SAP NetWeaver FAQ

The NetWeaver Development Pack (previously referred to as the NetWeaver Subscription Development License) was offered on a limited basis through SAP Community Network in the United States and Germany. SAP Community Network is discontinuing the program as of April 1, 2010. 

Your license and its components will be valid until the subscription expires. You will still be able to access  the service marketplace for product updates and patches for the remainder of your subscription  SAP Software Distribution Center. Your licensed product kit includes an envelope containing your S-number and your password for the SAP Service Marketplace, and detailed instructions on how to access and login to the Service marketplace, SAP Software Distribution Center.  If you are having trouble with your license key, you can still contact the support help desk at sdn_subscriptions_support@sap.com

Only until April 1, 2010. The order process for renewals is not working correctly, so anyone wishing to renew their license before April will need to provide their credit card number again by phone. The renewals will not be available after April 1, 2010.

To purchase another type of NetWeaver development license, please contact your local sales organization.  Alternatively, if you are interested in becoming a PartnerEdge partner, you can also obtain a partner license.

This license has been postponed and there is no launch date available. 

The SAP NetWeaver Development Pack is an annual license. There are several places you can find the expiration date.  First, you should have received an initial e-mail with your expiration date.  Second, you can find all your license information, including your expiration date in the My License Support on your left hand navigation tree on the SAP NetWeaver Development Pack pages.  My License Support pages will only appear once you have made a license purchase.  

Yes. You will get a message when you log into SDN or BPX.

Yes, it will be terminated after one year.

When your annual license expires you will no longer be able to use the SAP NetWeaver software or access the services associated with your license.

You may canel your license for a full refund within the first two weeks after you receive your NetWeaver stack, and only if you have not broken the seal on the product box or the boxes containing the DVDs.

You may submit your cancellation request by completing the online form, or by sending a written request to:
SDN Subscriptions Program
SAP Labs
3410 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304

You must return the product to the following address before your request is processed:
SAP AG
Logistic Center Rot
Software Shipment
Opelstraße 6
D-68789 St. Leon-Rot
Germany
SAP will contact you once the cancellation has been processed.

You can always find the latest updates in the SAP Service Marketplace, SAP Software Distribution Center. Your licensed product kit includes an envelope containing your S-number and your password for the SAP Service Marketplace, and detailed instructions on how to access and login to the Service marketplace, SAP Software Distribution Center.

At this time, we do not have a hotline for support. You can use either the relevant forum to ask a question, or open a support ticket on SAP Service Marketplace to report a bug.

Yes, included in the SAP NetWeaver Development Pack is access to the Virtual SAP TechEd Complete Package. This is a subscription that gives you access to the recorded online sessions from recent SAP TechEd events. Additionally, there are several online documents that provide a good starting point for SAP NetWeaver. We recommend the following:
SAP NetWeaver Capabilities
SAP NetWeaver Lifecycle Management
SAP How-To Guides
SAP NetWeaver eLearning Catalog

Alternatively, you can get training from SAP Education, which offers a variety of training options including instructor-led training, e-learning and online knowledge products.

With a NetWeaver Development Pack license, you gain premium presence in the forums. The ribbon "icon" is the identifier used to highlight a license holder's presence in the forums. The license holder's forum posts are highlighted for visibility. License holders have the option to offer double points to the best response from the community.

No extra points are awarded for purchasing a license.

We are not planning to add other subscription licenses at this time.

The NetWeaver license is for individuals only, and the End User License Agreement (EULA) must be electronically signed by an individual. You must pay with a credit card that is under your name.

Yes, you can specify a different shipping and billing address, provided that it is in the same country.

You will receive several emails to keep you updated on the progress of your order request. Upon completion of the purchase, you will receive a confirmation email from SDN. After the order has been accepted and successfully processed by the SAP back-end system, you will receive a follow-up email confirming that the order was processed and the package was shipped.

The SAP NetWeaver Development Pack includes the following tools and software:
1.      Development, test and evaluation license for SAP NetWeaver software. This license entitles you to develop and test applications for the SAP NetWeaver platform;
2.      Access to Enterprise Services (ES) Workplace to test applications against SAP enterprise services;
3.      Access to Virtual SAP TechEd Complete Package;
4.      Premium presence in the SAP Developer Network (SDN) and Business Process Expert (BPX) expert forums;
5.      Access to all updates and new releases of the SAP NetWeaver software that is licensed during the term of the subscription.
The SAP Netweaver Development Pack includes the following developer tools and software:

SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio - An Eclipse-based integrated development environment to build J2EE-based multi-tiered business applications.
ABAP Workbench - An integrated development environment designed specifically for the ABAP language to develop and modify SAP R/3-based client-server applications.
Web Dynpro - A tool that can be used to create customized Java- or APAB-based user interfaces for your applications using the drag-and-drop features.
SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer - A tool which utilizes a simple drag-and-drop style of model driven development that can be used to develop pattern-based or freestyle user interfaces, and the flow of data between them.
The SAP NetWeaver platform which includes those applications such as Business Integration (BI), Process Integration (PI), the Java Application Server, the Portal Server, Master Data Management (MDM), Mobile, and Knowledge Management (KM) that enable:
Data unification - Ensure that your master data is accurate, free of duplicated records, and normalized.
Process integration - Make disparate applications and business partners' systems work together.
Business information management - Increase the visibility and reach of structured and unstructured enterprise data.

You can login into SDN to access VSTE by using your e-mail, P-user ID, or using S-user ID based on how you registered for VSTE initially.

The SAP Service Marketplace ID number (also known as the S-number) is used to access both the Enterprise Services (ES) workplace and the SAP Service Marketplace. You will receive the SAP Service Marketplace ID number and its associated password in your license package.

If you've lost your SAP Service marketplace ID (S-number), please use the following link to recover your lost ID.

If you've lost your SAP Community ID number (P-number), please use the following link to recover your lost ID.

Yes, you can. Below are links that explain how to apply for a namespace:
SAP Service Marketplace -> * Keys & Request* -> Development Namespace
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Yes, you have access to OSS to report bugs found in the SAP software. Any other questions such as development support should be reported in the appropriate SDN or BPX expert forum.

The SAP TechEd Complete Package  can be accessed through the left hand navigation under Virtual SAP TechEd Session Catalogs arrow and by selecting "Complete Package". Alternatively, you can login the SDN or BPX site and go to the subscriptions homepage to see a summary of your subscriptions. Under the SAP NetWeaver Development Pack you will also see a listing for Virtual SAP TechEd.

The installation key is provided by the Solution Manager. You can get it via the hosted service on SDN at the web page SAP NetWeaver Installation Key Request. Please use your S-user ID.

You can get the license key from the License Key Generation page.

No. You may not share or transfer your license to a colleague. The annual license is an individual user license and is intended for the individual who purchased the license and accepted the End User License Agreement.

The license key is for a specific machine. However, your license entitles you to have up to three separate license keys that may be used on different computers.

In order to use SAP NetWeaver in a production environment, you need to purchase the full-use license from SAP. SAP customers or partners who already have a full-use or applicable license can use SAP NetWeaver software in a production environment.

The SAP NetWeaver Development Pack includes the software DVDs for the SAP NetWeaver platform, including development tools and components such as Business Intelligence (BI), Process Integration (PI), the Java Application Server, Mobile, Portal, Master Data Management (MDM), Knowledge Management (KM), and more. The developer license is an individual license that allows you to evaluate, develop, and test applications for the entire SAP NetWeaver platform. However, you cannot deploy the application for use in a production environment. You will need an applicable full use SAP license to use the application in a production environment with SAP NetWeaver.

In order to run your add-ons, extensions, developments, or modifications in a production environment, you need to purchase the applicable license from SAP. SAP customers or partners who already have an applicable license can use SAP NetWeaver in a production environment.

The SAP NetWeaver platform system requirements can be found in the installation guides. To find out what other software packages are supported on the platform please reference the Product Availability Matrix (PAM) and its overview document.

The SAP NetWeaver Development Pack includes the MaxDB software and a license to use the MaxDB database (already included as part of the package) over a Microsoft Windows 2003 server, English Edition (a license which needs to be obtained separately). If you are using the Java stack, you will need to download the relevant JDK from Sun Microsystems. Additional access software and tools beyond the scope of SAP NetWeaver may be required, for example a browser or software to facilitate an internet connection.

The SAP Development Pack covers MaxDB only. However, there are other databases which are supported on the NetWeaver platform. If you have the database software and the license to use that database, you may use them with NetWeaver. To see which databases are supported by the SAP NetWeaver, please refer to the latest Product Availability Matrix (PAM). Please not that any questions related to database installation and configuration may need to be addressed by the third party database vendor.

The SAP Development Pack license covers any platform on which NetWeaver is supported. This includes certain releases of Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and IBM AIX. To see which operating systems are supported by SAP NetWeaver, please refer to the latest Product Availability Matrix (PAM). Please note that any questions related to operating systems installation and configuration may need to be addressed by the third party operating system vendor.