Enabling Customer Choice, Trusted Data, and AI Innovation with SAP and Microsoft
In the coming weeks, SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) will go live in Switzerland on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform with EU Access availability. This makes Switzerland the second country in Europe, after Germany, to have EU Access availability. This milestone further strengthens the long standing partnership between SAP and Microsoft and reinforces a shared commitment to giving customers choice and flexibility in how they work with their data.
With SAP Business Data Cloud on Azure, customers can select the data platform that best suits each business scenario. Whether working primarily with SAP governed business data or combining SAP and non-SAP data across the enterprise, organizations can choose the right tools and platforms while maintaining trust, business context, and enterprise grade governance.
This approach enables customers to innovate without compromise and to build data and AI architectures that align with their specific use cases rather than being constrained by a single technology path.
The availability of SAP Business Data Cloud on Azure in Switzerland is a commitment to our loyal customer base there for both SAP and Microsoft.
“The SAP Business Data Cloud on Microsoft Azure enables Swiss organizations to combine trusted SAP data with non-SAP data and Azure’s analytics and AI capabilities, while meeting strict sovereignty and compliance requirements. Together with SAP, we are committed to helping customers build a secure, data‑driven and AI‑ready future responsibly.” René Hürlimann, General Manager Specialist Sales, Microsoft Switzerland.
Empowering Customers with Choice Across Data Platforms
A key value of SAP Business Data Cloud on Azure is the ability for customers to work with SAP data in ways that match their business priorities.
Customers can keep SAP data enriched with business semantics and governance in SAP Business Data Cloud while choosing how and where that data is consumed. SAP centric analytics scenarios can remain close to SAP, while broader enterprise analytics can combine SAP and non SAP data using Azure services that best align with each workload.
This flexibility gives data teams, analytics teams, and business users the freedom to innovate faster while preserving trust and consistency across enterprise data.
Driving Data and AI Innovation in Switzerland and Beyond
The go live of SAP Business Data Cloud on Azure in Switzerland represents more than a regional expansion. It reflects a shared SAP and Microsoft vision to empower customers with choice, openness, and trust in their data and AI journeys.