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Join this free online course to learn about the partnership between SAP and Amazon Web Services (AWS) and explore the capabilities of SAP Business Technology Platform and AWS to build innovative business applications on SAP BTP as well as develop extension and integration scenarios in the cloud.

Self-paced since December 13, 2023
Language: English
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Course information

Course Summary

SAP and Amazon Web Services have been partners for over 15 years to jointly innovate for customers. The strategic partnership focuses on accelerating the adoption of SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP on AWS and developing joint reference architectures for innovation on SAP Business Technology Platform with AWS capabilities.

This course explains the advantages of the partnership through practical examples and technical deep dives. To make the content as tangible as possible, we’ve highlighted capabilities of both SAP Business Technology Platform and AWS. The goal is to outline how application integration and extensibility use cases could be developed to deliver business outcomes to customers.

The course also contains optional hands-on exercises for those who are interested in trying out some of the scenarios.

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Course Characteristics

Course Content

Week 1: Basics of SAP Business Technology Platform and AWS
Week 2: Building Apps with Low-Code/No-Code and AWS
Week 3: Building Pro-Code Apps on SAP BTP and AWS
Week 4: Advanced Concepts of SAP BTP and AWS
Week 5: Building Integration Scenarios
Week 6: Final Exam

Target Audience

  • Application developers
  • Application consultants
  • Technology consultants
  • (Cloud) solution architects
  • Enterprise architects
  • Anyone interested in cloud architectures and cloud development
  • Developers/architects in the AWS ecosphere who aim to use data from SAP systems or services from SAP Business Technology Platform

Course Requirements

Basic programming knowledge for the optional hands-on exercises

Development Systems

If your primary interest in taking this course is getting an overview of how application integration and extensibility scenarios could be developed to deliver business outcomes to customers, you do not need access to a training system. However, we realize that many of you will be interested in completing the hands-on exercises based on the instructions in the course. We’ll therefore provide the necessary instructions in the respective units. All described systems are free-of-charge.

About Further Content Experts

Anirban Majumdar

Anirban Majumdar

Anirban Majumdar is head of the Platform Adoption & Advisory (PAA) team in the Technology & Innovation unit at SAP. He leads a talented team of engineers, architects, and business experts who solve complex technology problems and create architecture best practices to help customers and partners adopt SAP Business Technology Platform. ​

Anirban joined SAP in 2008 and has contributed to product development, engineering leadership, and strategy in various capacities within the Technology & Innovation board area. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.​

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PVN PavanKumar

PVN PavanKumar

PVN PavanKumar is chief expert and head of APJ for SAP’s Platform Adoption & Advisory at SAP Labs India. He works with SAP product development units, strategic customers and GSSPs, and hyperscalers to make SAP BTP the preferred choice for integration, extension, AI, and data-to-value scenarios.

In his previous job, PVN worked on product strategy, definition, and go-to-market activities. His expertise is in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing, Industry 4.0, sustainability, supply chain, and analytics. 

PVN also acts as an evangelist by frequently guest speaking in various forums - academia to corporates to start-ups and to industry forums. Along with public speaking, he has also shared his vision about different topics in several blogs and external publications and recently co-authored a book on IoT and Edge Computing.

Recently, PVN made it to Onalytica’s top 25 influencers list globally for IoT

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Weikun Liu

Weikun Liu

Weikun Liu is a software developer in the SAP T&I Strategic Customer Engagements team. He is an experienced software development engineer with over 4 years’ experience in crafting efficient and scalable back-end distributed systems within cloud environments. As a software developer at SAP Labs, Palo Alto, he collaborates closely with customers, orchestrating the development and delivery of systems for combining SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and hyperscaler services.

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Course contents

  • Week 1:

    Basics of SAP Business Technology Platform and AWS
  • Week 2:

    Building Apps with Low-Code/No-Code and AWS
  • Week 3:

    Building Pro-Code Apps on SAP BTP and AWS
  • Week 4:

    Advanced Concepts of SAP BTP and AWS
  • Week 5:

    Building Integration Scenarios
  • I Like, I Wish:

    We Love Your Feedback … And Want More
  • Final Exam:

    Good Luck!

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Certificate Requirements

  • Gain a Record of Achievement by earning at least 50% of the maximum number of points from all graded assignments.
  • Gain a Confirmation of Participation by completing at least 50% of the course material.

Find out more in the certificate guidelines.

This course is offered by

Marius Batrinu

Marius Batrinu is the EMEA head of SAP Technical Alliance at Amazon Web Services. Prior to AWS, he led Strategic Customer Operations within SAP's Enterprise Cloud Services team. 

Marius is currently collaborating with SAP to establish the AWS/SAP Technical Alliance across EMEA. In this capacity, he built the SAP BTP and AWS co-innovation play, a collection of unique AWS for SAP BTP value differentiators, a set of joint reference architectures, and examples of real-world use cases. This framework enabled over 500 practitioners and over 200 partners in the EMEA region through SAP PartnerEdge or AWS Partner Network. 

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Sivakumar N

Sivakumar N is a vice president in the Platform Adoption Advisory team within the T&I COO unit. He is responsible for strategic projects and customer engagements to drive the adoption of SAP Business Technology Platform. 

Siva leads teams of engineers who work closely with customers to demonstrate the value of SAP Business Technology Platform, identify technology synergies and joint go-to-market opportunities with partners, and define the product strategies and roadmaps with SAP product teams. 

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MadanKumar Pichamuthu

Madankumar Pichamuthu is a development specialist with more that 15 years of experience at SAP, focusing on SAP Business Technology Platform adoption and architecture patterns for combining with other hyperscaler services. He is an experienced architect specializing in SAP BTP development, extension, and integration with other SAP and third-party solutions.

Madan has written blogs about best architecture designs for combining SAP BTP services with various AWS services to achieve resiliency and availability and to realize features like notifications and data federation.

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Diego Lombardini

Diego Lombardini is a senior SAP partner solutions architect for Amazon Web Services.

He is an experienced enterprise solutions architect with over 20 years’ experience across SAP technologies. Diego has worked both as a partner and a customer, giving him a complete perspective on what it takes to sell, implement, and run systems and organizations. He is passionate about technology and innovation, focusing on customer outcomes and delivering business value.

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Ferry Mulyadi

Ferry Mulyadi is a principal solutions architect for Amazon Web Services. He is an experienced architect with over 24 years’ experience across the SAP portfolio. He worked in SAP APJ (as a senior consultant and technical quality manager) both as an SAP partner and SAP customer, which provided him with a complete perspective on the SAP ecosystem.

With this view, Ferry can help AWS customers to realize the value of their SAP on AWS investment. He is the co-founder of SAP BTP-AWS Collaborative Architecture (JRA), helping customers and partners get the best from SAP BTP and AWS services.

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Marc Huber

Marc Huber is a product manager for SAP Build at SAP SE, based in Germany. He drives product innovation, engagement, and success within Product Management for SAP Build Apps, with a clear focus on customer success and customer-driven product development. 

Prior to joining SAP, Marc was the founder of an AI software company in Germany for predicting the demand for fresh food in supermarkets and bakeries. 

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Praveen Kumar Padegal

Praveen Kumar Padegal is a development expert with more than 8 years of experience at SAP. His focus is on SAP Business Technology Platform adoption and architecture patterns for combining with other hyperscaler services. In his previous role, he worked on building products in the Industry 4.0 domain.

Praveen works on reference architecture designs for combining SAP BTP services with various SAP and non-SAP services, and has presented the reference architectures at various events and published blogs.

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Mahesh Palavalli

Mahesh Palavalli is a senior developer with over 10 years of experience at SAP, specializing in the adoption and architecture patterns of SAP Business Technology Platform and its integration with hyperscaler services.

He is also an active contributor to SAP Community, where he shares insights through blog posts, answering questions, and as a public speaker advocating the value of SAP BTP at various SAP Community events in India. Mahesh authored the book "Certification Guide to SAP BTP Extension Developer”, published by SAP Press.

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Shanthakumar Krishnaswamy

Shanthakumar Krishnaswamy is a development architect for SAP Business Technology Platform in the Platform Adoption Advisory team within the T&I COO unit. He is responsible for the enablement, solution positioning, and implementation of reference architectures for SAP BTP.

Shanth’s tenure at SAP spans over two decades, during which he has contributed to numerous groundbreaking projects for major clients. His track record includes delivering a series of successful solutions, some of which have achieved global precedence.

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Venkat Tatavarthy

Venkat Tatavarthy is a principal partner solutions architect in the global ISV Strategic Alliances team at Amazon Web Services. He supports global systems integrators and customers in adopting AWS for their SAP needs and ensures partners are successful in helping customers on their cloud journey. 

Venkat has over 18 years of experience in SAP technologies. Throughout his career he has helped multiple enterprises to adopt the cloud and modernize their SAP technology stack. 

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Harutyun Ter-Minasyan

Harutyun Ter-Minasyan is a solution expert for SAP Business Technology Platform in the Platform Adoption Advisory team within the T&I COO unit. He is responsible for the enablement, solution positioning, and implementation of reference architectures for SAP Business Technology Platform.

Harutyun worked for a number of years as a development consultant and architect, focusing on cloud architecture, full stack development, and extension and integration of SAP solutions, while helping customers in their digital transformation around SAP cloud technologies.

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Piyush Gakhar

Piyush Gakhar is global vice president and head of Product and Strategy for Integration Platform at SAP.

He has over 17 years of experience in the software industry and holds a master’s degree in computer science. Piyush has actively participated in writing white papers, been a key speaker at numerous events, and co-authored a well-received book on SAP Integration Suite. Throughout his career, he has excelled in various roles, including consulting, business development, solution architecture, and product management.

Piyush leads a global team of cross-functional product managers, collaborating closely with customers, partners, and analysts to shape the product strategy and roadmap. He is responsible for driving the success of SAP's integration platform, ensuring both product excellence and business growth.

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Himanshu Salathia

Himanshu Salathia is a senior partner solutions architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He is part of the worldwide strategic alliances team at AWS, where he helps scale AWS for SAP business and customer adoption by enabling partners and ensuring they and their customers are successful in their cloud journey. 

You can often see Himanshu speaking at events, trainings, webinars, and streaming platforms like Twitch about SAP and AWS.

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Lalit Mohan Sharma

Lalit Mohan Sharma is a senior developer with more that 6 years of experience at SAP, focusing on SAP Business Technology Platform adoption and architecture patterns for combining with other hyperscaler services. He is an experienced developer specializing in SAP BTP development, extension, and integration with other SAP and third-party solutions. 

Lalit has worked on different reference architecture designs for combining SAP BTP services with various SAP and non-SAP services to achieve data-to-value solutions and to realize features like data integration and data federation.

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Divya Mary

Divya Mary is a development architect focusing on SAP Business Technology Platform adoption and architecture patterns for combining with other hyperscaler services.

Divya has many years of experience in architecting, designing, and building distributed and scalable systems, as well as broad engineering experience on SAP solutions and cloud platform.

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Ajit Kumar Panda

Ajit Kumar Panda is an associate architect with a primary focus on the adoption of SAP Business Technology Platform and devising architecture patterns combining SAP BTP and hyperscalers services.

He has more than decade of experience in SAP application design and development, particularly in products like SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and customer experience products (Sales, Service, and Marketing). Outside his role, Ajit actively engages in SAP Community through blogging, answering queries, and promoting SAP BTP at Community events.

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Uma Anbazhagan

Uma Anbazhagan is a cloud architect in the Platform Adoption and Advisory unit at SAP, focusing on SAP Business Technology Platform.

Uma focuses on SAP BTP adoption and works with partners and customers to build joint reference architectures with SAP BTP and hyperscalers. She is also responsible for enablement, solution positioning, and implementation of reference architectures for SAP Business Technology Platform.

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Krishnakumar Ramadoss

Krishnakumar Ramadoss, aka KK, is a senior SAP innovation solutions architect for Amazon Web Services. He focuses on modernization topics for customers to help accelerate their digital transformation journey by leveraging SAP BTP and AWS innovation pillars.

KK is also an active contributor to thought-leadership blogs about SAP on AWS in the areas of data analytics, integration, and application development. This helps customers get ready to embark on their innovation journey on AWS cloud.

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