Administration of PDK for .NET 

Purpose

This section provides information necessary for the administration and operation of Portal Development Kit 2.5 for Microsoft .NET (PDK for .NET).

PDK for .NET is a set of tools that enable Microsoft Visual Studio .NET developers to build portal content for SAP NetWeaver Portal. Using PDK for .NET enables organizations with existing investments in Microsoft .NET  technology to leverage their developers’ skills and take advantage of the SAP NetWeaver technology.

For the most up-to-date information, check regularly the available SAP Notes for PDK for .NET.

SAP Note Number	Title
800842	Central Note for PDK for MS.NET

 

Features

The PDK for .NET package is comprised of the following components:

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·        Portal Add-in for Visual Studio 2005 (Portal Add-in)

An extension of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 that allows .NET developers to build, deploy and debug portal components for SAP NetWeaver Portal.

·        Portal Runtime for Microsoft .NET (.NET Runtime)

A service used to process .NET portal components at runtime.

·         Java-.NET Interoperability Framework

A mechanism that enables API calls between the Java stack and .NET stack. It allows invoking Java-based portal services from .NET code, and permits SAP NetWeaver Portal to pass requests to the Portal Runtime for .NET. It includes two components installed on the portal server.

 

The following figure illustrates the technical system landscape for PDK for .NET.

All the administration activities described in this section are performed for Portal Runtime for .NET. There are no specific administration tasks for Portal Add-in for Visual Studio 2005.