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July 24, 2020
By Omar Gettani
SAP partners build innovative applications that integrate with SAP® technology in order to meet the business and IT needs of SAP customers. A successful integration requires not only a broad and comprehensive understanding of software infrastructure and compatibility, but also a deep understanding of the existing SAP solution currently in use.
As an SAP customer, how can you ensure that the application you are using is risk-free and technically aligned with SAP technology? My recommendation is to look for applications that have achieved “SAP Certified” status.
View all partner apps with SAP Certified status on SAP App Center
To be SAP Certified, an application must prove interoperability with SAP applications following SAP technical best-practices and guidelines. It is also important to note that the SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) and the SAP partner must jointly test the technical integration of the solution. The SAP partner and SAP ICC consultants work together thoroughly to ensure appropriate integration methods and tools, security, performance, and documentation are used and adhered to. After a solution has been successfully tested and approved, it is then denoted as SAP Certified.
Lower Costs
Added functionality
Customer protection
Supportability
Technical enablement
Safety
Easier implementation effort
Pre-tested integration
It is easy to identify if a solution on SAP App Center is certified. Just look for the “SAP Certified” stamp located on the bottom of the icon describing the solution.
After going to the individual product pages, you can also scroll to the Technical Information. There it will note if a solution is certified under the Certifications category. Of course, that is if the solution is SAP Certified.
Alternatively, if you are on the SAP App Center site and would like to search for only SAP Certified solutions, the best way to do so is to select Certification in the filter categories and then check SAP Certified. By doing this, all SAP Certified solutions will appear.
Lastly, If you would like to review details of the certified scope of a particular partner solution, please visit www.sap.com/csd and search for the solution that you are interested in purchasing through SAP App Center.