SAP and Microsoft Unite to Accelerate AI and Enterprise Data Innovation

A unified approach to smarter analytics and accelerated AI

At Microsoft Ignite in November, SAP and Microsoft announced SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC) Connect for Microsoft Fabric, strengthening their long-standing partnership.

The new capability enables seamless, zero-copy sharing of SAP’s trusted data within Microsoft Fabric, giving organisations faster access to business-ready insights for analytics and AI.

Why this matters

The integration enables:

  ✅Zero-copy access to SAP data, reducing complexity and improving speed.

  ✅Unified analytics and AI, making it easier to build insight-driven applications that blend SAP business data with other sources.

  ✅Improved governance and efficiency across data, reporting and AI use cases.

Read the full article: SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Microsoft Fabric | SAP News Center

Our take: the talent impact

We see this development reshaping skills demand:

   🔹Hybrid SAP + data/AI roles will grow : Data Architects, BI Developers, and AI Engineers with experience across SAP and Microsoft ecosystems will become increasingly valuable.

   🔹Change professionals will play a bigger role : As data flows more freely into tools like Power BI, Excel and Teams, the challenge becomes adoption, governance and embedding new workflows.

   🔹Transformation teams will evolve : Organisations modernising SAP landscapes will look for talent who can support AI readiness, cloud migration and cross-platform integration.

For employers

If you’re exploring SAP BDC and Microsoft Fabric, now is the moment to assess your skills strategy.

Building teams with blended SAP and analytics capabilities will be essential for unlocking real value.

For Jobseekers

If you work in SAP and have any exposure to Power BI or cloud-data tools, this is the time to upskill and position yourself for high-impact transformation roles.
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