SAP NetWeaver Architecture

Dec 1st 2008

Agenda

Introduction to SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver Components

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Introduction to SAP NetWeaver

SAP SAP SAP SAP SAP SAP SAP

Web Application Server ( WAS ) Enterprise Portal Business Intelligence ( BI ) Exchange Infrastructure Knowledge Management ( KM ) Mobile Infrastructure Not yet fully released Master Data Management ( MDM )

The fragrance/essence of integration of all of the above in a unified development platform is called SAP NetWeaver. So, the name Integrated Development Environment ( IDE ) inherited for SAP NetWeaver.

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SAP NetWeaver Architecture

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Purpose

SAP NetWeaver provides

an open integration Ex: Platform independent, an extended application platform Ex: xApps, permits the integration of the Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA), an unified business processes across technological boundaries, integration of applications as needed, and access and edit simple information easily and in a structured manner.

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ESA Enterprise Services Architecture

Basic building block of adaptive enterprise Open technology standards Component oriented Web services based Flexibility (if any changes in business processes )

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Let us break the definition of ESA for clear understanding ESA is a service-oriented - Openness through Web services & other standards Architecture The way to build new and to integrate existing solutions. But it doesnt mean that it is a product by itself. For adaptive Ease of exchange, ease of use and ease of innovation

Business Secure, reliable, scalable, manageable, highly available, performant.

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Features
SAP NetWeaver covers the following topics and components:

Security People Integration: Multi-channel access Portal Collaboration Information Integration: Business Intelligence BI Content Knowledge Management Master Data Management Process Integration: Integration Broker Business Process Management Application Platform: Java ABAP Business Services Connectivity DB and OS abstraction SAP Knowledge Warehouse Conclusion
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Security

Purpose In todays world of collaborative business processes and open system environments, security no longer means just adding a firewall and using passwords to log on. It requires a complete approach that not only applies to your own IT landscape, but also to issues that arise beyond your own borders, in which even simple organizational measures can have a significant impact. The infrastructure of the SAP NetWeaver technology platform supports you by delivering comprehensive security features for heterogeneous environments

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Features
Section
SAP NetWeaver security guide

Description
The SAP NetWeaver Security Guide provides an overview of the security aspects involved with the SAP NetWeaver platform and its products. It includes a overview of the mechanisms available as well as our recommendations and security measures to take to increase the security of your overall SAP system landscape

User authentication and Single SignOn

This section describes the user authentication and Single Sign-On mechanisms available with the SAP NetWeaver platform, for example the use of logon tickets or X.509 client certificates for Single Sign-On or the use of Pluggable Authentication Services (PAS) for using external authentication mechanisms.

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Features
System security
This section describes topics that apply to system security, for example: key, key pair and trust management, logging of security-related events using the Security Audit Log, and virus detection using the virus scan interface.

Digital signatures and encryptions

This section describes the use of public-key technology for digital signatures and encryption with SAP systems.

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People integration

Purpose

People Integration brings together the right functionality and the right information to the right people.

On the people level, end users will settle for nothing less than a seamless user experience (in spite of the growing system diversity), boundless collaboration functionality, and pervasive access.

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People Integration

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Features
Key capability Portal Description
This capability provides industry-leading portal technology that delivers unified, personalized, and rolebased user access to your heterogeneous IT environment. Collaboration promotes cooperation in enterprises using virtual team rooms (Collaboration Rooms), real-time communication (chat and application sharing) and the use of third-party groupware and synchronous collaboration (for example, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, and WebEx). Because of the close integration with Portal and Knowledge Management, it is easy to reuse their content. With Multi-Channel Access, you can connect to enterprise systems through web-based, voice, mobile, messaging, or radio-frequency technology. Multichannel Access includes an universal and secure Mobile Infrastructure to enable mobile business applications

Collaboration

Multi channel access

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Information Integration

Purpose
Information integration provides your company with both structured and unstructured information that is consistent and accessible: Users have constant access to consistent information, no matter where it is stored

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Features
Key areas SAP Business Intelligence ( BI ) Description
Analyzes, integrates and distributes timely information that supports your decision-making at all times. It provides you with reliable tools for creating individual and interactive reports and applications.

SAP Knowledge Management (KM)

These are the repositories which includes Search, Classification, Constructions of taxonomies, Subscription, Versioning and discussion forums.

SAP Master Data Management (MDM )

Supports unified data storage across company branches in a heterogeneous IT landscape. It permits common use of master data from systems that were originally different, and ensures that the data is consistent across system boundaries, irrespective of the system location or vendor.

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Process Integration

Purpose

SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) forms the basis for the integration of business processes. SAP XI provides a technical infrastructure for XML-based message exchange to enable the integration of SAP systems with each other on the one hand, and SAP and non-SAP systems on the other. In SAP XI, integration knowledge is shipped in the form of pre-defined integration scenarios. Furthermore, SAP XI provides a set of integrated tools for creating and managing all integration-relevant information

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Process Integration

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Features
Key areas Integration broker Description
SAP exchange infrastructure permits XML/SOAPbased communications between components of different origins. You can define the following objects: 1. Integration Scenarios 2. Interfaces 3. Mappings 4. Integration Processes

Business process management

Business Process Management encompasses the following areas: 1. Control business processes within application systems by using SAP business workflow 2. Control integration process (ccBPM) by using SAP Exchange Infrastructure 3. Control Ad-hoc Workflows by using the Universal Work list (UWL) in the Enterprise Portal.

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Application platform ( WAS )

Purpose
The SAP Web Application Server provides a complete development

infrastructure, on which to develop, distribute and execute platformindependent, robust, and scalable Web services and business applications. The SAP Web Application Server supports ABAP, Java, and Web services.
The application platform is the basis of SAP NetWeaver and is

implemented by the SAP Web Application Server.

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Application Platform

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Features
Function Architecture Description
Overview of the architecture of the SAP Web Application Server with respect to the different installation options.

ABAP

ABAP is a programming language developed by SAP to develop business applications. One fundamental application area is for processing data in a central database.

JAVA

Support of Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) for developing Javabased business applications.

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Features
Business communication services
Part of the SAP Web AS integrated services and includes document management, workflow and organizational management.

Connectivity

Enables the exchange of application data between different SAP Systems and with external systems.

Database and operating systems

Overview of the databases and operating systems supported by SAP NetWeaver

SAP knowledge warehouse

Infrastructure for creating documentation, training material, and quality manuals.

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