In this article AI is reshaping how enterprises operate, make decisions, and innovate at scale Frontier innovation for ERP systems Your agentic intelligence Putting enterprise AI into production Advancing a new era of AI collaboration Powering AI with a unified data foundation Microsoft and SAP expand partnership to deliver trusted sovereign cloud solutions Expanding platform availability and ecosystem innovation Cloud Acceleration Factory expansion: Driving AI innovation for SAP Expanding the Global RISE with SAP Acceleration Program on Microsoft Azure Customer innovation in action A global partner ecosystem driving scale Powering the future of SAP with Microsoft Cloud Discover what SAP and Microsoft Cloud have to offer AI is reshaping how enterprises operate, make decisions, and innovate at scale Together, Microsoft and SAP are helping enterprises transform operations, decision-making, and innovation at scale on Azure. At SAP Sapphire 2026, Microsoft and SAP continue to build on a deep, decades-long partnership—one that is increasingly centered on a shared vision for how enterprises innovate in the age of AI. We’re excited to unveil how Microsoft’s Frontier Transformation helps customers realize SAP’s autonomous enterprise journey. See how SAP on Azure drives business value for these customers Frontier innovation for ERP systems Microsoft Azure is the foundation of Frontier Transformation . To succeed, it must be built on a global, trusted, AI-first commercial cloud. Modern AI at scale requires a different kind of platform—one designed for agents, intelligence platforms, and continuous learning with AI embedded where people already work—augmenting decisions and actions in real time. That is how AI moves from experimentation to everyday impact. What differentiates these experiences is intelligence and context. Agents that understand enterprise data, business processes, and organizational semantics improving relevance, accuracy, and decision quality over time. We call this Microsoft IQ. Your agentic intelligence Microsoft IQ is a shared intelligence layer built to power enterprise AI. It brings together three dimensions of intelligence: how people work, how the business operates, and how knowledge is unlocked and activated. From collaboration and workflows, to business data and systems of record, to policies and institutional knowledge—these signals are connected through a common platform, enabling AI to operate with full context across the organization. This creates a new model for the enterprise: Employees are supported by AI that understands their work in context. Business operations are powered by real-time, connected data. Knowledge is continuously surfaced, reasoned over, and applied through intelligent agents. The result is an enterprise that moves faster, adapts more quickly, and drives better decisions with AI. This is where the joint innovation between Microsoft and SAP becomes uniquely powerful. By combining SAP’s deep business process expertise with Microsoft’s intelligence layer, customers can extend this Frontier model into core business operations. SAP’s enterprise applications and data—spanning across SAP Business AI Platform and Joule—connect smoothly with Microsoft Teams , Microsoft Fabric , Microsoft Copilot , and a new generation of AI agents. Putting enterprise AI into production A central theme at SAP Sapphire 2026 is making AI real—moving from experimentation to production-ready, business-driven outcomes. Save the bAIkery AI experience Microsoft’s AI Immersion Experience showcases this shift in action. Through interactive scenarios like “ Save the bAIkery ,” attendees step into a dynamic business environment where every decision matters. Powered by Azure OpenAI, SAP Joule, SAP Cloud ERP, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and Power BI. This experience demonstrates how insights are generated to drive business outcomes across SAP systems—bringing together generative AI, analytics, and business processes in a seamless flow. What makes this experience compelling is not just the technology—it’s the shift it represents. AI is no longer a layer on top of enterprise systems. It is becoming embedded into the core of how businesses operate , enabling faster decisions, greater agility, and entirely new ways of working. Interactive: Explore how Microsoft and SAP AI capabilities can work together to connect business context, productivity tools and enterprise workflows. Together, this enables end-to-end AI transformation: Business data flows into a unified data foundation. Intelligence is applied through SAP Joule and Copilot and agent-driven experiences. Actions are executed across systems through tightly integrated workflows, in a governed, secure, and observable way. The result is not just better integration—but a fundamentally new way of operating . Creating intelligent, interconnected systems where data, AI, and business processes continuously learn, adapt, and improve. This is the path to becoming a Frontier enterprise—where AI delivers measurable impact across the business, not as isolated gains, but as a continuous engine of innovation. Advancing a new era of AI collaboration One of the most exciting areas of innovation between Microsoft and SAP is the continued evolution of AI innovation across systems. Over the past year, integration between SAP Joule and Copilot has taken important steps forward, enabling users to access business data and take action across SAP and Microsoft 365 environments. At Sapphire, that vision continues to evolve and we are excited to announce agent-to-agent (A2A) integration between Microsoft 365 Copilot and Joule— delivering connected AI experiences using agent‑to‑agent capabilities , enabling Joule to work seamlessly across the Microsoft 365 productivity suite . This announcement opens up a world in which AI systems don’t just assist users—they begin to coordinate with each other across workflows. Business collaboration happens in Microsoft 365 (for
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