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In episode 285 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP Integration Suite.
In the past we already talked about the SAP Integration Suite, Edge Integration Cell and also Microsoft Sentinel for security. Today, with my colleage Martin Pankraz and Jannis Maier from SAP, we take a closer look how these components work together.
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In episode 284 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  Data Governance & Multi-cloud flexbility.
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In episode 283 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about AI with SAP Supply Chain at Microsoft for ECC.
We have talked in the past about the Joule and Copilot integration and what overwhelming interest we are hearing from customers. Our regular viewers might have wondered what we are doing with the Joule integration at Microsoft and you might remember, that -- while we have lots of SaaS and also S/4HANA systems running RISE on Azure at Microsoft -- we also have a really important ECC System. We are already working on moving it to S/4HANA, but this will take some time. So our Supply Chain Team explored what they can do to still enable a Copilot interaction with the SAP System and invented Stratus AI. To tell us more about this, I am glad to have Alex Bitiukov and Ryan Murphy with us here today.
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In episode 282 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about events in March.You can say it is event season: this week I was attending Taiefy, The SAP Intelligence Event for you, in Amsterdam and next week we have not only the DSAG Technology days, but also Microsoft Fabcon, SAP Insiders and a few other events. So today we quickly want to recap this week and also provide an outlook to next.
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In episode 281 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure resiliency with Azure Backup for SAP.
Running an SAP System on Azure is one thing. But what about resiliency. For a long time Microsoft has been offering Azure backup for SAP workload and we have not only been supporting HANA, but also ASE. To share more on the latest inovation on Azure Backup for SAP, I am glad to have Anam with us today.
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In episode 278 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Support for Mission Critical.
When customers move their SAP systems to Azure, Microsoft is working closely with customers and their partners on the migration. We do not have our own team that actually does the migrations, but as we have highlighted several times on the show, we have dedicated teams that ensure an SAP on Azure Missions critical support. In the past we had colleagues like Hemanth Damecharla or Philiipp Leitenbauer from our engineering team in our show, who work very closely with SAP to ensure that SAP systems run best on Azure, but we also had colleagues like Etienne Dittrich from Shibli Subhanis team - or our own Goran -- who support customers closely during their preparation and the actual go-live. Today we want to talk to Anuradha Karnam who is a Cloud Solution Architect working on Support for Mission Critical, who will with us share what Support for Mission Critical is and how he and the team is helping customers.
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In episode 277 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about ABAP Vibe coding!
I love playing Adventure games. When I was younger, I was playing games from SierraOnline or LucasArts. One of my favorites was (and actually is) Days of the Tentacle. However, the game that probably started it all was Zork, a text-based adventure game. In one of the first interactions in this game it says "ZORK is a game of adventure, danger, and low cunning ... No Computer should be without one" So very recently I leared that you can actually play Zork in the SAP GUI. It's getting even better because our guest today, Alice, has developed it using vibe coding. So to learn more about the game, how vibe coding helped and how it found its way to ABAP, I am glad to have Alice back with us today.
MCP Server for Vibing Steampunk (vsp): https://github.com/oisee/vibing-steampunk
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In episode 276 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about RPT-1. On of the new foundational models from SAP.
One of the highlights at SAP TechEd last year was the announcement of two foundational new models, among them the RPT-1 or Rapid One. For me this was quite interesting, because SAP not only announce the model, but immediately made it available for testing on BTP and HuggingFace. Our amazing colleauge Amit Lal immediately jumped on it and explored the functionality. Today I am happy to have him with us again to talk about his experience with RPT-1.
Link to the repo on GitHub from Amit: SAP RPT-1-OSS | AI-Powered Enterprise ML Suite: https://github.com/amitlals/SAP-RPT-1-OSS-App-playground
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In episode 275 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Identity Managment and authentication for SAP. We have covered several times already identity and authetnication topics with Martin Raepple in the past. Together with Cameron Gardiner we take another look at Identity Management, especially in the context of the end of life for SAP IDM.
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In episode 274 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about testing your SAP systems using SAP Testing Automation Framework, by provding a systematic, repeatable way to validate your SAP systems infrastructure configuration and HA cluster functionality.
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In episode 273 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Infrastructure Security.
In the past few weeks we had a lot of discusisons around SAP and security. We talked about application protection and even had already partners that we collaborate with on the show. Today we want to take another look -- this time more on the infrastructure. For this I am glad to have Cameron back with us.
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In episode 272 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we look back at 2025.
This will be our last episode of the 2025, and like in all the years since 2020, we want to wrap up the year with our colleague Jürgen Thomas.
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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 24 TB VMs. This whole projects shows how the growth even of complex HANA architectures, from 3 TB to 6TH, 12 TB, 24 TB or even 32 TB is something that we support on Azure. To share more about this amazing journey, I am happy to wecleom Abbas and Momin on our show today.
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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 Mitigation.
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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 used this idea to create new MCP servers. The benefit are obvious: OData and MCP are a match made in heaven. What is often described has a shortcoming of OData -- its chattyness and too much information -- is a huge benefit in MCP, where you need a good description of the various tools.
One other project that caught not only mine, but the attention of the whole SAP community is the OData MCP bridge on BTP, the SAP Business Technology Platform. To share us more about this project, the AI Data Enabler, I am happy to have Wouter, Tom and Marian with us today. Welcome to our show.
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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 been working with these partners. Today we want to kick if off with Ivan Mans, who is the CTO at SecurityBridge. Welcome Ivan, welcome Martin to our show
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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 hosted by Marian Guenther. He will show a really cool integration scenario of Copilot Studio with not only SAP, but also ServiceNow. It gets even better: even if you cannot attend in person, you can already see a sneak peak today.
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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 with us here.
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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 have Marc Böhnke with us today.
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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 spend more time on demos and actually show you how the security integration can look like acorss the board.
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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 its best!
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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, we want to kick off several sessions focused completely on Security with SAP and Microsoft. This goes way beyond using Entra ID for Signle Sign-On and my colleague Martin Pankraz has focused on this for years. So I am really glad to have Martin back with us to kick off the security related sessions.
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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 everyone. Of course, we will also continue to do our deep dives on specific topics.
However, before we get start today there is also one other thing that was brought up now several times. When you watch this show on YouTube, you are interrupted quite often with ads. Several of you wrote comments under some videos, and also some colleagues reached out to me. I want to be clear: we are not making any money with these videos. We have NOT activitated anything to earn money with this. So unfortunately there is very little that we can do. I hope you can still enjoy this and all of our other vidoes and you might just have to wait and skip some ads.
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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 anything myself. I had honor of hosting our SAP with Microsoft track with great customer presentations, I attended many amazing customer sessions and I was again able to connect with lots of peers from SAP, partners and customers during the event. So today we want to recap the event and it is really great that we have Jens Hungershausen with us.
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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 virtual machines: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch* Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Trusted launch: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch-existing-vm-gen-1?tabs=linux%2Cpowershell* Generally Available: Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates?id=499104Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode259Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* Goran Condric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gorancondric/* Holger Bruchelt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holger-bruchelt/ - 0:00 Intro- 1:40 Introducing Robert Biro- 2:50 Trusted Launch VMs for SAP- 4:00 Definition and Purpose of Trusted Launch- 5:20 Trusted Launch and Generation 2- 12:30 Supported for SAP- 17:15 Enable Trusted Launch on existing Azure VMs#Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #TrustedCompute #VM #Security

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 running SAP. Three years is a pretty long time in the age of cloud and AI, so I am happy to have Fred back with us to share the latest on SAP at Microsoft.
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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 time to time.
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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 not. So for me it was clear that I wanted to continue to work with DSAG in my role SAP product manager for SAP integration at Microsoft.
So today I am happy to have Sebastian Westphal the Executive Board Member for Technology at DSAG with us.
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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 User Group, was on stage during the keynote of Thomas Saueressig. Geoff has always great insights when it comes to customers and I am glad that we have him back on our show.
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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 working closely with customers in Denmark and northern Europe to share what he is seeing in the market.
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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 us again. He recently published new guidance on integrating SAP HCM with Microsoft Entra ID Governance, using flexible provisioning options like CSV, SAP BAPI, or SAP IDocs
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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 to have him with us to talk about Copilot Studio, Autonomous agents, when to use them and also look at the new Agent feed.
Links:* Supervise agents in model-driven apps with agent feed (preview): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/user/supervise-agents-with-agent-feed* *R2Power - Learning Power Apps: https://www.youtube.com/@R2Power
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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 talk about the integration, what customers can use today and what is on our roadmap.
Links: Integrating Joule with Microsoft 365 Copilot: https://help.sap.com/docs/joule/integrating-joule-with-sap/integrating-joule-with-microsoft-365-copilot
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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 SAP system. This can be quite frustrating. So wouldn't it be great if there was a way to ground the LLM on the data objects that are actually available in MY SAP system? Well, I am glad to have Alice Vinogradova back with us to give us some sneek peak at what can happen if you combine the OData MCP Bridge, a custom OData service which exposes classes, interaces and functions and GitHub Copilot.
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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 us with this overview, I am glad to have Ulrich Christ and Bartosz Jarkowski with us.
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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 worked. Then I looked for commonly used SAP business OData service from the API Buinsess Hub -- and they also worked. Even more -- I was not only able to read information from my SAP system, but also writing back information was possible. So to take a closer look a the MCP Bridge I am really glad to have Alice Vinogradova with us today.
Link to MCP Bridge on GitHub: https://github.com/oisee/odata_mcp_go
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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 Microsoft development point of view.
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In episode 246 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP Identity Management and Microsoft Entra ID. Since the announcement from SAP about SAP IDM, a lot of customers have already started their journey to move to Entra ID. We have had several customers talking about their experience and also hosted several hands-on sessions. Martin Raepple is key player in most of these discussions and today we want to show in more detail how the journey is evolving. To today he shows us how to integrate Microsoft Entra with SAP Cloud Identity Services and leverage Microsoft Entra's advanced features to migrate and modernize existing SAP IDM workflows, using self-service UIs, integration with SAP data sources, and much more.
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In episode 245 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Security Threat detection with SAP.
SAP Threat Monitoring tools like SAP Enterprise Threat Detection enable real-time monitoring of security events in SAP systems. On the Microsoft side we catch track and catch a lot of security events using Microsoft Sentinel. Luckily there ia a native integration of ETD with Sentinel. To show us how this integration actually works, I am happy to have Michael Schmitt from SAP and our own Martin Pankratz with us again today.
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In episode 244 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Sapphire and Ignite.

A few weeks back we had SAP Sapphires and in parallel Microsoft Build. There were a tons a new announcements and we thought that today we would spend some time to recap the event. We will not do complete recap, but only concentrate on some of the SAP and Microsoft specific topics.

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In episode 243 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP LogServ and Microsoft Sentinel!
I am just returning from Sapphire in Orlando and among a lot of AI related discussions, the topic of Security was also top of mind. Several RISE customers actually approached me and asked about the SAP LogServ integration with Microsoft Sentinel. It looks like the latest release from SAP and Microsoft adressed something, that is quite top of mind for customers at the moment. To give us more insights, on what this LogServ and Sentinel integraiton is and how you can benefit from it, I am happy to have Hemanth from SAP, and Martin and Bastian with us today.
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In episode 242 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the integration of SAP LeanIX and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
I have to admit that I have not yet worked with SAP LeanIX. LeanIX is an Enterprise Architecture Tools that brings visibility in your landscape. In most companies, this tool is used by Enterprise Architects. What happens now, if you combine LeanIX with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, which helps you to secure and govern SaaS solution? That's exactly what Martin Pankraz and Michelle Niedernhuber from SAP thought about and brought these two products together. So in todays episode -- to quote from their blog post -- we will look at the magic that happens when you combine them.
Find more information at:* SAP LeanIX integrating Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blog-posts-by-members/sap-leanix-integrating-microsoft-defender-for-cloud-apps/ba-p/14089439
* LeanIX - SaaS Discovery: https://docs-eam.leanix.net/docs/saas-discovery-1
* Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA) Integration for SaaS Discovery: https://docs-eam.leanix.net/docs/microsoft-defender-for-cloud-apps
* Microsoft Entra ID Integration for SaaS Discovery: https://docs-eam.leanix.net/docs/microsoft-entra-id
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In episode 241 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about testing the setup up and configuration of SAP on Azure using the SAP Testing Automation Framework. We are excited to introduce you to the SAP Testing Automation Framework, an innovative open-source tool designed to elevate your SAP system testing on Azure. Whether you're a seasoned SAP professional or just getting started, this framework offers a comprehensive solution to ensure your SAP deployments run smoothly and efficiently. We will dive into the key features of the framework, including configuration validation, high availability functional testing, and detailed reporting. You'll learn how to integrate it seamlessly into your validation efforts and leverage its extensibility to meet your unique testing needs. Links:SAP Testing Automation Framework with SAP Deployment Automation Framework (SDAF): https://github.com/Azure/sap-automation-qa/blob/main/docs/SDAF_INTEGRATION.md
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In episode 240 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the improvements in Principal propgation.
Almost 2 years ago, in 2023, Microsoft kicked off the Secure Future Initiative. This meant that litterally all the services within Microsoft went through a security review and were hardend. While this certainly improved security, it also made a lot of scenario much more complicated. Where in the past you could connect to a service using basic authentication or with a simple certificate, that is no longer possible. Martin -- always looking at the positive side -- recently talked about how the "Secure Future Initiative" blocker became a differentiator for SAP with Microsoft -- and I love this. With the work that Martin and the team did we now have a really cool, secure and much easier to maintain solution to do principal propagation.
I am glad that we have Martin back on our show to explain a little more about the magic that he did.
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In episode 239 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure NetApp Files.
After focusing on AI in the last few shows, lets get back to something more deterministik: Storage! We had already talked about sophisticated storage requirements for SAP S/4HANA projects and how Azure NetApp Files provides one of the best and most performant options for the most demanding workload. However, flexibility was sometimes an issue. With the new flexible service level ANF allows you now to independently configure storage capacity and throughput, optimizing costs and performance by right-sizing based on your needs. To give us more insights on this (and covering the latest news around ANF in general) we have Geert joining us again.
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In episode 238 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about next wave of AI. Last week we heard from CJ about a cool usage for the office of the CFO, combining Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Agents and Code Interpreter. This time we have also a known guest with us: Amit Lal. Amit was one of the first to publish SAP related apps to ChatGPT, he released several Agents for Microsoft Copilot and he always has amazing demos to show for our customers. There is now even a nice action figure of Amit available -- well, at least virtual.
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In episode 237 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about again about SAP and AI. When I presented at the DSAG Technologydays a few weeks I started to talk about the Joule & Copilot integration. While I think this is going to be a great integration of the UI for AIs, I can see a lot of other activities happening when it comes to SAP and AI. Week by week our colleauge CJ is publishing great articles on LinkedIn about AI can work with SAP, from Agentic AI Workflow for SAP to Leveraging Semantic Kernel + Azure AI Agents + Code Interpreter for CFO Office. I am glad to have him back on our show to talk more about this integration.
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In episode 236 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about GitHub Copilot in Eclipse.
A few weeks ago, we released a blog post "Introducing ABAP Support in GitHub Copilot for Eclipse". Immediately after publsihing it, there were quite a few comments form the community. Last week I was at the DSAG technology days and there I was also asked by a lot of customers, partners, SAP Mentors and others about the status and meaning of all of it.
So in todays session I am really happy to have Sandra Ahlgrimm and Hang Wang with us to talk more about the GitHub Copilot for Eclipse.
If you have used GitHub Copilot in Eclipse for ABAP and want to share your feedback -- please let us know!
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