Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems serve as the backbone of an organization’s business processes and SAP has been one of the largest ERP software providers in the market. As global organizations adjusted to the new normal in the past year, they have come to realize the value of running their SAP ERP solutions in the cloud. These solutions paired with the capabilities of Microsoft products have played a vital role in building resilient systems for the future.
In the 2020 SAP Insider Survey, 47% of SAP customers said that they prefer Microsoft Azure over other cloud providers when migrating their on-premise SAP systems to the cloud. Moving your SAP workloads to the cloud is just one of the many ways in which you can leverage Microsoft services. From processing your SAP data using advanced analytics to integrating SAP data with Microsoft Teams, you can do so much more to extend the scope of your SAP solutions and achieve a competitive advantage. Read on to find out how you can innovate and maximize the business value of your SAP data with Microsoft services.
Eliminate data silos with Enterprise Data Warehouse and Data Lake
As businesses are becoming data-driven, there is an urgent need to unify all data sources to streamline data processing and analysis. The data in SAP systems is isolated from other business data, making it harder to analyze and generate business value from it. Business innovation cannot happen in an IT environment with disparate systems, fragmented data, and manual processes that take a huge amount of time to complete. With Azure, you can easily integrate your SAP and non-SAP data through an extensive portfolio of Azure data services including Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Data Lake. With several out-of-the-box SAP connectors, you can consolidate all your data into a cloud-based data warehouse and achieve the benefits of enhanced scalability, agility, and cost-effectiveness.
Unlock Intelligent Insights with Microsoft Power BI
It can be difficult to analyze raw data in SAP ERP systems and make accurate business recommendations based on it. There is no simplified reporting solution on SAP because of its inconsistent Business Intelligence strategy. Microsoft Power BI, on the other hand, provides a one-stop portal for all your visualization needs. It has been a leading BI platform in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for analytics and BI platforms and provides a powerful and interactive visualization interface coupled with a rich user experience. You can create real-time dashboards and reports connected with diverse data sources, both on-premises and in the cloud. Power BI provides a data gateway for secure data transfer between SAP data and Power BI service. It improves accessibility to business insights, thereby accelerating the decision-making process for your business.
Harness the power of big data and AI with Advanced Analytics
Microsoft provides an extensive array of Azure services to build innovative analytics solutions leveraging your SAP data. Encompassing a wide range of business scenarios from demand forecasting, supply chain optimization, predictive analytics, customer analytics, etc., Azure empowers you to automate and transform productivity and growth at your organization. It enables a foundation to drive continuous innovation and build state-of-the-art applications using AI and machine learning techniques. Backed with flexible storage and compute capabilities, you can easily integrate your enterprise SAP data for developing advanced analytics solutions.
Transform productivity and innovate faster with Microsoft Teams & Power Platform
Using Microsoft PowerApps and Power Automate, you can create customized workflows and applications without having any programming experience. With a readily available SAP ERP connector, you can connect to the SAP environment to rapidly develop and deploy business applications. The platform contains pre-built templates, integration with native applications, and access to advanced features like Artificial Intelligence that empowers you to effortlessly contribute to your organization’s growth.
The Microsoft Teams platform can be used for more than just meetings and video conferencing. Teams can transform your digital workspace with seamless integration of apps and business processes on its platform. You can easily deploy enterprise chatbots on Teams that perform business tasks involving SAP and non-SAP systems. Applications developed on MS Teams provide an intuitive interface for intelligent interaction with your ERP systems. This comprehensive platform requires minimal training leading to enhanced user engagement.
Build seamless business workflows with Azure Integration Services
Creating business workflows, simplifying complex orchestration problems, and integrating all types of data has become easier with a comprehensive set of Azure integration services. Azure Data Factory, Azure Logic Apps, API Management, etc. enable effective management of data pipelines, scalable workflows, and app development across hybrid cloud environments. You can move from a traditional license-based approach to a consumption-based approach with the on-demand scaling feature, optimizing your operational costs.
Drive ROI with migration to Azure Cloud
Thousands of customers including SAP’s own IT department have chosen Azure for migrating their business-critical systems to the cloud. According to the 2021 Total Economic Impact Study by Forrester Consulting, customers running SAP solutions on Azure can achieve a 112 percent ROI and a 30 percent reduction in time-to-market for new operations. Along with these benefits, Azure infrastructure offers immense flexibility, scalability, business continuity, and comprehensive compliance coverage. Other reasons to adopt Azure at your organization are the enterprise readiness and best-in-class security offerings of the Azure platform.
Final Thoughts
By integrating SAP solutions on Azure, you can replace expensive, manual, error-prone operations with automated, scalable processes, empowering your employees to focus on higher-value activities. Now more than ever, organizations have realized the potential of running SAP solutions on the modern cloud and need an environment that supports continuous innovation, accelerating digital transformation.
At Celebal Technologies, our unique position as SAP and Microsoft experts enables us to address all complexities and challenges of connecting SAP systems to Azure. We offer end-to-end services tailored for every enterprise customer, helping them make the most of their SAP investments.
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