SAP and Partners: How to Become an SAP-Certified Hosting Partner

Through the SAP hosting partners program, SAP customers have access to a set of service providers that receive special enablement by SAP to optimize their operations and support for hosting SAP applications and the SAP NetWeaver technology platform.

Why Partner With SAP?

Along with getting certified and complementing the wide range of services available through the regular channels of SAP partner management, as an SAP-certified hosting partner, you receive guidance on hosting and operations best practices, as well as with continuous knowledge transfer by SAP.

Here's Where You Come In

Hosting partnerships are available at the following levels:

• SAP Partner Hosting – These partners offer hosting for SAP applications focused on local markets.
• SAP Global Partner Hosting – Partners at this level include global companies that provide comprehensive service offerings to global customers and operation capabilities with a market coverage in three key regions: EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Americas (North and South America) and APJ (Asia Pacific Japan).

Read about requirements, roles and responsibilities for hosting partners and global hosting partners in the guidelines for SAP hosting partners,

In addition to adhering to the partnership guidelines described here, as a hosting partner, you must satisfy various technical requirements, depending on the type of service or solution you offer. Furthermore, to ensure that both SAP and our partners realize optimal returns on investments, partnerships are evaluated regularly following a common set of targets and metrics. For more information on technical requirements or evaluations, contact the SAP hosting partner infoline or take a look at the targets and metrics of the program.

As part of the initial application and the regular re-certification process, as hosting partner, you must fulfill:

• Business criteria
• SAP IT Excellence quality criteria included in the SAP Adaptive IT Provider audit