Modernising SAP at the Speed of Business and Powered by Denodo and Microsoft Azure
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Unify SAP and enterprise data in real time to accelerate cloud migration, unlock the potential of AI, and enable innovation without disruption.

SAP Modernisation Needs a New Approach

SAP remains the backbone of many enterprises, but traditional approaches to modernisation are no longer enough. The pressure to move to the cloud, adopt AI, and deliver faster insights is intensifying. While few, if any, organisations seek to replace their entire SAP landscape, many are exploring alternatives for specific modules, such as planning, CRM, or analytics, which can lead to fragmented architectures, duplicated data, and new silos if not managed carefully.

What organisations need instead is a more innovative way to modernise, one that enables agility without disruption, innovation without compromise, and AI-readiness without data replication. That’s where Denodo and Microsoft Azure come in.

Data Architecture – Denodo AI SDK / SAP / Azure

A Unified Approach to SAP Transformation

Together, Denodo and Microsoft Azure offer a robust foundation for SAP-centric modernisation. At the heart of this transformation is real-time, logical data unification — connecting SAP and non-SAP data sources without physical movement, and delivering them with the performance, trust, and governance required for AI, analytics, and operational decision-making.

This unified approach is structured around five key pillars.

  1. Cloud-First Migration

Denodo’s logical data layer simplifies the migration journey by enabling hybrid access to both cloud and on-premises SAP systems. Microsoft Azure accelerates the transition with hybrid-ready infrastructure, secure landing zones, and built-in policy and access controls, ensuring a secure, compliant, and IT governance-aligned migration.

  1. AI Analytics Focus

With Denodo delivering trusted, real-time data across systems, Microsoft Azure services such as Machine Learning, Synapse, and Power BI make AI outcomes scalable and actionable. Azure OpenAI extends this further, powering next-gen copilots with SAP context and real-time prompts.

  1. Data Stewardship, Connectivity, and Governance

Denodo provides federated and governed access to all enterprise data. Microsoft Azure strengthens this by enabling policy enforcement and metadata visibility with tools like Microsoft Purview, Defender, and Azure Entra, ensuring secure, compliant, explainable access across SAP estates.

  1. Holistic Spend Visibility and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Denodo enables unified views of financial, procurement, and operational data across platforms such as SAP Ariba, Concur, and S/4HANA, where accessible, helping to improve spend visibility and analysis. In environments like RISE with SAP, this integration is typically achieved through approved data access processes. Microsoft Azure complements this by optimising infrastructure costs, dynamically scaling compute and storage, and visualising spend through tools like Power BI.

  1. SAP-Centric Innovation with Real-Time Data Products
    Denodo enables governed, reusable data products built from SAP information, ready to fuel AI and analytics without replication or delay. Microsoft Azure completes the loop with AI Studio, Logic Apps, and OpenAI, powering GenAI copilots, embedded intelligence, and low-code apps that surround SAP with innovation-ready services.

Why Now?

In today’s digital economy, businesses can’t afford to wait years for results. Denodo and Microsoft allow enterprises to modernise SAP environments without disruption, without mass replication, and without vendor lock-in, accelerating innovation and AI readiness with governance and trust.

No matter what your SAP journey looks like, whether you’re moving to RISE with SAP, adopting S/4HANA, or surrounding your core systems with real-time AI services, the joint Denodo + Microsoft approach ensures your data is ready, your insights are trusted, and your transformation is measurable.

Real-World Results: SAP Modernisation in Action

Global organisations across the CPG and healthcare sectors are already modernising their SAP environments using Denodo and Microsoft Azure—without the need for rip-and-replace approaches. One consumer brand unified data from SAP S/4HANA, CRM, and ecommerce systems, hosted on Azure, into a virtualised layer that enabled real-time reporting, AI-powered personalization, and sustainability insights. Another integrated SAP data across multiple business units, significantly accelerating analytics and driving collaboration. A third transformed its operations by virtualising SAP and supply chain data to support a direct-to-consumer channel, resulting in improved order value, fewer stockouts, and measurable sustainability gains. These real-world examples prove that SAP-centric modernisation can deliver agility, innovation, and speed, without disruption or compromise.

Modernise SAP with Denodo and Microsoft Azure

Let’s not build for the future in the ways of the past. Denodo and Microsoft offer the fastest, most flexible path to SAP modernisation, one that turns your SAP data into your most valuable asset, not your biggest bottleneck.

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Customer Stories

Explore the full joint customer story to see how Denodo, SAP, and Microsoft Azure empowered a global food processing leader to unify business processes, modernize its data landscape, and drive smarter, faster decision-making across the enterprise.

Read the full joint customer story to discover how Pierre Fabre Laboratories leveraged Denodo, SAP, and Microsoft Azure to implement a modern Data Fabric/Data Mesh architecture—enhancing governance, accelerating access to trusted data, and driving its direct-to-consumer transformation.

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