Microsoft and SAP SE Present New Solutions for Business Challenges

⇨ SAP SE has announced the next step in its partnership with Microsoft.

⇨ The companies will use the latest enterprise-ready generative AI innovation to help solve customers’ most fundamental business challenges.

⇨ As a result of the integrations, new experiences designed to improve how organizations attract, retain and skill their people will be enabled.

SAP SE has announced the next step in its partnership with Microsoft.com/en-gb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Microsoft, using the latest enterprise-ready generative AI innovation to help solve customers’ most fundamental business challenges.

Together the companies will integrate SAP SuccessFactors solutions with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot in Viva Learning and Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service to access language models that analyze and generate natural language.

As a result of the integrations, new experiences designed to improve how organizations attract, retain and skill their people will be enabled.

Christian Klein, CEO and member of the executive board of SAP SE, said: “For years, Microsoft and SAP have worked together to help drive their customers’ transformation journeys forward.

“SAP has long embedded AI into our solutions, and we’re very excited about the opportunities generative AI unfolds for our industry and our customers. Today’s announcement is one example of how we are bringing the power of generative AI to business, building on 50 years of trusted innovation for companies worldwide.”

Satya Nadella, chairman and CEO, Microsoft said: “We have an incredible opportunity to deliver next-generation AI that will unlock productivity growth for every individual, organization and industry, including the human resources function.

“We’re building on our long-standing cloud partnership with SAP and bringing together the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot with SAP SuccessFactors solutions to transform how organizations attract and develop their most important resource – their people.”

Microsoft and SAP’s collaboration will enable SAP customers to benefit from generative AI to attract the qualified candidates for key roles and generate personalized insights to keep them engaged once employed.

Using SAP’s Azure OpenAI Service API and data from SAP SuccessFactors, the companies will develop new experiences that streamline recruiting and employee development processes.

This includes creating highly targeted job descriptions and allowing individuals to fine-tune job descriptions using Copilot in Microsoft Word with additional content and checks to detect bias.

The Azure OpenAI Service API will also be used by SAP to offer prompts to interviewers within Microsoft Teams with suggested questions based on a candidate’s resume, the job description and similar jobs.

The integration of SAP SuccessFactors solutions and Microsoft Viva Learning will enable employees to use Copilot in Viva Learning to carry out natural language queries and create personalized learning recommendations based on data and learning courses in SAP SuccessFactors solutions that align with the employee’s career and development goals.