{"id":108061,"date":"2021-11-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=108061"},"modified":"2022-02-06T01:09:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T00:09:24","slug":"against-the-current","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/against-the-current\/","title":{"rendered":"Against the current"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The path to the cloud is complex and only a few members of the SAP community see it as a real alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cbs is cooperating with Microsoft to develop a new offering for the use and integration of Microsoft Azure Cloud in SAP system landscapes. This is designed to enable global companies to evaluate business-critical cloud applications and interfaces in an Agile Shell even before the switch to SAP S\/4. They benefit from early innovation and gain access to efficient and scalable Microsoft infrastructure: Azure offers 192-gigabyte to 12-terabyte Hana-certified virtual machines.&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"great-4088338104\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ZGXMPyM-nU\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"banner_26-04_29_1200x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Combining consulting expertise with Intelligent Cloud capabilities accelerates innovation: Agile development methods improve business models, in conjunction with a lean and clean approach to S\/4 as the ERP backbone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The target architecture is hybrid, its structure a shell model: The agile shell links the digital core S\/4 via the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) with the Microsoft Intelligent Cloud and Azure environment - not to be confused with the Intelligent Enterprise from SAP itself. New enhancements and customer developments based on Azure are future-proof - companies get a cloud roadmap and reduce costs through efficient hosting, higher performance and productivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"<em>It's about comprehensive business solutions across the entire value chain - not just with ERP or S\/4 Hana, but also with apps via Microsoft Azure to SAP<\/em>\"Examples include predictive insights to deploy technicians before production stops or to support production planning from process monitoring to sequencing, scheduling and material ordering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transition from prototypes and minimum viable products to production applications can be rapid. \"<em>Companies can realize business value with BTP and Azure through intelligent analysis of sensor data processed in smart factories from assets to SAP - and even before S\/4 Hana<\/em>\", adds Karsten K\u00f6tter, cloud expert at cbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, companies can approach the S\/4 transition secondarily - by decoupling the move to Azure Cloud, business and IT benefit from rapid value. This continuous modernization prepares for the move to S\/4 and reduces the stress curve and complexity of the final transition. Until then, the companies use BTP and Azure as a strategic development platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"<em>As infrastructure shifts to a hyperscaler, we improve end-to-end business processes in SAP with the inclusion of innovative cloud technology and transform ECC to S\/4<\/em>\", says Holger Bock, Managing Director cbs Asia Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If S\/4 is not highly prioritized, it can be implemented step by step: Step one moves ERP\/ECC 6.0 to Azure, with reduced data volume and limited custom solutions. Step two leads to digital innovation in the Agile Shell, but limits custom solutions in ECC to a minimum. In this case, the move to S\/4 on Azure is the final step as continuous innovation - by 2027 at the latest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the partnership with Microsoft, cbs provides cloud applications, SAP-<br>Competencies and know-how for innovative business processes provided by technical and functional consultants who manage the integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/partners\/cbs-corporate-business-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"112\" title=\"Against the current\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-CBS.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/partners\/cbs-corporate-business-solutions\/\" class=\"wp-image-11360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-CBS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-CBS-768x86.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-CBS-100x11.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-CBS-480x54.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-CBS-640x72.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-CBS-720x81.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CI-CBS-960x108.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the majority of DSAG members in a recent survey spoke out in favor of on-prem, Microsoft is working with partners to try to convince the SAP community to take a different path.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39822],"tags":[5582,273,111,59],"coauthors":[39782],"class_list":["post-108061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-management","category-mag-21-10","tag-cbs","tag-dsag","tag-infrastruktur","tag-microsoft","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","image-100":"","image-480":"","image-640":"","image-720":"","image-960":"","image-1168":"","image-1440":"","image-1920":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","bricks_large_16x9":"","bricks_large":"","bricks_large_square":"","bricks_medium":"","bricks_medium_square":"","profile_24":"","profile_48":"","profile_96":"","profile_150":"","profile_300":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Obwohl die Mehrheit der DSAG-Mitglieder in einer j\u00fcngsten Umfrage sich f\u00fcr On-prem ausgesprochen hat, versucht Microsoft mit Partnern, die SAP-Community von einem anderen Weg zu \u00fcberzeugen.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/it-management\/\" rel=\"category tag\">IT-Management<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/mag-21-10\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 21-10<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"cbs Corporate Business Solutions","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/cbs-corporate-business-solutions\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108061"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=108061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}