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This repository contains everything you need to get started with joint Microsoft + SAP scenarios. The repos content complements the SAP community posts, our SAP+Microsoft YouTube Channel and webcasts as well as the open-source contributions on GitHub made by an amazing group of contributors!
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📢Find the official Microsoft + SAP landing page here.
For your weekly news from the SAP+Microsoft world follow the mentioned YouTube channels.
To get a first impression about the limitless opportunities of extending SAP applications with Microsoft and Azure services, this Azure Friday episode is a perfect starting point:
The Azure Friday session above gave you a glimpse into the world of combining SAP and Microsoft. We are looking back at 25+ years of partnership between both companies which is the foundation to support common goals long term. See below what is current top of mind in that area.
| Description | Source |
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| Press release which covers the joint commitment by the companies to simplify and streamline customers’ journeys to the cloud | SAP and Microsoft Partnership Expands - SAP News Center |
| Overview about Microsoft and SAP partnering to meet the needs of every business | Come Explore the Future (sap.com) |
| How SAP and Microsoft are working together to accelerate customer innovation and transformation | Collaborating for Success: How SAP and Microsoft are working together to accelerate customer innovation and transformation |
You want to learn more about the basics of the technical foundation behind SAP and Azure?
Level 1️⃣ - Let's start with an overview of Azure's Global Infrastructure (microsoft.com).
🧑🚀Challenge: Can you spot the satellite 🛰️ on the screenshot? Microsoft services capabilities extended by space infrastructure.
Level 2️⃣ - Let's get an overview what services are available on Azure by taking a look at the Azure Services Overview (azurecharts.com).
Level 3️⃣ - Now let's dive a bit more into the combination of SAP and Microsoft namely the SAP solutions on Azure | Microsoft Azure.
Level 4️⃣ - You want more? We have you covered by two more valuable resources:
The SAP Discovery Center – BTP Services on Azure (cloud.sap)
and SAP’s library of joint use cases (discover.sap.com)
Now you have seen enough and want to make your hands dirty? Good news, you can dive-in headfirst without worrying about cost and hit the ground running with awesome open-source projects. All required components offer a free tier. Credit card details are only required to prohibit trial misuse. They won’t be charged till you actively switch or convert your subscription to a paid one.
| Description | Account |
|---|---|
| Azure Free Trial, useful in the context of configuring Azure AD for development purposes | Azure Free Trial |
| SAP BTP on Azure Trial Account, select Singapore for Azure | BTP (🚀 on Azure 🚀) Trial Account |
| M365 Developer Program | Developer Program | Microsoft 365 Dev Center |
| Public GitHub account to host your projects | GitHub account |
✅ You are all set to get start coding. Here are some resources that give you a decent start into the world of SAP and Microsoft.
| Description | Source |
|---|---|
| The perfect start and a must-see | Building Applications on SAP BTP with Microsoft Services | openSAP |
| SAP Discovery Center Missions providing use-cases for combing BTP and Microsoft Azure services | Integrate Azure Data Explorer and SAP Data Warehouse Cloud Establish security workflow between SAP and Microsoft apps (cloud.sap) Extend your business workflow with Microsoft Teams & Outlook (cloud.sap) Route traffic between SAP Cloud Integration tenants with Azure |
📝 Tip - openSAP courses guide you through the journey with lectures and assignments to foster learning whereas Discovery Center Missions focus more on the correct deployment of a solution.
We contribute to the tech communities through actionable prototypes, blogs, Q&A marathons, and controversial discussions. Find below some of our influential voices and user groups out there. We featured their latest trending blogs, webcasts and feeds.
YouTube is of course one source for collecting information. There are two formats we highly recommend:
- Famous unofficial SAP + Microsoft YouTube Channel hosted by Holger Bruchelt.
Latest edition:
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| #218 - The one with Updates on Azure Backup for SAP (Pradeep Venkata) | SAP on Azure Video Podcast |
- Equally interesting webcast called “myNewsWrap” on SAP + Microsoft from a developer perspective hosted by Christian Lechner.
Latest edition:
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| #QuickGlance - Azure Developer CLI - September Update |
LinkedIn is another source we like to bring to your attention namely the insightful LinkedIn group 
Find our searchable blog post gallery grouped by topic here.
Equally important for your future endeavour with SAP and Microsoft are Customer Engagement Initiatives (CEI) and BETA programs:
- Inviting you: Register soon to explore your event-driven pathway between SAP and Microsoft Azure | SAP Blogs
- SAP Private Link Service GA announcement after public Beta | SAP Blogs
- SAP Private Link service CEI - Jul 22 | SAP Customer Influence
- SAP Early Adopter Care | SAP S/4HANA Cloud - MS Teams Integration
Last but not least, here we go with a list of contributors (in alphabetical order of first name)
| The face behind the ninja cat 🥷🐱 | Coordinates |
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Bartosz Jarkowski  SAP Community |
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Christian Lechner     SAP Community |
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Harutyun Ter-Minasyan   |
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Holger Bruchelt   SAP Community |
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Martin Pankraz   SAP Community |
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Martin Raepple  SAP Community |
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Maximilian Streifeneder   SAP Community |
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Roman Broich  SAP Community |
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Thijs Zandvliet  |
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Bart Delanghe  SAP Community |
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Robert Biro  SAP Community |
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William Eastbury  |
One more thing: we are always looking for passionate SAP + Microsoft advocates. Just reach out via GitHub, create pull-requests, post issues, meet us at the SAP community, LinkedIn or Twitter.
Yours
Integration Ninja Cats 🥷🐱
