The agreement, concluded at the end of 2025, marks a significant step in migrating Nokia鈥檚 麻豆原创 landscape to the RISE with 麻豆原创 journey. By adopting RISE with 麻豆原创 Methodology, Nokia will follow a structured, end-to-end approach to migrating its ERP landscape covering processes, data, applications and operating models while gaining continuous access to innovation and embedded AI capabilities delivered through 麻豆原创鈥檚 cloud ERP portfolio.

Nokia has selected Microsoft Azure as the cloud platform underpinning the transformation, providing the global scale, security and performance required to support the company鈥檚 most business-critical enterprise workloads. 鈥淣okia鈥檚 decision reflects a clear commitment to business-led transformation,鈥� said , Global President Customer Success Europe, APAC, Middle East and Africa and Member of the Extended Board, 麻豆原创 SE. 鈥淩ISE with 麻豆原创 Methodology provides Nokia with a structured road map, integrated toolchain and continuous access to innovation. It enables the company to modernize its ERP landscape while keeping a clean core and building a strong foundation for enterprise AI.鈥�

A Structured Approach to ERP Transformation

RISE with 麻豆原创 is designed as a comprehensive business transformation framework rather than a point solution. It combines a standardized transformation methodology, integrated tools and expert guidance to help organizations move from legacy ERP environments to RISE with 麻豆原创.

麻豆原创 will operate and manage the 麻豆原创 S/4HANA software environment in the cloud, allowing Nokia to shift focus from infrastructure management to business outcomes. The approach supports process standardization, operational simplification and ongoing innovation, rather than a one-time system migration.

Nokia has been on a business and technical transformation journey with its next-generation 麻豆原创 S/4HANA software environment, covering finance and key logistics capabilities, supported by 麻豆原创 solutions and applications. These include 麻豆原创 S/4HANA for central finance, 麻豆原创 Master Data Governance, 麻豆原创 Extended Warehouse Management, 麻豆原创 Global Trade Services and 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud for advanced ATP. AI-enabled functionality embedded in 麻豆原创鈥檚 cloud applications will be progressively adopted as part of the journey.

鈥淭his agreement builds on our existing work with 麻豆原创 and Microsoft and supports Nokia鈥檚 ambition to secure how we run our core business operations,鈥� said Marek O膷kay, VP, Global Head of IT Procurement & Vendor Management, Nokia. 鈥淏y applying RISE with 麻豆原创 Methodology on Microsoft Azure, we are strengthening a structured and future ready path for business growth 鈥� one that simplifies our ERP landscape, enables continuous innovation and strengthens our commitment for AI driven processes.鈥�

Microsoft Azure as the Cloud Foundation

Microsoft Azure will serve as the cloud foundation for Nokia鈥檚 RISE with 麻豆原创 journey, aligning with Nokia鈥檚 broader cloud and data strategy. Nokia already operates parts of its 麻豆原创 landscape on Azure, and consolidating workloads on a single hyperscale platform is expected to deliver benefits in performance, security latency and operational resilience.

As part of the agreement, Microsoft will collaborate closely with 麻豆原创 and Nokia throughout the transformation, supporting migration activities and ongoing optimization.

鈥淭his collaboration demonstrates how cloud platforms, enterprise applications and AI can come together to support complex, global business transformations,鈥� said Joacim Damgard, CVP, Europe North Microsoft. 鈥淏y running 麻豆原创 S/4HANA on Azure within the RISE with 麻豆原创 journey, Nokia is creating a scalable and secure foundation for continuous innovation.鈥�

Building on a Longstanding 麻豆原创 Relationship

Nokia has been an 麻豆原创 customer for decades. In recent years, the company has been consolidating multiple ERP systems into a unified 麻豆原创 S/4HANA software landscape as part of its next-generation ERP program.

The move to RISE with 麻豆原创 helps secure that journey, providing a structured methodology to help accelerate transformation, reduce complexity and unlock cloud native capabilities.

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The company introduces a unified 麻豆原创 Business AI Platform, deepening partnerships with Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Palantir

ORLANDO聽鈥� At 麻豆原创 Sapphire in 2026, (NYSE: 麻豆原创) introduced the to help enhance the world’s most critical business workflows, so that humans and AI work together to meet the accelerating demands of global business profitably, strategically and safely.

鈥淔or the mission-critical processes of our customers, ‘almost right’ just isn鈥檛 good enough,鈥� said Christian Klein, CEO of 麻豆原创 SE. 鈥淏y uniting 麻豆原创 Business AI Platform with 麻豆原创 Autonomous Suite, we anchor AI agents in the business processes, data and governance so they can deliver accurate, compliant and secure outcomes, unlocking new sources of revenue and meaningful cost savings.鈥�

The Autonomous Enterprise includes a unified AI platform for building, contextualizing and governing agents, an autonomous suite that executes core business operations and a new user experience that redefines how people work with enterprise software.

Introducing 麻豆原创 Business AI Platform

麻豆原创 Business AI Platform is a new foundation for building and deploying enterprise AI grounded in real business context. 麻豆原创 Business AI Platform now unifies 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform, 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud and 麻豆原创 Business AI into a single, governed environment.

At its core is the 麻豆原创 Knowledge Graph solution, which gives AI agents a structured map of business entities, processes and relationships across a customer’s 麻豆原创 landscape. Joule Studio is 麻豆原创’s AI-first solution for building enterprise agents, applications and agentic workflows. Developers can build using the no-code, pro-code and AI frameworks of their choice on 麻豆原创-managed infrastructure that is secure, scalable and optimized for enterprise AI.

Deploying 麻豆原创 Autonomous Suite Across Every Business Function and Industry

Building on this foundation, 麻豆原创 also introduced 麻豆原创 Autonomous Suite, which enables 麻豆原创’s existing business applications with AI agents capable of running processes from start-to-finish.

The suite will deploy more than 50 domain-specific Joule Assistants across finance, supply chain, procurement, human capital management and customer experience. These assistants will automate end-to-end processes by orchestrating a subset of over 200 specialized agents to execute precise tasks. For example, the new Autonomous Close Assistant can compress the financial close process from weeks to days by automating journal entries, reconciliation and error resolution across the entire process.

麻豆原创 also launched Industry AI, expanding its deep industry portfolio through seven autonomous solutions that will enable start-to-finish industry processes and embed sector-specific process logic, data models and regulatory requirements. At 麻豆原创 Sapphire, 麻豆原创 showcased its work with European energy giant RWE to leverage Industry AI, helping reduce unplanned downtime across its offshore wind turbines. With 麻豆原创’s Autonomous Asset Management scenario, AI agents are designed to analyze data from thousands of past incidents, identify the likely root cause and generate pre-filled work orders with the right tools and proven fixes from other sites.

Designing the Autonomous User Experience

The company also revealed Joule Work, redefining how users engage with 麻豆原创 software. Instead of navigating individual applications and entering data across several screens, users will now interact primarily with Joule. By describing a desired business outcome, Joule will orchestrate the right combination of workflows, data and agents to get it done.

Joule Work goes beyond conversation, proactively surfacing relevant insights and automating routine tasks behind the scenes so work moves forward even when humans aren’t actively steering it. It will be available on desktop, mobile and voice across 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 systems.

Accelerating the Customer Journey Toward Autonomy with 鈧�100 Million Infusion

麻豆原创 evolved its customer and partner programs to help accelerate the organization’s journey to the Autonomous Enterprise. To catalyze adoption, the company has launched a 鈧�100 million fund for 麻豆原创 partners to help customers deploy 麻豆原创-built AI assistants and agents. The fund is also available to partners that extend or build new partner agents on the new 麻豆原创 Business AI Platform using Joule Studio.

麻豆原创 has enhanced its RISE with 麻豆原创 and 麻豆原创 GROW offerings to accelerate AI adoption. Both include access to the Joule Assistants portfolio; RISE with 麻豆原创 customers will have three assistants activated within their first year, while 麻豆原创 GROW customers receive full portfolio access at onboarding. 麻豆原创 S/4HANA on-premises and 麻豆原创 ERP Central Component (麻豆原创 ECC) customers are not excluded: those that commit to transitioning the majority of their current landscape to 麻豆原创 Cloud ERP gain access to select AI scenarios, bridging the gap between their current landscape and their cloud destination

麻豆原创 also introduced new agent-led transformation tooling that can reduce ERP migration efforts by more than 35 percent, driving faster and more predictable projects by automating system analysis, code remediation, configuration and testing at scale.

Lastly, 麻豆原创 announced a full slate of strategic partnerships across each category:

• Platform and suite partnerships include Anthropic, with Claude among the foundation models 麻豆原创鈥檚 AI platform will leverage to power Joule agents across HR, procurement and supply chain; Amazon Web Services, bringing zero-copy data integration between 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud and Amazon Athena; Google Cloud and Microsoft, enabling bidirectional agent-to-agent interoperability between Joule and external agent frameworks; Mistral AI and Cohere, delivering sovereign model options on 麻豆原创’s cloud infrastructure; , providing visual AI workflow orchestration inside Joule Studio; NVIDIA, whose OpenShell provides the trusted secure runtime for Joule Studio; and , bringing AI agents into 麻豆原创 Service Cloud to handle customer interactions with full access to business data and service processes.
• Implementation partnerships include Palantir and Accenture, partnering on complex data migration scenarios, and for AI-powered cloud ERP migrations.

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In 2026, we will more than double the number of customers allowed into the program, marking an important milestone in our mission to provide RISE with 麻豆原创 on Azure customers extraordinary support and expertise throughout their experience. Thousands of enterprise customers are already transforming their businesses with RISE with 麻豆原创 on Azure, including , and

First publicly , this initiative brings together the best technical teams from 麻豆原创 and Microsoft to enable a more seamless, high-touch migration and onboarding experience for the customer with no additional cost for an accelerated path to business transformation and faster cloud innovation.

A collaborative approach to success

The program is a joint customer experience that complements and enhances the RISE with 麻豆原创 customer journey, providing

• Designated resources: Access to a global team of 麻豆原创-skilled Microsoft product engineers, cloud solution architects, and support experts
• Proactive services: Recommendations based on proven best practices from years of close cooperation between Microsoft and 麻豆原创 engineering teams, delivered via Microsoft Engineering and Customer Success subject matter experts
• Access to Cloud Accelerate Factory: For all customers in the program, access to , which delivers hands-on support to help customers streamline modernization on Azure
• Enhanced support: Streamlined escalation paths across 麻豆原创 and Microsoft to ensure aligned oversight and guidance at every step
• Zero cost: Program offered free of charge to approved customers

鈥淩ISE with 麻豆原创 on Microsoft Azure ensures customers experience the best of both worlds: 麻豆原创鈥檚 business process leadership and Microsoft鈥檚 trusted cloud platform,” 麻豆原创 Chief Partner Officer Karl Fahrbach said. “Together, we鈥檙e helping organizations move faster, reduce risk, and innovate with confidence as they embrace the future of the intelligent enterprise.”

鈥淭his program reflects our deep commitment to helping customers modernize mission-critical 麻豆原创 workloads on Azure with confidence,” said Sandy Gupta, vice president of Global ISV Ecosystem at Microsoft. “By combining Microsoft鈥檚 cloud innovation with 麻豆原创鈥檚 business expertise, we鈥檙e delivering a secure, predictable, and AI-ready journey that accelerates time to value and unlocks new opportunities for transformation.”

Joint value: Why this matters for customers

The RISE with 麻豆原创 on Microsoft Azure initiative is more than just a technical offering; it鈥檚 a strategic investment in customer success, delivered jointly by Microsoft and 麻豆原创.

Key benefits of the initiative for customers include:

• Frictionless go-lives:聽 The program helps reduce technical downtime, risk, and post-processing cutover delays
• Enhanced reliability: Proactive health checks, architecture reviews (Azure environment), and direct communications paths to Microsoft Customer Success and Engineering
• Go-live readiness support: Azure health checks and engagement at key project milestones

Accelerating your digital transformation

Whether your organization is just beginning its RISE with 麻豆原创 journey or looking to accelerate an ongoing migration, this program ensures you have the expertise, visibility, and partnership needed to succeed.

To learn more or nominate your organization, contact your 麻豆原创 or Microsoft account representative.

The new capability simplifies access to semantically rich 麻豆原创 data products through bi-directional, zero-copy sharing with Microsoft Fabric, enabling enterprises to gain instant access to trusted, business-ready insights for advanced analytics and AI.

鈥淲e are excited about continuing to strengthen our partnership with Microsoft to create more value for our customers,鈥� said Muhammad Alam, member of the Executive Board of 麻豆原创 SE, 麻豆原创 Product & Engineering. 鈥淏y bringing 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud and Microsoft Fabric closer together, our customers can seamlessly leverage the power of data to generate real business value through AI and analytics.鈥�

鈥淥rganizations across every industry are accelerating their AI transformation by bringing together data from operations, analytics, and applications,鈥� said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president, Microsoft Cloud and AI. 鈥淲ith 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud and Microsoft Fabric, we鈥檙e delivering a trusted foundation for analytics and AI, and helping our customers move faster, make smarter decisions, and turn insight into real business outcomes.鈥�

Unlocking the true potential of your enterprise data

麻豆原创 BDC Connect for Microsoft Fabric empowers organizations to fully harness their data and applications by delivering secure, rapid access to 麻豆原创 data products at scale鈥攚ithout the delays of data replication.

Through bi-directional, zero-copy sharing between 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud and Microsoft Fabric, customers can realize use cases that previously required moving and managing copies of data.聽麻豆原创 data products will be seamlessly integrated into Microsoft OneLake, Microsoft Fabric鈥檚 AI ready data lake, and data sets shared from Microsoft OneLake will also be available in 麻豆原创 BDC to supplement intelligent applications.

By utilizing Fabric鈥檚 data engineering, data warehousing, and Power BI capabilities, organizations can effectively integrate 麻豆原创 data with their broader ecosystem, establishing a unified foundation for their enterprise data. OneLake integration into Microsoft AI Foundry can also help customers leverage their 麻豆原创 data in building AI applications, and as OneLake is built into Microsoft 365, hundreds of millions of users can get secure access to their 麻豆原创 data through the products they use every day such as Excel and Teams.

Accelerating business insights and AI with 麻豆原创 and Microsoft Fabric

麻豆原创 BDC Connect for Microsoft Fabric enables a unified data foundation that helps organizations get insights faster and accelerate their AI strategy. Through this bi-directional integration, customers can:

• Build a semantically rich data foundation on harmonized 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 data
• Perform advanced analytics and interact with enterprise data in natural language with Copilot in Microsoft Power BI.
• Develop intelligent AI applications and agents grounded in mission-critical business data using Fabric data agents, Copilot studio, and AI Foundry
• Enable multi-agent collaboration between M365 Copilot and Joule, leveraging a unified enterprise data and productivity platform to provide a seamless experience for business users

Availability

麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud Connect for Microsoft Fabric is planned to be generally available in Q3 2026.

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To ensure sovereignty, OpenAI for Germany will be supported by 麻豆原创鈥檚 subsidiary Delos Cloud, running on Microsoft Azure technology. The collaboration will enable millions of public sector employees to use AI safely and responsibly while meeting strict data sovereignty, security, and legal standards.

Christian Klein, CEO of 麻豆原创 SE, said, 鈥淎pplied AI is what truly creates value. As a Business AI company with decades of experience serving public sector organizations, we believe OpenAI for Germany represents a huge step forward. We鈥檙e bringing together 麻豆原创 Sovereign Cloud expertise with OpenAI鈥檚 leading AI technology to pave the way for AI solutions that are built in Germany, for Germany.鈥�

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said, 鈥淕ermany has long been a pioneer in engineering and technology, so it鈥檚 no surprise that millions of Germans already use ChatGPT to make their lives easier, drive scientific breakthroughs, and build new businesses. With OpenAI for Germany, we鈥檒l work with local partners to extend this potential to the public sector鈥攈elping to improve services and ensuring that the benefits of AI are shared across the country, and doing so in line with German values of trust and safety.鈥�

Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, said, 鈥淲ith this partnership we are looking forward to bringing more AI capabilities to Germany鈥檚 public sector. Azure as the platform for Delos Cloud will power this, helping to ensure AI is deployed with the highest standards of sovereignty, data privacy, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience鈥攅mpowering public institutions to adopt AI confidently and responsibly.鈥�

Through this collaboration, planned for launch in 2026, OpenAI, 麻豆原创 and Microsoft will focus on helping employees in German governments, administrations and research institutions accelerate their daily work and spend more time on people, not paperwork. OpenAI for Germany also serves as a cornerstone for developing customized public sector applications and integrating AI agents directly into existing workflows to automate and improve processes such as records management and administrative data analysis.

In support of this approach, 麻豆原创 plans to expand the existing infrastructure of Delos Cloud in Germany to 4000 GPUs for AI workloads. Subject to future demand, 麻豆原创 plans to further invest in applied AI capabilities in Germany, scaling through existing 麻豆原创-owned infrastructure as well as through new collaborations with co-location providers and other partners. These efforts aim to extend the sovereign offering to additional industries and markets across Europe.

OpenAI for Germany directly supports Germany鈥檚 national AI ambitions. The German Federal Government鈥檚 High-Tech Agenda targets AI-driven value creation of up to 10% of GDP by 2030, signaling a major push to adopt AI across the economy and public sector. Meanwhile, the 鈥淢ade for Germany鈥� initiative, which is now backed by 61 leading companies and global investors, including 麻豆原创鈥攈as pledged more than 鈧�631 billion in investments to accelerate growth and modernization. 麻豆原创 also recently announced an investment of more than 鈧�20 billion to strengthen Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty.

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First introduced at 麻豆原创 Sapphire in 2024, this vision takes a significant leap forward as our companies expect to announce a limited preview of the integration by the end of the year.

This partnership bridges 麻豆原创 and Microsoft 365 business applications to deliver a unified experience that maximizes productivity. With Joule and Microsoft 365 Copilot integrated, users will soon experience a world where they can perform tasks and surface insights from both systems through either , eliminating the need to switch between applications. Imagine a future where the most-used 麻豆原创 tasks can be accomplished directly from Microsoft 365 鈥� and vice versa. This is the vision 麻豆原创 and Microsoft are advancing.

How the Integration Works

The end goal of this integration is a seamless user experience where employees can access either or to complete tasks and retrieve data across both 麻豆原创 and Microsoft environments. This means that users in Microsoft 365 can rely on Copilot to pull 麻豆原创 tasks and data through Joule, while those in 麻豆原创 applications can leverage Joule to access Microsoft 365 information and workflows. This two-way integration allows employees to work in the environment most effective for the task at hand, helping to ensure they have everything they need to get their work done efficiently.

Previewing the Potential at Ignite

At Microsoft Ignite, attendees are experiencing demo previews that showcase the early stages of this integration. For example, within Microsoft Teams, users can harness the combined power of Copilot and Joule to review tasks across both 麻豆原创 and Microsoft 365, engage in chats, exchange emails, check the delivery status on sales orders recorded in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, submit employee promotion requests to 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions, and more. These demonstrations provide a glimpse of how Joule and Microsoft 365 Copilot together can simplify complex workflows and empower users to manage tasks seamlessly across systems.

Expanding Possibilities with Joule鈥檚 Reach

With Joule鈥檚 skills rapidly expanding to support 麻豆原创鈥檚 most-used tasks, this integration can unlock new productivity potential across both 麻豆原创 and Microsoft environments. Imagine HR, finance, and supply chain professionals seamlessly accessing Microsoft 365 tools within their 麻豆原创 workflows, while Microsoft users gain access to 麻豆原创鈥檚 powerful data and task automation. From onboarding employees in 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions to checking delivery statuses in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA or scheduling meetings in Outlook, users can accomplish critical tasks directly within their chosen environment.

Together, Joule and Microsoft 365 Copilot set a new benchmark for cross-functional productivity, making it easier than ever to drive real-world business impact.

Looking Ahead: Limited Preview

At Microsoft Ignite, we鈥檙e setting the stage for this integration鈥檚 next phase. With the expectation to announce a limited preview before the end of 2024, we are eager to showcase how Joule and Microsoft 365 Copilot will come together to empower users and redefine productivity across 麻豆原创 and Microsoft 365 applications. Those interested in experiencing this groundbreaking integration firsthand can register their interest for the limited preview at . Spots are limited; don鈥檛 miss this opportunity to explore how 麻豆原创 and Microsoft are reshaping the workplace.

Brenda Bown is chief marketing officer for 麻豆原创 Business AI at 麻豆原创.

The deep bi-directional integration will allow employees to get more done in the flow of their work through seamless access to information from interactions with business applications in 麻豆原创, as well as Microsoft 365.

I often get asked the question, 鈥淗ow many copilots do I need for my business?”

The answer is not about how many, but which you use when.

By integrating two of the leading for business, users can use both simultaneously to get work done. And future plans for bi-directional integration will allow users to benefit from one experience, no matter which copilot they use.

鈥淯nlocking the massive potential AI has to offer requires capabilities that are high value, reliable, and available in-context in the applications that people use today,鈥� said Muhammad Alam, member of the Executive Board of 麻豆原创 SE and head of 麻豆原创 Product Engineering. With the bi-directional integration of Joule and Copilot for Microsoft 365, we鈥檙e enabling employees to get more done in the flow of their work through seamless access to information from business applications in 麻豆原创 as well as Microsoft 365.鈥� 

“Microsoft and 麻豆原创 are committed to providing world-class solutions to help our customers solve their most fundamental business challenges,鈥� said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud + AI at Microsoft. 鈥淭he integration of Microsoft Copilot and Joule brings together the power of generative AI to unlock greater employee productivity and will enable enterprises to accelerate customer-centric innovation in a unified experience.鈥�

麻豆原创 and Microsoft will start integrating their Joule and Copilot for Microsoft 365 later this year, combining enterprise data residing in 麻豆原创 with contextual knowledge from Microsoft 365, including Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and more, delivering richer insights for better decision-making. 

With this integration, 麻豆原创 and Microsoft are creating entirely new ways to boost productivity.

For example, by bringing Copilot for Microsoft 365 into Joule, a user can book a flight using 麻豆原创 Concur and Joule, and Joule can block their calendar in Microsoft Outlook.

Or, consider a product manager working on a new product launch with a cross-functional team: they have regular meetings on Microsoft Teams and collaborate with Microsoft 365. Joule can connect to the team鈥檚 individual skill profiles stored in 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors software and core business information that resides in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud. The new integration enables product managers to coordinate business activities with the team, simply by using a few queries.

Today鈥檚 collaboration, as well as the last week, is the next step in a long-standing partnership between 麻豆原创 and Microsoft, using the latest in enterprise-ready generative AI innovation to help solve customers鈥� most fundamental business challenges.

Philipp Herzig is chief artificial intelligence officer of 麻豆原创.

These announcements were made at , the flagship conference for 麻豆原创 Concur users and experts, from March 19-21 in Las Vegas.

AI is only as good as the quality and breadth of the data it draws upon. 麻豆原创 Concur is one of the global market leaders in travel and expense solutions with more than 92 million end users booking travel and/or processing expenses.

麻豆原创 debuted new business AI capabilities in 麻豆原创 Concur solutions to help customers save time and improve accuracy when managing business travel and expenses:

• Concur Request: Now uses generative AI to provide intelligent cost estimates for trip planning.
• ExpenseIt solution: Customers can upload receipt images to ExpenseIt web, where it taps AI to automatically create a new expense with several key fields prepopulated. Plus, ExpenseIt now itemizes hotel folios using generative AI.
• Generative AI search: A new capability within Concur Support allows 麻豆原创 Concur customers to type questions in natural language and get quick answers using generative AI without having to submit a support ticket.

The evolution of Concur Travel, featuring a consumer-grade user experience, now offers new content and features:

• Hotel and rail content: New direct integrations to American Express GBT, BCD, CWT RoomIt, FCTG and HRS designed to enhance the traveler鈥檚 shopping experience by providing more options, clarity and transparency. Additionally, users can search, book and purchase UK rail content.
• Microsoft Teams integration: Travelers can share a reservation from their Concur Travel trip list to a Microsoft Teams chat, so that coworkers can book the same trip.
• Sustainability-based travel decisions: Through an integration with , one of the travel industry鈥檚 leading independent sustainability intelligence platforms, evolution of Concur Travel users can view and sort the greenhouse gas emissions of each flight segment, as well as rail and car rental options, and browse hotel providers by emissions, certifications and sustainability scores.

The new, reimagined Concur Expense experience is AI-powered, optimized for mobile and already being used by early adopter customers. In the new experience, expense reports are automatically created and easily managed thanks to the following capabilities and a :

• Automatic expense entry, itemization, and categorization with ExpenseIt
• Timeline view of expenses
• Intelligent notifications such as missing receipts, missing attendees or expense reports ready for submission
• Attendee suggestion based on expense type and amount
• Automated expense creation for Mastercard transactions

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That is what we solve at 麻豆原创 with our unique approach to AI.

Built-In, Relevant, Responsible Business AI

At 麻豆原创, we deliver AI that is available from day one, as it is already built into the 麻豆原创 applications that power the most critical business processes. It works for an entire business because it is developed using extensive industry-specific data and deep process knowledge. Organizations can use it with confidence, as it is created using responsible AI practices. In essence, 麻豆原创 AI is AI built for business.

Today at 麻豆原创 Sapphire, we are announcing 15 new business AI capabilities, many powered by generative AI. We have also expanded our partnership with Microsoft on generative AI.

Let鈥檚 have a closer look at a few of these new capabilities.

Strengthening Human Capital Management

A company鈥檚 greatest asset is its workforce. Our focus for human capital management (HCM) is to use AI to help organizations attract, retain, and skill their employees. New generative AI capabilities in 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors Recruiting enable hiring managers to create compelling and accurate job descriptions that capture the desired skills and attributes of each role. Integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word allows them to fine-tune further and then seamlessly publish back in 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors software. Generative AI capabilities in the 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solution also generates interview questions tailored to specific job descriptions and candidates鈥� resumes, helping ensure inclusive language. The combined effect of these business AI capabilities saves hiring managers precious time and improves interview quality, maximizing the effectiveness of the hiring process.

We are also announcing talent intelligence hub in 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors software, which leverages people鈥檚 skills, competencies, capabilities, interests, work styles, and learning preferences to formulate recommendations that help employees develop and grow. These recommendations inspire, guide, and support employees by suggesting learning choices, roles, mentoring programs, and peer connections. Organizations also gain a better understanding of skill sets in their workforce to improve internal mobility, retention, and workforce agility.

Both of these business AI scenarios are planned for availability this year.

Growing Supply Chain Resilience

In supply chain, we are using AI to help predict, prepare, and respond to rapidly evolving demands. New generative AI capabilities in 麻豆原创 Transportation Management enable automotive and manufacturing companies to automatically process the tens of thousands of delivery notes they receive daily in different formats. The automation avoids data entry errors and works out of the box without requiring curated training data.

Additionally, in 麻豆原创 Extended Warehouse Management, we are introducing an intelligent slotting capability that uses AI to suggest how to optimize warehouse organization, stocking, and replenishment based on a product鈥檚 characteristics, demand, or forecasts. This capability helps maximize warehouse space and increase the efficiency of warehouse management.

Users can take advantage of the intelligent slotting capability today; intelligent goods receipt is planned for availability later this year.

Increasing Efficiency and Compliance in Procurement

In procurement, we are using AI to help users contain costs and increase compliance across different markets. The new intelligent invoice conversion capability in 麻豆原创 Business Network makes it easier for procurement teams to onboard new suppliers by automatically extracting and processing relevant information from supplier invoices. A close feedback loop improves the mapping accuracy over time, further expediting invoice processing and accuracy.

We are also using AI to enhance the employee purchase experience with personalized recommendations in 麻豆原创 Ariba Buying. The guided buying capability uses data, such as employees鈥� roles, to suggest products and services chosen by peers and other pertinent products from the company catalog to improve the buying experience and curb maverick spend.

The guided buying capability in 麻豆原创 Ariba Buying is available today; the intelligent invoice conversion on 麻豆原创 Business Network is planned for availability later this year.

Reducing Risks and Controlling Costs in Finance

In finance, we are using AI to transform all finance operations with insights, recommendations, and automation. The new intelligent collections in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA helps collection specialists forecast the risk of a late payment on an invoice and better prioritize which customers require follow up. This not only streamlines an extremely time-consuming task, but also simplifies risk management and makes it easier for corporate treasury to manage liquidity and capital levels.

Intelligent collections in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA is available today.

Improving Employee & Customer Experience 聽

麻豆原创 Digital Assistant provides a unified natural language interface for 麻豆原创 solutions. We are adding new generative AI capabilities to provide users with tailored assistance based on their context, helping new and experienced users be more productive with the tasks at hand.

麻豆原创 Digital Assistant is also expanding its capabilities to provide users with proactive and contextual assistance inside their applications, starting with 麻豆原创 Customer Experience solutions. With the new 麻豆原创 Digital Assistant for customer experience, sellers and support teams can easily get holistic insights, create recommendations, and automatically generate content to personalize customer experiences.

Both these capabilities are planned for availability later this year.

Increasing Agility and Foresight Across your Business

We have covered just a few of the many business AI capabilities we are announcing at 麻豆原创PHIRE. The figure below summarizes all of them — including the ones that bring value to several business functions, such as generative AI scenarios in 麻豆原创 Analytics Cloud and 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Manager.

New AI Capabilities

Delivering AI with Trust and Transparency

Responsible AI has been integral to our AI strategy since its inception. We follow a holistic approach to delivering AI that puts humans at the center of our products and processes. To do so, we have established an ethics policy and compliance processes to put responsible AI into practice. The AI in our applications is transparent, so we can understand how it makes inferences and builds recommendations. It respects the privacy of sensitive data and helps users avoid bias in your decisions. Altogether, we ensure you remain in control.

Learn more about these announcements and how 麻豆原创 AI is built for business:

Bharat Sandhu is senior vice president of Application Development and AI at 麻豆原创.

• 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors Solutions Integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot in Viva Learning Will Bring the Power of AI to People Leaders, Helping Them Recruit and Develop Their Teams

The companies will collaborate on integrating 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot in Viva Learning, as well as Microsoft鈥檚 Azure OpenAI Service to access powerful language models that analyze and generate natural language. The integrations will enable new experiences designed to improve how organizations attract, retain and skill their people.

鈥淔or years, Microsoft and 麻豆原创 have worked together to help drive their customers鈥� transformation journeys forward,鈥� said Christian Klein, CEO and member of the Executive Board of 麻豆原创 SE. 鈥溌槎乖� has long embedded AI into our solutions, and we鈥檙e very excited about the opportunities generative AI unfolds for our industry and our customers. Today鈥檚 announcement is one example of how we are bringing the power of generative AI to business, building on 50 years of trusted innovation for companies worldwide.鈥�

鈥淲e have an incredible opportunity to deliver next-generation AI that will unlock productivity growth for every individual, organization and industry, including the human resources function,鈥� said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft. 鈥淲e鈥檙e building on our long-standing cloud partnership with 麻豆原创 and bringing together the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot with 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions to transform how organizations attract and develop their most important resource 鈥� their people.鈥�

Addressing the Skills Challenge 鈥� One of Today鈥檚 Toughest Business Problems

Across the world today, companies are facing a growing challenge as they manage the gap between the skills they have in their work force and the skills they need for the future. Closing that gap means optimizing how they recruit and hire new talent in today鈥檚 competitive market, as well as how they deliver learning and development programs to help employees grow.

Today, these functions require a lot of manual, repetitive work and often end up missing the mark. Companies are constantly reinventing the wheel each time they create a new position, updating requirements based on the rapidly changing skills landscape, ensuring job descriptions are market competitive and developing interview questions to unearth the potential in every candidate.

Another concern is closing the gap between each employee鈥檚 unique career aspirations and the cross-skilling and upskilling opportunities offered by the organization. With today鈥檚 announcement, Microsoft and 麻豆原创 will collaborate to enable 麻豆原创 customers to benefit from the power of generative AI to attract the most qualified candidates for key roles and generate personalized insights to keep them engaged once on board.

Streamlining Recruitment and Employee Learning

Through this collaboration and 麻豆原创鈥檚 use of the Azure OpenAI Service API, 麻豆原创 and Microsoft will work together on new experiences that streamline recruiting and employee development processes, including:

• Recruiting: 麻豆原创 will leverage the Azure OpenAI Service API and data from 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions to create compelling and highly targeted job descriptions. Through an integration between the 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors Recruiting solution and Microsoft 365, people leaders will be able to fine-tune job descriptions using Copilot in Microsoft Word with additional content and checks to detect bias. The final job descriptions will then be published in 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions to complete the workflow, without people leaders having to leave their normal flow of work. 麻豆原创 will also leverage the Azure OpenAI Service API to offer prompts to interviewers within Microsoft Teams with suggested questions based on a candidate鈥檚 resume, the job description and similar jobs.
• Learning: Integration between 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions and Microsoft Viva Learning will enable employees to use Copilot in Viva Learning to conduct natural language queries to create personalized learning recommendations based on data and learning courses in 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors solutions that align with the employee鈥檚 career and development goals. As learning is completed, the 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors portfolio will update automatically, providing companies an up-to-date view of the skills landscape in their organization. This enhancement builds on an already robust integration with content, assignment, permissions and SSO sync, available now, and an automated admin setup Experience available to customers later this year.

A Rich Data Foundation for Effective AI

Given 麻豆原创鈥檚 worldwide footprint, the company鈥檚 immense data estate provides the potential to significantly enhance the capabilities of large-language models across many industries. As such, today鈥檚 announcement is also a model for how AI tools can work to enhance the power of data and systems in any field.

A Responsible Approach to AI

麻豆原创 AI abides by the highest industry standards on responsible AI. It is transparent, so organizations can understand how it makes inferences and builds recommendations. It respects the privacy of sensitive data and helps avoid bias. As one of the first companies to define guiding principles for using AI in its software, 麻豆原创 works with leading ethics experts as part of its AI ethics advisory panel to explore the implications of deploying AI in the enterprise.

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麻豆原创 and Microsoft are excited to announce that they have teamed up to take collaboration in to the next level — easier, faster, more effective — with the integration of Microsoft Teams.

The shift to a hybrid working model in most companies makes collaboration tools and business process efficiency more critical than ever before. Tools that support communication and remote work help build a clear process around collaboration. We help our business users to manage their daily activities in the work environment that is most convenient to them, supported by collaborative enterprise resource planning (ERP) features in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud.

With the latest 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud update, we released the preview of a collaborative ERP feature that allows business users in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud to share links to live business data in Microsoft Teams chats. By minimizing context switching between different applications — for example, downloading reports in Microsoft Excel and sending them around via mail — people can get more done in less time and with fewer errors. Our customers in the Early Adopter Care program are using a preview of the feature and are already leveraging efficiency gains in their productive environments. .

This is just the first step. As featured at , during his keynote, the work we are doing together, and we plan to build even more collaborative features.

We are enabling business users of 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud to share their most relevant business data using Adaptive Card-based Loop components in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook. The data in Loop components is always live and up to date, allowing users to take action and complete tasks while in the flow of their work. Users will also be able to embed 麻豆原创 Fiori elements-based apps as tabs in Microsoft Teams to collaborate. .

To access the new collaboration features as they are released, including share as Teams tab and share as Adaptive Card-based Loop components, join the Early Adopter Care program for Microsoft Integration in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud. to actively influence the next collaborative ERP features in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud.

The future of work is one led by collaboration: it means less overhead and more productivity. We need to deeply integrate our various modes of communication into organizational processes and workflows and this is central to enhancing cross-team or cross-app collaboration.

With our next-level ERP collaboration, 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud understands this need to jointly determine the future of work and enable a frictionless enterprise.

Jan Gilg is president and chief product officer for 麻豆原创 S/4HANA.