The SAP NetWeaver CE 7.2 Trial Version can be downloaded from the SDN download area. It can be used for instance to try the examples from TechEd 2009.
Highlights of the new features are
a) SAP NetWeaver BPM (Business Process Management):
- Business user oriented process modeling
- Support of Visual Composer UIs and offline SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe
- Process reporting for composite business processes via rapid dashboard development (Visual Composer) and SAP NetWeaver BW integration
- Embedded Sub-Processes
- Intermediate Message Events (allows process execution in asynchronous scenarios)
b) SAP NetWeaver BRM (Business Rules Management):
- Business user oriented Web-interface
- Graphical modeling of complex rules
- Support for flow rules
- Integration with Microsoft Excel
- New rule testing and verification capabilities
c) Composite Developer Productivity
- Composite Designer
- Service Simplification and Mocking
- Web Dynpro support for UI snippets for faster UI development
- Visual Composer: Integration with SAP NetWeaver BPM, new model debugging capabilities, Context-sensitive help ...
- Enhanced Java EE Development Tools (i.e. Composite Designer Integration, JPA modeler, WTP 3.0, ...)
More information about CE 7.2 can be found here:
The download is splitted into two parts:
1. Run-time: Java server with the CE stack i.e. BPM, BRM, CAF, VC, Web Dynpro ...
2. Design-time: SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio
To install the Trial Version please download the two parts (direct link to download), unzip them, double click start.htm and follow the instructions. The installation will take between 30 and 60 minutes depending on your system.
