SAP and Microsoft aren't strangers to product launch delays. So it seems odd for SAP to be thinking about upgrades when it just barely got the first version out the door a month ago.

But maybe it's learning to limit its product development excesses.

SAP, along with Microsoft, developed Duet, a product that allows users to interact with SAP enterprise software through a Microsoft Office interface.

Only out a month, Duet is already in line for enhancements.

Dennis Moore, general manager for emerging solutions at SAP, told internetnews.com that the company is already discussing specific enhancements with customers and will present an extended product roadmap in the next quarter or two.

"We've been incorporating learnings back into the product and the documentation of the product," said Moore.

He added that SAP has been able to reduce implementation time by 30 percent as a result of that feedback.

The strength of Duet is that it allows knowledge workers in enterprises using SAP to interact with certain SAP applications tied to the calendar functions, such as vacation scheduling, through Microsoft Office desktop solutions.

"Duet is not porting SAP to Office. It's about extending Office to appropriate processes within SAP," Moore explained.

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