Differences between XI 3.0 and PI7.0?

Hi Experts,
I want to know the major differences between XI 3.0 and PI7.0?
can anyone suggest me some weblogs which explains the all the new features of PI7.0.....as i'm very much keen to learn PI7.0
Thanks
Faisal............

Hi,
There is no different between XI3.0 and PI 7.0 but there is a lot difference in XI3.0/PI 7.0 and PI 7.1.
Refer the below thread for Xi and PI difference:
PI 7.0 and XI 3.0
there are many threads with sme topics
New highlights for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 are:
• Enterprise Services Repository as a central storage location for enterprise service definitions and lifecycle management data for all enterprise services
• Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) 3.0–compliant services registry for runtime management of enterprise services
• Improved support for standards such as Web Service Reliable Messaging (WS-RM), WS Policy, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
• Extended support for high volume scenarios
• Business Activity Monitoring for process definition of milestone monitoring (event correlation)
• Improved SAP NetWeaver Administrator support for central configuration and administration of both mediated and point-to-point scenarios.
• XML payload validation
• Process editor modeling enhancements: step groups, integrated alert management, configurable parameters
• Integration of human interaction (generic user decision)
• WS-BPEL 2.0 preview.
• Message Packing.
• Local Processing in Adapter Engine.
• Reusable UDF’s.
• Lookup function with multiple results.
Refer the below link form where the most of the above information has been taken:
1) Capability and Enhancements of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/community/capabilityandEnhancementsofSAPNetWeaverProcessIntegration7.1&
2) New SAP NetWeaver Process Integration:
/people/udo.paltzer/blog/2007/04/26/new-sap-netweaver-process-integration-release-planned-for-2007
3) Enhancement in PI 7.1:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/profile/2007/07/27/briefdescriptionaboutEnhancementinPI7.1&focusedCommentId=40564
4) SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 - Overview of New Capabilities:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/706005a3-3bd6-2910-91ae-a2016239bdcf
5) SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1
/people/daniel.bianchin/blog/2007/12/19/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-sap-netweaver-pi-71-and-more
This section has all the relevant links for each topics:
• Enterprise Services Repository:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/4073b4c4-7137-2a10-a5a9-abb618b7a5e7
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/e0301486-758c-2a10-9d84-a195556df422
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/903a4127-5403-2a10-0a96-e9452c3ab1de
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c0f90f22-678c-2a10-91a0-f1f1bf7ff191
• Usability Features in SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 Development and Configuration Times
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/a0e7734f-e969-2a10-24b6-df58a710941c
• Advance adapter engine:
/people/william.li/blog/2008/01/10/advanced-adapter-engine-configuration-in-pi-71
/people/william.li/blog/2008/02/07/display-adapter-synchronous-message-content-in-rwb-of-pi-71
• Preview on New Features of the Integration Directory in SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10c0de4b-7876-2a10-e286-8412668643a8
• Usability Features in SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 Development and Configuration Times:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/a0e7734f-e969-2a10-24b6-df58a710941c
• SAP Network Blog: Share User-Defined Functions in Message Mappings of PI 7.1
/people/william.li/blog/2008/01/02/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-share-user-defined-functions
• Preview on New Features of the Integration Directory in SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10c0de4b-7876-2a10-e286-8412668643a8
• SAP Network Blog: Mapping Enhancements in SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI) 7.1
/people/jin.shin/blog/2008/01/11/sap-pi-71-mapping-enhancements-series-mapping-enhancements-demo
• New Business Process Engine Features in SAP NetWeaver Process Integration
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/e0068bc1-6f8c-2a10-52bb-c6ee3562feb2
• Folders for more flexible and organized way of development.
/people/william.li/blog/2007/08/07/using-folders-in-pi-71 -- Folders in PI 7.1
• High Volume support in PI 7.1
/people/holger.faulhaber/blog/2007/12/12/high-volume-support-in-pi-71
• Upgrade to SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/8085e299-718c-2a10-de94-928f62b763ce

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