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What Is SAP Business Data Cloud?
SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) is a fully-managed SaaS offering that comes with a single URL and a single contract, SAP BDC brings together data activation and extensions, third-party consumption tools, and an open data ecosystem. The solution is a data management solution designed to unify and harmonize data from various sources, enabling seamless integration, governance, and accessibility across an enterprise. It supports a data-driven approach by connecting SAP and non-SAP data, facilitating analytics, AI/ML applications, and business insights. The solution helps organizations break down data silos, ensuring high-quality, trusted data for decision-making while maintaining security and compliance.
Key capabilities include:
- SAP BDC combines the business semantics of SAP Datasphere, the analytics and planning of SAP Analytics Cloud, BW modernization through a lift and shift from SAP BW, and SAP Databricks which will be a fully OEM’d component within SAP BDC.
- Insight apps for advanced analytics and planning with prebuilt applications across all lines of business.
- Generative AI is supported across applications and operations that is reliable, responsible, and relevant.
What Is SAP Business Data Cloud?
SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) is a fully-managed SaaS offering that comes with a single URL and a single contract, SAP BDC brings together data activation and extensions, third-party consumption tools, and an open data ecosystem. The solution is a data management solution designed to unify and harmonize data from various sources, enabling seamless integration, governance, and accessibility across an enterprise. It supports a data-driven approach by connecting SAP and non-SAP data, facilitating analytics, AI/ML applications, and business insights. The solution helps organizations break down data silos, ensuring high-quality, trusted data for decision-making while maintaining security and compliance.
Key capabilities include:
- SAP BDC combines the business semantics of SAP Datasphere, the analytics and planning of SAP Analytics Cloud, BW modernization through a lift and shift from SAP BW, and SAP Databricks which will be a fully OEM’d component within SAP BDC.
- Insight apps for advanced analytics and planning with prebuilt applications across all lines of business.
- Generative AI is supported across applications and operations that is reliable, responsible, and relevant.
Further Resources for SAPinsiders
SAP Unveils Business Data Cloud: A Unified, AI-Powered Future for Enterprise Data. SAP Business Data Cloud aims to tackle poor data quality and fragmentation in organizations by providing a unified, managed platform for SAP and third-party data, enhancing decision-making through AI-driven insights and automation, while also partnering with Databricks for advanced analytics integration.
SAP Business Data Cloud Unifies Enterprise Data. SAP has announced SAP Business Data Cloud, a new solution that aims to unify SAP and third-party data across an organization. The company sees the offering as an evolution of data, analytics, and planning strategy that addresses the challenges SAP is seeing in the data market today. Some of those hurdles include data silos, the high cost of data and analytics, and a struggle to implement an effective data strategy to support business transformation due to data quality issues and disconnects between IT systems and business applications.
Databricks and SAP Join Forces to Ready Data for AI with SAP Databricks. Databricks has partnered with SAP to create SAP Databricks, a native integration of its Data Intelligence Platform into SAP’s Business Data Cloud, aimed at dismantling data silos and enhancing enterprise data accessibility for AI-driven insights, while addressing longstanding challenges in integrating SAP data with other systems.
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What Is the Difference Between SAP Datasphere and Business Data Cloud?Sep 11, 2025 — SAP has introduced SAP Datasphere and SAP Business Data Cloud to help organizations modernize their data infrastructure, with Datasphere focusing on creating a unified data architecture and Business Data Cloud serving as a comprehensive SaaS solution that integrates, governs, and analyzes data across various sources.
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Embracing SAP Business Warehouse Modernization with SAP Business Data CloudApr 15, 2025 — Organizations utilizing SAP Business Warehouse (BW) benefit from cloud modernization through enhanced scalability and analytics while needing a flexible migration strategy that maintains operations and preserves investments, allowing for gradual integration of advanced analytics via platforms like SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Datasphere, effectively transforming data management and decision-making processes.
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AI-Driven Automation in Accounting and Finance with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition 2023 FPS03Aug 21, 2025 — SAP's advancements in AI, particularly through Joule AI agents and Insight Apps, are transforming financial operations by automating processes, enhancing decision-making, and providing real-time analytics, enabling finance teams to operate with increased agility and efficiency.
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From Data Silos to Smart Products: How SAP Business Data Cloud Transforms Enterprise Data ValueNov 13, 2025 — Break free from data silos with SAP Business Data Cloud — a unified, governed platform that transforms fragmented enterprise data into secure, reusable “data products.” Unlock cross-system intelligence, speed decision-making with AI-ready insights, and deliver real business value through harmonised, trusted data assets.
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Microsoft, SAP, and Databricks Expand Partnership with Launch of Business Data Cloud on AzureMay 27, 2025 — SAP, Microsoft, and Databricks are set to launch SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Databricks on Microsoft Azure in Q3 2025, aimed at helping enterprises unify their data environments and leverage advanced analytics and AI capabilities through a zero-copy data sharing connector, enhancing data accessibility and governance.
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Modernizing SAP BW: The Path to Business Data CloudMay 21, 2025 — As SAP NetWeaver BW 7.5 approaches the end of mainstream maintenance in 2027, customers must decide whether to maintain their existing systems or transition to a cloud-ready future with SAP Business Data Cloud, which offers a pathway to modern capabilities like AI and machine learning while preserving valuable data assets.
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SAP Business Data Cloud: Key Questions from the LaunchAug 21, 2025 — SAP has launched the Business Data Cloud (BDC) to unify enterprise data from both SAP and non-SAP sources, addressing integration with existing solutions like SAP Datasphere and answering key user questions regarding its implementation and strategic role in modernizing analytics and AI capabilities.
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What is SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC) and Is It Really Worth It?Aug 15, 2025 — SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC) centralizes and harmonizes enterprise data, breaking down silos to enable trusted, AI-powered decision-making and advanced analytics. By embedding business context into AI, BDC ensures reliable decisions, drives automation, and supports long-term scalability. Read the full paper to learn how SAP BDC can transform your enterprise data strategy and unlock AI-driven insights.
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SAP and Databricks Announce the Launch of SAP Business Data CloudSep 10, 2025 — On February 13th, SAP unveiled the SAP Business Data Cloud, a unified solution developed with Databricks that integrates all organizational data to enhance decision-making and leverage AI capabilities, alongside the introduction of Joule Agents and Agent Builder for personalized AI solutions.
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