Paul Read talks to Rathish Balakrishnan and Susanne Rothaug about some of the exciting new features available with the latest version of the Enterprise Services Repository and the Services Registry.

First shipped with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 and SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1, the Enterprise Services Repository is both the central repository for enterprise service assets and the design-time environment for SOA Middleware.

In this podcast, we focus on new and enhanced features that are available in the upcoming Enhancement Package 1 of SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 and SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1.

These features include the following:

• User roles and authorizations
• Usability enhancements
• Usage profiles in the ES Repository
• Classifying services in the ES Repository
• Working with external services
• Security profiles in the Services Registry
• Using the ES Repository in different system landscapes

Listen and find out more.

Previous podcasts:

• Enterprise Services Repository
• Features and capabilities of SAP's SOA Middleware technology
• SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1

Read Rathish's latest blog: All you ever wanted to know about Enterprise Services Repository and Services Registry – Really!

Susanne Rothaug's blogs on SDN 

(This podcast was produced by SOA Middleware Product Management, September 2008.)