# Connectivity You must establish connectivity between AWS cloud where your RISE with SAP solution is running and on-premises data centers. You also need a connection for direct data transfer (to avoid routing data via your on-premises locations) and communication between SAP systems and your applications running on AWS cloud. The following image provides an example overview of connectivity to RISE with SAP VPC. ![\[An example RISE with SAP VPC connection between an SAP-managed account and on-premises data centers\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sap/latest/general/images/rise-connectivity.png) See the following topics for further details: **Topics** + [Roles and responsibility for establishing connectivity](rise-responsibility.md) + [Connecting to RISE from on-premises networks](rise-connection-on-premises.md) + [Connecting to RISE from your AWS account](rise-accounts.md) + [Connect to nearest Direct Connect POP (including Local Zone)](rise-local-zone.md) + [Decision tree on connectivity to RISE](rise-decision-tree.md) + [Other considerations](other-considerations.md)