –Support for failover (not available in standard edition) –Web Services adapter included (available at a separate charge in standard edition) –Scalable to 64 message processors (standard edition supports 8) –Scalable to unlimited CRM or ERP users (standard edition supports up to 750 CRM and 375 ERP users) –3 additional non-production licenses included (non-production licenses for use as test and development servers are available as a separate purchase in standard edition)
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Q&A John Gravely; Vice President, Marketing and Product Marketing Bob Sturim; Vice President, Products Lou Antonucci; Vice President, Sales
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