Unofficial SAP on Azure podcast

In episode 271 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about very large HANA environments on Azure. Already in the early days of running SAP on Azure, we had customers with large HANA environemnts. Obviously, in the beginning we talked about 2 or 4 Terrabyte systems. We were always supporting the largets environment and today we want to talk about a new recent S/4HANA scale-out environment with...

In episode 270 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure Network Security. In recent episodes we talked about securing your SAP systems using Entra ID, implementing MFA or using Sentinel to detect attacks. But what about the foundation, the Azure Network? So today I am glad to have Evren and Saleem with us to take a closer look at Azure Central Point of Connectivity and Advanced Threat...

In episode 269 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the Model Context Protocol being used on the SAP Business Technology Platform. A few months ago we had my colleauge Alice on the show who introduced a tool that would allow you to convert an OData service in an MCP, a Model Context Protocol, server. Since then we had many more talks and we could see a lot of projects popping up that us...

In episode 268 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Security with the partner SecurityBridge. A few weeks back we have started with sessions really focused on Microsoft Security with SAP. We have a lot of amazing tools that help customers protect their SAP solutions, but there are some really good SAP security partners in the market as well. So with this Martin Pankraz and the team have...

In episode 267 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about an upcoming Ignite session with Copilot Studio and SAP. Today we have another first: as you probably know Microsoft Ignite is just around the corner. Next week thousands of customers and partners will meet in San Francisco to learn the latest about Microsoft. Well, there will be several SAP focused sessions and one of these session is...

In episode 266 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about security with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition. Today we continue our story about SAP and Microsoft security. So far we focused on RISE and on-prem SAP environments. But what about the SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition? Today we switch the focus to Public Cloud and I am really happy to have Martin Pankraz and Patrick Boch from SAP wit...

In episode 265 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Delos Cloud. For some countries sovereignty in the context of running applications in the cloud becoms more and more important. There are lots of aspects when it comes to this and different countries look at their own sovereig implementation. In Germany the Delos cloud is such a sovereign and secure cloud platform and I am happy to hav...

In episode 264 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we continue to talk about Security. Two weeks back we started with a first introduction on the topic of SAP with Microsoft Security. Martin walked us through the different areas where we have offerings and where we are also working closely together with SAP. It was a great overview, but also quite theoretically. So that's why today we want to sp...

In episode 263 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Entra ID and SAP Cloud Identity Services. In the past we already had a few sessions with Martin Raepple where we talked about the integration of Entra ID with the SAP Cloud Identity Service. Today we will look at the SuccessFactors integraiton and role provisioning and we are happy to have Martin back with us.  Product management at it...

In episode 262 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Security. In the past, security was never really a prominent topic for SAP customers. When asked about their top 5 priorities in the next year, other topics were always on the top. To my suprise, this changed quite a bit: not only in the latest DSAG Survey Security came out as one of the most important topics. So with todays session, w...

In episode 261 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we have another News update. A few weeks back we had a News-only episode where we just looked at what had happened in the SAP and Microsoft space in recent weeks without focusing on any specfic topic. We actually got quite some positive feedback, so we decided to do this more often. It will be a shorter episode, but I think this is good with everyon...

In episode 260 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the DSAG Annual congress. Last week I had the pleasure to attend the DSAG Annual congress in Bremen. DSAG is the German Speaking User Group and the annual event is the biggest and probably most relevant event for the german speaking community in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This year was the first time, that I didn't present a...

In episode 259 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Trusted Launch VMs for SAP. Azure offers Trusted Launch as a seamless way to improve the security of Generation 2 virtual machines (VM). Trusted Launch protects against advanced and persistent attack techniques. Robert Biro exlains the concepts and outlines how this can also be used in the context of SAP. * Trusted Launch for Azure vir...

In episode 258 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP and Microsoft. From time to time we mention that Microsoft is a huge SAP customer. Not only since a few months, but since tens of years. So in a lot of cases our situation refelcts the same situation as a lot of customers out there. Roughly three years ago we had Frederic Huet from out internal SAP team talking about Microsoft runn...

In episode 257 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about latest news from the SAP and Microsoft ecosystem. Today we don't have any special guest, so we thought we would take a look at some of the latest news from the SAP and Microsoft ecospace. In earlier episodes we had a regular news block, but we shifted to specific topcs with experts. So maybe we will have dedicated News episode from...

In episode 256 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Community. When I was still at SAP over 10 years ago, I loved working with DSAG, the German Speaking SAP User Group. For me -- in my last role as the product manager for SAP API Management -- it was always great to get direct consolidated customer feedback. To present the latest features and listen to what was resonating well and what...

In episode 255 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about ASUG with Geoff Scott. In my role as a product manager, I try to stay in contact with customers as much as possible. On the one hand I can help customers get started with new innovations, but I also get to learn and hear their feedback. So at the last Sapphire it was great for me to see, that Geoff Scott, CEO of ASUG, the American SAP...

In episode 254 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Entra ID Governance from a Customer perspective We continue today with the topics around Entra ID and SAP. We have covered different aspects of the integration of Entra ID and SAP in different ways in the past, but we thought that today we could take a look from a customer perspective. I am glad to have Roj Koc with us today, who is wo...

In episode 253 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP HCM with Microsoft Entra ID Governance. In previous episodes we have talked about the extensibility concept of Entra ID, Entra ID Governance and other SAP integration. In a lot of customer scenarios, these integrations are relevant in the context of HCM. So today -- after more than 3 years -- I am happy to welcome Chetan Desai with...

In episode 252 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Autonmous Agents. A few weeks back we had several hands-on sessions during the DSAG TechXChange event. One of the most popular sessions were the Copilot Studio & SAP sessions. I was lucky to work with Robin Rosengrün on those and although we had a recap session, Robin wasn't able to join our podcast at this time. Now I am happy...

In episode 251 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about something that I have been working on together with a great team at SAP and Microsoft: the SAP Joule and Microsoft Copilot integration. Back in May at Sapphire Orlando Christoph Ruehle and I had an amazing crowd for our presentation about this, so today I am really glad to have not only him, but also Diana Patch from SAP with us to tal...

In episode 250 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about ABAP Vibe Coding! Vibe coding is a very hot topic at the moment. I myself have explored a few things and the results using Claude or GitHub Copilot are atcually pretty impressive. When doing this with ABAP, the results are only so-so. From timt to time the LLM suggests function modules or data objects that actually do not exist in the...

In episode 249 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about data again. In previous epiosdes we talked alot about what you can do with AI, Copilot and your SAP data. We see a lot of customers that have their SAP data in Fabric and let the magic begin. However, the first step for this integration is to get the data in Fabric and today we want to summarize several options to do that. To provide u...

In episode 248 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the Model Context Protocol and how to use it with SAP. Two weeks back Alice released the MCP Bridge on GitHub which basically enables you to expose any OData service as an MCP Server. I was lucky to be a very early tester of this MCP Bridge and I was blown away by the result. I had just picked a few random OData services and it all wor...

In episode 247 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  SAP and AI again. Just a few weeks back we had CJ on our show to talk about Azure AI and SAP. In the meantime he is continuing to build out his integration demos. I think he is now at part 9 of his demos. Today we want to take a step back and want to see what kind of integrations are possible when it comes to AI & AI from a Micros...