Presenting the SAP Integration Strategy

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe the Integration Strategy of SAP.

SAP Integration Strategy Overview

In this lesson, we will cover the following topics:

  • What is the Integration Strategy of SAP?
  • Why is a robust Integration Strategy crucial for organizations?
  • What is the significance of an Integration Strategy?

Importance of Integration Strategy

An integration strategy is essential to seamlessly connect your technology landscape with your business objectives, ensuring robust and flexible integration across all business functions and processes. Effective integration acts as a critical driver for unlocking innovation and fueling business growth by using the power and intelligence of your business data.

The Role of SAP Business Technology Platform

The foundation of SAP's integration strategy is the SAP Business Technology Platform, a unified and open platform that consolidates various capabilities onto a single, business-centric public cloud platform.

Integration is a core pillar of this platform, which helps organizations to:

  • Accelerate innovation
  • Achieve faster value creation
  • Build and connect ecosystems
Business Technology Platform enabling Cloud ERP through modules like Spend Management, Supply Chain, Human Capital, and Customer Relationship Management, supported by AI-powered business processes.

SAP Integration Suite

As a key enabler within SAP Business Technology Platform, it provides the tools and capabilities to:

  • Integrate diverse applications and technologies
  • Ensure real-time data flow across systems
  • Simplify the implementation of complex integrations

Summary

In a world where change is rapid and constant, having a robust integration strategy is critical. SAP’s integration strategy empowers businesses to adapt quickly to changing circumstances, ensuring they stay ahead in competitive markets. By using the SAP Integration Suite and SAP Business Technology Platform, organizations can harness the full potential of their technology landscape, enabling innovation, growth, and long-term resilience.

From Fundamentals to Real-World Implementation

Business Example

In today's hybrid and multicloud IT landscapes, seamless integration between SAP and non-SAP systems is critical for ensuring end-to-end business process automation, data consistency, and agility.

SAP Integration Suite provides the tools and services needed to design, manage, and monitor such integrations across diverse environments. Whether you’re planning an SAP S/4HANA migration, connecting third-party applications (such as Salesforce, Microsoft, and legacy systems), or building event-driven architectures–understanding the capabilities, service scope, and implementation patterns of SAP Integration Suite is key.

These resources help:

  • Accelerate project timelines through reusable content such as APIs, packages, and missions
  • Reduce implementation risk by following validated reference architectures and best practices
  • Build internal expertise with structured learning paths and real-world examples
  • Enable informed decision-making by understanding licensing, scope, and service models

This exercise provides a structured overview of official SAP resources for learning, planning, and implementing integration scenarios with SAP Integration Suite. The resources are categorized by learning level and grouped thematically. In the following, these resources are considered in more detail.

Task Flow

In this exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

  1. Explore Feature Scope Description.
  2. Explore the SAP Help Portal - Integration Suite Documentation.
  3. Explore the SAP Discovery Center - Integration Suite Service Catalog.
  4. Explore the SAP Community - Integration Suite Topic Page.
  5. Explore the SAP Learning - Integration Suite Learning Journey.
  6. Explore the SAP Discovery Center - Mission Catalog.
  7. Explore the Reference Architectures - Integration.
  8. Explore the SAP Business Accelerator Hub.

Task 1: Explore Feature Scope Description

This downloadable PDF document outlines the full range of functions and capabilities of SAP Integration Suite. It is especially useful during planning phases, audits, and scoping workshops. The document includes detailed component breakdowns (such as Cloud Integration, API Management, Event Mesh), availability of features by license type and versioning information.

Prerequisites

None

Exercise Outcome

You have gained a basic foundational knowledge about the SAP Integration Suite.

What will you learn from this exercise?

This learning journey enables participants to build internal expertise, reduce time-to-value for integration projects, and make informed architectural decisions - ultimately supporting scalable, secure, and future-proof enterprise integration strategies.

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Log in to SAP Integration Suite

Business Scenario

For an integration developer to work with the SAP Integration Suite, configuration steps within the SAP BTP cockpit are necessary.

Task Flow

In this exercise, you will perform the following tasks:

  1. Log in to your SAP BTP Trial Account.
  2. Log in to the SAP Integration Suite.

Prerequisites

SAP BTP Trial Account with configured Integration Suite

Exercise Outcome

You can log in to your SAP BTP Trial Account. You can log in to your configured SAP Integration Suite as a developer. You can identify and test the capabilities assigned to your user.

Task 1: Log in to your SAP BTP Subaccount

Steps

  1. Log in to your SAP BTP Trial Account.

    1. Open your browser and insert the given training URL: https://cockpit.hanatrial.ondemand.com/trial/#/home/trial.

    2. Log in with your user and password when prompted.

    3. Choose the Go To Your Trial Account button.

      Screenshot of SAP BTP Cockpit trial page with a blue Go To Your Trial Account button, quick tool access options, and a section to start with tutorials.

  2. Log in to your SAP BTP Trial Subaccount.

    1. Choose the Trial tile. The subaccount overview appears.

      Web interface showing Global Account 179b8704trial with 1 subaccount named trial, located in US East (VA) region, provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), with a multienvironment setting.
      Screenshot of SAP BTP Cockpit showing a trial subaccount overview with 80 entitlements and two instances and subscriptions. Information about subdomain, tenant ID, subaccount ID, provider, region, and environment is displayed.

Task 2: Log in to the SAP Integration Suite

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