Online Course
SAP Business Technology Platform: A Practical Introduction
with Mercedes Barrachina
02/09/2027 – 02/23/2027
The course in detail:
SAP BTP is home to SAP’s integrations, extensions, automation, analytics, and AI—so get to know this critical platform in this practical course! Begin with the fundamentals: the platform’s strategic role, its architecture and core concepts, and how to find your way around the account structure and SAP BTP cockpit. Then learn what you can build on the platform. You’ll see how SAP Integration Suite and APIs connect SAP and non-SAP applications, how SAP BTP supports clean core extensibility, and how SAP Build creates apps and automates processes. Finally, explore data management, analytics, and AI with SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Business Data Cloud, and SAP Business AI. You’ll even learn to choose the right SAP BTP services for your business scenarios!
What you'll learn:
- The purpose, architecture, and strategic role of SAP BTP in the SAP ecosystem
- Navigation and key platform administration concepts
- How SAP BTP connects SAP and non-SAP applications using SAP Integration Suite, APIs, and connectivity services
- How SAP BTP supports application development and extensibility in line with clean core principles
- How SAP Build is used to create applications and automate business processes
- The role of SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Business Data Cloud, and SAP Business AI
- How to identify suitable SAP BTP solutions for common business scenarios
🕒 The lessons start at 10 a.m. ET and end at 2:30 p.m. ET, breaks included.
Who is this SAP BTP course suitable for?
- SAP technical consultants and solution architects
- IT professionals and IT managers
- SAP project managers
- Business analysts
Prerequisite: No previous experience with SAP BTP or cloud application development is required. Attendees should have a basic understanding of enterprise business processes, ERP systems, and cloud computing concepts, plus general familiarity with the SAP ecosystem, particularly SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA. Hands-on coding (e.g., with SAP Cloud Application Programming Model or ABAP Cloud), detailed configuration of individual services such as SAP Integration Suite or SAP Build, and advanced security, administration, and operations topics are not covered in this course. If you need more information about the learning level, please feel free to ask us.
These SAP BTP topics will be covered in this course:
- Introduction to SAP Business Technology Platform
- SAP BTP architecture and core concepts
- Getting started with SAP BTP
- SAP BTP account structure and SAP BTP cockpit
- Integration with SAP BTP
- SAP Integration Suite, APIs, and connectivity services
- Application development and extensibility
- Clean core extensibility
- Business process automation with SAP Build
- Data management and analytics
- SAP HANA Cloud
- SAP Business Data Cloud
- Artificial intelligence and SAP Business AI
- Business use cases
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Lessons
SAP BTP Fundamentals and Platform Architecture
Start your SAP BTP journey! Learn what the platform is for, how it’s structured, and how its core concepts fit together.
Topics:
- Purpose and strategic role of SAP BTP in the SAP ecosystem
- SAP BTP architecture and core concepts
- Runtime environments: Cloud Foundry, Kyma, and ABAP environment runtime environments
- Account structure: global accounts, directories, and subaccounts
- SAP BTP cockpit
- Platform administration: entitlements, users, and role collections
Integration, Application Development, and Process Automation
See what you can build on SAP BTP! Connect SAP and non-SAP applications, extend in line with clean core principles, and automate business processes. Then explore integration and automation tasks.
Topics:
- Integration of SAP and non-SAP applications with SAP BTP
- SAP Integration Suite
- APIs and connectivity services: Cloud Connector and destinations
- Application development and extensibility
- Side-by-side extensions
- Low-code/no-code development
- SAP Build Code and SAP Cloud Application Programming Model
- Business process automation with SAP Build Process Automation
Data, AI, and Business Use Cases
Explore data management, analytics, and AI on SAP BTP, including services such as SAP HANA Cloud and SAP Business AI. Then learn to select the most impactful SAP BTP services for your business scenarios.
Topics:
- Data management and analytics
- SAP HANA Cloud
- SAP Business Data Cloud, including a conceptual overview of SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud
- Artificial intelligence and innovation
- SAP Business AI: Joule, SAP AI Core, and generative AI hub
- SAP BTP services for business scenarios
Ticket Options
Early bird pricing valid until December 21, 2026
Your Experts
Mercedes Barrachina is an SAP security innovation lead at IBM’s SAP Center of Competence in Europe, where she works at the intersection of enterprise technology and emerging innovation. She holds a BSc and MSc in telecommunications engineering from the University of Malaga, completed her master’s thesis at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and holds a BSc and PhD in economics. Mercedes has pursued advanced studies in data science and machine learning at the University of California, Berkeley, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the IE Business School, and has published research in national and international journals on the application of machine learning techniques to biosignal analysis. Her academic rigor, combined with her hands-on experience in SAP innovation, makes her well suited to guide SAP professionals through the practical realities of implementing AI in enterprise environments.
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