Enterprise Services Repository Content Certification (NW-ESR-CNT)

Getting Started with Integration and Certification
We recommend that you begin here. The Getting Started page helps you select the correct integration scenario and contains technical information, streaming media presentations, step-by-step guides, and much more.

To request integration certification right away, please fill in our online form.

You are invited to join our introductory webinars - hosted by the SAP Integration and Certification Center in regular intervals. For a schedule click here. 

In addition to the technical interface specifications below, please also refer to the applicable SAP Solution Manager integration criteria

SAP NetWeaver 7.1
NW-ESR-CNT was introduced as a certifiable scenario in this release. For more information, see:
• ESR Content certification document
• ESR Content certification test plan

Companies provisioning enterprise services need to obtain an SAP NetWeaver developer license (request online) in order to get started. Usually partners install this system inhouse, but the SAP Integration and Certification Center can host this system for you as part of its SAP Remote Access and Connectivity Service.

If the implementation involves SAP backend integration, partners can subscribe to SAP ICC's hosted environment for backend integration testing. For more information on the hosted environment please visit the SAP Remote Access and Connectivity Service homepage.

For a complete list of test system options, and to determine if the hosted test system option is suitable for your certification, please refer to SAP ICC Consultant Martin Vierling's blog about Test System Opportunities for Independent Software Vendors.

7,000 USD (for Americas and Japan);
5,000 Euros (for all other countries).

This one-time fee includes:

• Consulting and one day testing at SAP facility or remotely;
• Certificate, logo(s), online listing for customer and SAP sales awareness;
• Entry-level marketing support (e.g. press release review).

Validity of Certifications

SAP customers rely on certified integrations from third-party vendors which are based on the most recent releases and technologies available in the market. Therefore integration certifications have a validity limit of 3 years. Third-party vendors and partners are encouraged to keep their integration certifications current by re-certifying their integrations regularly. SAP Software Solution Partners who are members of SAP PartnerEdge can receive a 50% discount on re-certifications.

Please refer to SAP Education:
SOA300 - Design Time Governance in Enterprise SOA

Marketing Benefits for SAP Certified Solutions.
This particular integration scenario qualifies for the following branding

• Every certified integration for this scenario receives the SAP Certified - Integration via Enterprise Services logo.

• An integration certification which has been registered with the SAP Solution Landscape Directory and which is therefore visible in SAP Solution Manager qualifies as SAP Solution Manager Ready.
• Every certified integration receives a written test report and certificate.
• Every certified integration receives a listing in the SAP Partner Information Center (PIC).
• Integration certification of your solution is an important pre-requisite for full membership in SAP PartnerEdge as an SAP Software Solution Partner. We encourage you to participate in SAP PartnerEdge early in the integration process. Find out more about the program, benefits and (pre-) membership criteria by visiting the SAP Partner Portal.
• As an SAP Software Solution Partner you will also be able to promote your solution via a storefront on the SAP EcoHub.

SAP's online marketplace for partner solutions that enables SAP customers to discover and evaluate your solutions through online demos and reviews. You can get started on your storefront by sending mail to the ecohub mailbox.

For a complete list of marketing benefits after certification, please visit the Certification Benefits overview page. Here you can find further information on branding guidelines, the different logos, their usage and much more.

• 360° View on enterprise SOA: Provisioning and Consumption Blog Series
• Service Oriented Architecture homepage
• SDN Homepage
  This is SDN homepage. You may also link to SDN blogs, external web sites, or related PM web pages.
• Partner Information Center
  For a list of already certified integrations for this integration scenario, visit the Partner Information Center and use the search functions in the "Search for Solutions" tab.
• Certified ESR-CNT Solutions

Join the Enterprise Services Repository Content Certification (NW-ESR-CNT)!

Partners and ISVs who are interested in aligning their software interfaces with SAP's state-of-the art methodologies have shown a lot of interest in modeling and developing their own enterprise services.
The SAP Integration and Certification Center is now offering a new certification for such partner-delivered enterprise services, to ensure that these solutions are well aligned with SAP's SOA methodology, and to give these applications further credibility and exposure in the SAP ecosystem.

How can you take advantage of this offer?

• Register for the NW-ESR-CNT Webinar.
• After your participation, receive a summary of the details. You may request then a service offer.