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Business Suite data products such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, sustainability, and customer experience. New Artificial Intelligence Scenarios Although SAP has focused on its generative AI assistant Joule as the main use case for generative AI in SAP solutions, Joule is increasingly becoming what SAP sees as the primary interface for accessing applications. While adoption is still relatively low among SAP customers, access to generative AI capabilities like Joule is a major factor influencing the thinking of a significant number of SAPinsiders deciding whether to move to SAP Cloud ERP Private (formerly RISE with SAP). Additionally, during 2026, Data is playing a foundational role in theuse of artificial intelligence. SAP will be introducing new means for customers to access AI in applications. One of the announcements at SAP Connect 2025 was that the next generation procurement applications, due to be released during the first quarter of 2026, have been rebuilt on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and will be AI-native. SAP plans to take similar steps for other line of business applications in
capabilities such as LeanIX AI Agent Hub and Signavio AI Agent Excellence. These features allow organizations to support and effectively govern AI whether that is from SAP or a third-party. This ensures SAPinsiders that are looking to support transformation, continuous innovation, or AI-related deployments will have the capabilities required to do so. Preparing for 2026 Every SAPinsider is at a different point in their journey whether that is to the cloud, transforming their ERP system, or deploying AI. However, at least some of these topics will be relevant to customers in 2026 regardless of what they are doing or the point they have reached in their journey. As organizations look to execute their plans for 2026, it is important they take these topics into account to ensure a greater likelihood of success.
the future, ensuring that AI is not an add-on but a built-in capability. This is also part of SAP’s broader strategy to enhance and move customers to the new cloud- based SAP Business Suite. Since these updated applications will be AI- native, they will introduce new ways of leveraging AI for SAPinsiders. In fact, even users that are not interested in using a generative AI assistant such as Joule will be leveraging new AI scenarios and capabilities in the applications without necessarily realizing that they will be doing so. These changes will continue to make data cleansing and harmonization vital heading into 2026.
new capabilities to address changing business needs, SAPinsiders will need the ability to effectively manage these changes and updates. flexibility, but these ongoing changes need to be managed differently than in the past. This is why SAPinsiders must be ready in 2026 for continuous innovation. First discussed by SAP at Sapphire 2025, SAP’s integrated toolchain for innovation now encompasses SAP Signavio, SAP LeanIX, SAP Cloud ALM, WalkMe, Moving to cloud-based environments provides Tricentis and Syniti, SAP BTP and SAP Build, and Joule for Consultants or Developers. These offerings combine to help organizations support the four elements of transformation: business processes, the application landscape, data, and people. To adapt these tools to meet the needs of organizations using AI, SAP has introduced new
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With the move away from large, complex projects and a need to support regular updates, extensions, and
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