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webMethods B2B SaaS

Support Optional Basic Authentication for Certificate-Based AS2 Communications in B2B Integration SaaS

Description Currently, B2B Integration SaaS (IWHI SaaS) enforces Basic Authentication as a mandatory requirement for all AS2 communications, even when certificate-based authentication and security mechanisms are already being used. This enhancemen...
13 days ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Native Asynchronous SAP Integration Support for webMethods.io

Background Many enterprise SAP integrations rely on asynchronous communication patterns to improve scalability, resiliency, and decoupling between systems. While webMethods.io provides SAP connectivity for synchronous request-response interactions...
13 days ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Request for support for token-based authentication on wmio b2b

This is an alternative to basic auth and for security compliance purposes. This feature would be useful for many customers.
about 1 month ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Enable Secure Network Communication (SNC) support in webMethods.io to allow secure SAP RFC and IDoc integration with SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud.

Justification: SNC is required to enforce application-level encryption and mutual authentication for SAP integrations, aligning with SAP security best practices and enterprise security standards. It is already implemented in on-premise webMethods ...
2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Provide support for Visual Studio 2-26 in Microsoft adapter by providing a IBM webMethods Add-In for Microsoft Visual Studio 2026

Currently the webMethods Microsoft Adapter provides support only until IBM webMethods Add-In for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. We are requesting that this support be extended until Visual Studio 2026.
2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Be able to control enable/disable of Directory services dynamically for non-container based MWS installation

Hello Team, We normally use ./mws.sh getConfig ... commands to get the configuration information from DB onto the local and be able to manipulate the local file for various MWS configurations. One such requirement we have is to be able to control ...
2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Forcing Authorization Code over Client Credentials in an integration connector breaks fundamental integration design

The current behavior of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud native connector reflects a serious architectural misalignment that is difficult to justify in any modern integration platform. This is not about missing a feature. This is about breaking a fu...
2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Support OAuth2 Modern Authentication Methods besides Legacy Methods in Trading Networks

The current IBM webMethods B2B Trading Networks only supports legacy authentication methods such as Basic Authentication in Partner Profiles. This limits the ability to connect with partners which require OAuth2 authentication without implementing...
3 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Add support for sending custom Kafka message headers via the built‑in service pub.streaming:send.

We are working on an integration using webMethods Integration Server 11.1 with WmStreaming to publish events to Apache Kafka. Using the built‑in service: pub.streaming:send we are successfully able to send Kafka messages containing: Key Value Top...
3 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Feature Request: Enhanced Transaction Usage Monitoring, Visualisation, and Alerting for webMethods Hybrid iPaaS

Product: webMethods iPaaS (Hybrid) Feature: Transaction Usage Monitoring, Visualisation, and Alerting Document Type: Feature PRD Target Customers: Enterprise & regulated hybrid iPaaS customers Priority: High (Operational & Licensing Risk M...
3 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted