SAP BASIS INTRODUCTION.

Basis is the operating system for SAP applications and ABAP. Basis provides services like communication with the operating system, database communication, memory management, runtime collection of application data, web requests, exchanging business data etc...

Basis is a set of programs and tools that act as an interface with Database, Operating system, Communication protocols and business applications (such as FI, CO, MM, etc).

 Full form of BASIS is "Business Application Software Integrated solution"

SAP applications such as FI, CO, PP etc. can run and communicate with each other across different Operating systems and Databases with the help of BASIS.

Nowadays Basis is known as NetWeaver.

Alias of BASIS is SAP Application Server Technology and alias of NetWeaver is SAP Web Application Server.

Basis supports a number of known operating systems (Unix flavors, Microsoft windows server edition, AS400,z/OS,etc) and databases (Oracle,DB2,Informix,Maxdb,Microsoft SQL Server,etc)..

Basis is the SAP version of system administration. In most non-SAP organizations, "Basis" people will be called "system administrators." Basis administrators are responsible for ensuring that the SAP application server and applications are installed and configured properly and remain running smoothly. Depending on the organization, SAP Basis administrators may also be responsible for configuring and maintaining the operating system and database that SAP is running on, but in many organizations there are other system administrators responsible for operating systems and databases that work with Basis experts to configure the full system.