This week at SAP Sapphire 2025 we’re excited to share a number of new bulletins and key strategic updates from Microsoft and SAP for our joint clients.
This week at SAP Sapphire 2025 we’re excited to share a number of new bulletins and key strategic updates from Microsoft and SAP for our joint clients, constructed on the inspiration of our 30 years of partnership to assist 1000’s of joint clients speed up their enterprise transformation.
We’re dedicated to accelerating the journey to the Cloud so clients of all sizes can meet their distinctive enterprise necessities whereas gaining a platform for future innovation. On the identical time, we’re enabling key Information and AI capabilities designed to create aggressive benefits for organizations by unifying information estates and unlocking sooner, extra actionable insights by way of the facility of agentic AI. Right here’s what’s new:
- SAP Enterprise Suite Cloud ERP packages and SAP Enterprise Expertise Platform (BTP) will probably be out there on Microsoft Azure Market
- SAP Enterprise Information Cloud and SAP Databricks will probably be out there on Microsoft Azure in Q3 2025, and can leverage our 1P Azure Databricks service.
- The overall availability of Joule in Microsoft 365 Copilot permits workers to get extra completed within the movement of their work by way of seamless entry to data from enterprise purposes in SAP in addition to Microsoft 365.
- SAP Enterprise Community Materials Traceability on Azure, a brand new answer that permits efficient provide chain monitoring, is now out there.
- World Acceleration program for RISE with SAP on Microsoft Azure is increasing with up to date steering and proposals from Microsoft and SAP Enterprise Cloud Companies (ECS), geared toward accelerating and complementing the adoption of RISE with SAP.
As we strengthen our strategic partnership and broaden joint innovation, we proceed to prioritize delivering a cloud platform you’ll be able to belief to run your most mission-critical SAP purposes and information, and are additionally excited to share these vital updates:
- New European digital commitments from Microsoft that underscore our respect for sovereignty, whereas selling financial alternatives, and strengthening cybersecurity on each side of the Atlantic.
- New capabilities in Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender for SAP clients.
Let’s take a deeper have a look at every of those bulletins.
Unlocking distinctive enterprise worth with SAP Enterprise Suite, SAP Enterprise Expertise Platform (BTP), and Microsoft Cloud
SAP and Microsoft are working to carry SAP Enterprise Suite Cloud ERP packages to the Microsoft Azure Market in the USA. This can allow clients to undertake a contemporary, clever ERP system designed for agility, scalability, and innovation. This brings collectively one of the best of SAP Cloud ERP (by way of the GROW with SAP journey) and Microsoft Cloud with integrations between SAP Enterprise Suite and Microsoft Groups, M365 Copilot, and Azure AI, unlocking higher efficiencies for patrons and new progress alternatives for companions. Particulars concerning the packages will probably be out there later this yr.
Along with SAP, we’re increasing regional availability of SAP Enterprise Expertise (BTP) on Azure to make sure our clients can use the newest BTP companies of their most well-liked Azure areas.
This week, SAP has introduced the intent to make SAP BTP out there within the Azure market within the US in H2 2025, including a brand new manner for patrons to simply buy and unlock the total potential of their AI, information, and purposes with the BTP platform.
SAP BTP is now out there in 10 Azure areas, and the catalog provides 70 companies with extra coming. You may view all the present BTP companies and areas on Azure on the SAP Discovery Middle. To study extra about the advantages of SAP BTP on Azure, evaluation our on-demand webinar.
Unleash transformative insights with SAP Enterprise Information Cloud and SAP Databricks on Microsoft Azure
We’re thrilled to deepen our longstanding partnerships with SAP and Databricks, supporting SAP’s newest improvements with the launch of SAP Enterprise Information Cloud (BDC) and SAP Databricks on Azure, out there in Q3 2025. Moreover, these seeking to leverage the total stack capabilities of each SAP BDC and Azure Databricks collectively for his or her SAP and non-SAP information may have the power to make use of a zero-copy sharing connector between each platforms.
Not like different cloud suppliers, SAP Databricks on Azure, will make the most of Microsoft’s first occasion Azure Databricks service. This implies clients profit from the sturdy safety, AI and analytic capabilities, and seamless integrations that clients count on from native Azure companies. This consists of:
- Azure Databricks natively integrates with Microsoft Entra ID, enabling managed entry management and authentication effortlessly.
- Not like Databricks choices on different hyperscalers, Azure Databricks provides essentially the most optimized strategy to combine with PowerBI, bringing efficiency benefits like no different platform does.
- Azure supplies sturdy scalability and efficiency capabilities for Azure Databricks by way of a wide range of compute choices and worldwide regional availability.
- As a primary occasion service, Microsoft ensures all of the enterprise grade safety and compliance measures of Azure apply to Azure Databricks.
- Lastly, one of many standout attributes of Azure Databricks is the distinctive partnership between Databricks and Microsoft which unlocks joint engineering, Microsoft help, and unified billing for patrons.
“Databricks is proud to deepen our partnership with Microsoft and SAP to assist organizations unlock the total worth of their SAP and non-SAP information on Azure. By leveraging Azure Databricks, clients can seamlessly combine their information, apply superior analytics and AI, and benefit from native safety, governance, and efficiency out there on Azure.”
—Michael Kiermaier, SVP of Enterprise Technique and Operations, Databricks
Speed up enterprise productiveness with Microsoft 365 Copilot and SAP Joule
Right now, we’re excited to announce the final availability of Joule in Microsoft 365 Copilot. This milestone is a results of the precious suggestions from clients through the restricted preview in addition to the superb collaboration between Microsoft and SAP.
Customers can now work inside Microsoft 365 Copilot to mix enterprise information residing in SAP (through Joule) with contextual information from Groups, Outlook, Phrase, and extra, delivering richer insights for higher decision-making. The Joule customized engine agent is anticipated to be out there within the Agent Retailer by the tip of Q2 2025. The bi-directional integration will probably be accomplished later this yr with the deliberate availability of Microsoft 365 Copilot in SAP Joule—this functionality is presently in preview.
Microsoft’s new European digital commitments
In a time of geopolitical volatility, Microsoft is dedicated to serving to present digital stability. On this context, we not too long ago introduced new commitments geared toward enabling each nation and authorities to totally use Microsoft Cloud to strengthen their financial competitiveness. These new investments are particularly related for patrons working SAP on Azure, given lots of them have operations in Europe in addition to SAP’s outstanding presence within the area.
The bulletins embody an growth of our cloud and AI infrastructure in Europe with a 40% improve in our European datacenter capability over the following two years and sovereign cloud initiatives in France (through a three way partnership named Bleu together with Capgemini, Orange) and in Germany by way of a partnership between Microsoft, SAP, and Arvato Methods (a Bertelsmann IT subsidiary), by way of SAP’s subsidiary, Delos Cloud BmBH. You may examine these and extra in our weblog: Microsoft publicizes new European digital commitments—Microsoft On the Points.
Safe your SAP and non-SAP panorama
Microsoft and SAP stay dedicated to offering sturdy and revolutionary safety measures for SAP purposes on Microsoft Cloud.
Microsoft Sentinel Answer for SAP: Presents top-tier safety for SAP enterprise purposes. We have now launched a brand new agentless information connector that simplifies onboarding by reusing clients’ SAP BTP property. Strategic third-party options from SAP SE like LogServ and different Unbiased Software program Distributors like SecurityBridge improve Sentinel’s effectiveness as a SIEM for SAP workloads.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for SAP (MDE): Is now SAP HANA conscious, offering seamless and safe safety for SAP landscapes. MDE precisely identifies SAP HANA binaries and information recordsdata, treating them as trusted entities.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Integrates with SAP LeanIX. This integration enhances IT safety and enterprise structure. LeanIX makes use of Microsoft Entra ID to find enterprise apps and SSO setups, enhancing risk detection and compliance. Be taught extra right here.
Microsoft Entra ID Governance for SAP: Has launched a number of new options geared toward enhancing productiveness and safety. The Lifecycle Workflows function now helps Customized Safety Attributes as triggers and scope filters and consists of the power to robotically revoke entry tokens when workers transfer inside or go away the group. The product scope continues to evolve primarily based on final yr’s announcement and advice by SAP to maneuver from SAP IDM to Microsoft Entra ID Governance. Along with SAP Identification Entry Governance (IAG) and SAP Cloud Identification Companies, SAP Entry Management (AC) will probably be built-in to provoke entry requests and provisioning success for SAP apps from Entra ID Governance, and carry out real-time entry danger evaluation when provisioning customers to SAP AC.
Microsoft Entra Personal Entry: Now elevates safety and compliance for SAP GUI by enabling an identity-centric Zero Belief Community Entry (ZTNA) technique with Continous Entry Analysis (CAE) and Multi-Issue-Authentication from Entra Conditional Entry. Be taught extra right here.
Be taught extra about SAP on Microsoft Cloud
We have now much more to share about at present’s thrilling bulletins. Listed here are methods to study extra, both on-line or by becoming a member of us at SAP Sapphire in Orlando and Madrid:
