A focused course, tailored for you
The SAP Technology Director Architecture Practice Pivot
An architecture practice pivot playbook for SAP Technology Directors in 2026: BTP integrated reference architecture, customer-side hyperscaler-anchored data-platform integration, customer-side identity-federation, customer-side observability stack integration, customer-side FinOps integration.
SAP Technology Directors lose customer evaluations to cross-cloud alternatives when the architecture conversation does not advance past the BTP deck. The course delivers the integrated reference.
$199 one-time
Tailored to your situation. Access within 24 hours. 30-day money-back.
Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.
Why this course
Directors of SAP Technology serving customer Chief Architects lose customer evaluations to cross-cloud alternatives when the architecture conversation does not advance past the BTP deck. The customer architect asks for the integrated reference architecture conversation that handles the customer's existing hyperscaler-anchored data-platform integration, identity-federation, observability stack integration, and FinOps integration. The default BTP pitch covers the deck. The customer evaluation goes to AWS-Azure-GCP integrated alternatives.
The course delivers the integrated reference architecture conversation. The BTP integrated reference architecture. The customer-side hyperscaler-anchored data-platform integration. The customer-side identity-federation. The customer-side observability stack integration. The customer-side FinOps integration. The customer-side governance integration. The customer-side regulator engagement integration. The customer-side workforce integration. The customer engagement structure. Twelve modules with deliverables. Plus a hand-built playbook for your account mix.
The 12 modules
Module 1. The 2026 SAP Technology Director landscape
Walkthrough of the 2026 SAP Technology Director landscape. The BTP product position. The competitive landscape against cross-cloud alternatives (AWS, Azure, GCP integrated data and AI platforms). The strategic decisions a SAP Technology Director faces in 12-month architecture practice pivot planning. Plus the integration with the customer's existing programme cadence and the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework.
Module 2. BTP integrated reference architecture
Build the BTP integrated reference architecture. The Datasphere adoption framework. The Analytics Cloud positioning. The AI Foundation landing pattern. The customer-side broader data estate integration. The customer-side S/4HANA integration. The integration with the customer's existing data-strategy cadence. Plus the worked example for the customer's first three integrated BTP reference architecture conversations.
Module 3. Customer-side hyperscaler-anchored data-platform integration
Build the customer-side hyperscaler-anchored data-platform integration. The Snowflake integration pattern. The Databricks integration pattern. The Microsoft Fabric integration pattern. The Google BigQuery integration pattern. The AWS Redshift integration pattern. The customer-side data-lake integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical heterogeneous data-platform footprint.
Module 4. Customer-side identity-federation
Build the customer-side identity-federation. The customer-side IAS integration. The customer-side IPS integration. The customer's existing identity-provider integration (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity). The SCIM provisioning pattern. The role-based-access pattern. The customer-side audit-trail integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical user population.
Module 5. Customer-side observability stack integration
Build the customer-side observability stack integration. The Cloud ALM integration. The Solution Manager integration. The customer-side Datadog integration. The Splunk integration. The Microsoft Sentinel integration. The metric-and-log routing framework. The integration with the customer's existing SRE operating model. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical observability stack pattern.
Module 6. Customer-side FinOps integration
Build the customer-side FinOps integration. The BTP consumption model. The customer-side cost-attribution framework. The customer-side cost-management framework. The customer-side cost-optimisation framework. The integration with the customer's existing FinOps cadence. The integration with the customer's existing financial-management cycle. Plus the worked example for a customer's first-year cost model and the customer-side cost-optimisation pattern over 18 months.
Module 7. Customer-side governance integration
Build the customer-side governance integration. The customer-side data-classification integration. The customer-side data-quality framework integration. The customer-side data-lineage framework integration. The customer-side privacy-programme integration. The customer-side audit-trail integration. The customer-side AI-governance integration. The customer-side EU CSRD reporting integration where applicable. Plus the worked example for a regulated customer.
Module 8. Customer-side regulator engagement integration
Build the customer-side regulator engagement integration. The customer-side EU GDPR engagement framework. The customer-side India DPDP engagement framework. The customer-side China PIPL engagement framework. The customer-side Singapore PDPA engagement framework. The customer-side Brazil LGPD engagement framework. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical multi-jurisdiction regulatory landscape.
Module 9. Customer-side workforce integration
Build the customer-side workforce integration. The SAP-architect role evolution. The customer-side platform-engineer role evolution. The customer-side site-reliability-engineer role evolution. The customer-side training framework. The customer-side competency-assessment framework. Plus the worked example for the customer's first 12 months of workforce integration.
Module 10. Cross-cloud differentiation framework
Build the cross-cloud differentiation framework. The AWS integrated data and AI platform alignment story. The Azure integrated data and AI platform alignment story. The GCP integrated data and AI platform alignment story. The customer-honest positioning for each. The where-BTP-wins-and-where-it-does-not framing. Plus the worked example for a customer who has evaluated a cross-cloud alternative.
Module 11. Customer engagement structure
Build the customer engagement structure. The discovery phase. The reference-architecture phase. The pilot-workload phase. The full-rollout phase. The sustainment phase. The renewal conversation. The customer-side programme-governance committee integration. Plus the worked example for a 12-month customer engagement and the pricing framework.
Module 12. Your 10-week build plan
Week by week. Weeks 1-2: landscape and BTP integrated reference architecture. Weeks 3-4: hyperscaler-anchored data-platform integration and identity-federation. Weeks 5-6: observability and FinOps. Weeks 7-8: governance, regulator engagement, workforce integration. Weeks 9-10: cross-cloud differentiation framework, customer engagement structure. Deliverable: an architecture practice pivot playbook ready for the next customer architecture conversation.
How this addresses your situation
Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.
Customer architect asks for integrated reference → Module 2.
Customer is hyperscaler-anchored → Module 3.
Customer wants IAM federation → Module 4.
Customer wants observability → Module 5.
Customer wants FinOps → Module 6.
Customer wants governance → Module 7.
Cross-cloud alternative → Module 10.
Who it is for
For Directors of SAP Technology serving customer architecture conversations, principal SAP Technology architects at SAP and partner firms.
Who this is NOT for. Pure non-SAP practitioners. Practitioners with no customer architecture context.
How it arrives
Text-based course via LMS, plus downloadable templates and worked examples and the hand-built playbook.
Time investment. Roughly 18 hours of reading and 60 to 120 hours of build effort across the 10-week plan.
Why $199 is the right number
External SAP Technology Director enablement programmes charge from 100,000 to 500,000 USD. 199 USD buys the focused playbook and the implementation document for your account mix.
FAQ
Does this cover Joule integration?
Module 2 covers Joule in the AI Foundation landing pattern.
What about Integration Suite?
Module 3 covers Integration Suite in the customer-side broader data estate integration.
Does this cover Build Code?
Module 2 covers Build Code adjacency.
What is in the implementation playbook for me specifically?
Reference architecture pivot tuned to your account mix.
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