SAP Cloud Platform: Official Tutorials & Resources

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Some main capabilities are listed below. The full list of services available on SAP Cloud Platform are listed here.

Choice of runtimes

Build and run custom Java EE applications, SAP HANA XSJS and HTML5/JavaScript based apps in the cloud. Utilize cloud-based or client side development environments to implement your custom business logic.

UI Development

Build complex, feature-rich applications using SAPUI5 or the open-source version OpenUI5 with over 200 controls for data-binding, data models, MVC, automatic loading of i18n resources and much more.

Hybrid and native mobile apps

Build and deploy hybrid apps with Apache Cordova along with Kapsel (SAP plugins) and any other Cordova plugins. Additionally, deploy and manage native iOS, Android and Windows applications.

Secure on-premise connectivity

The cloud connector establishes a reverse-proxy secure connection between an on-premise network and SAP Cloud Platform. You have fine grained control over the resources that are exposed, and which cloud-based apps have access to them.

API management

Build, test and deploy APIs to securely expose data and processes. Utilize a single UI to analyze usage metrics, errors, latency, and performance of your APIs.

Internet of Things (IoT)

With the SAP Cloud Platform Internet of Things service you can quickly and securely connect, configure and manage any kind of device - thus it is the standard connectivity layer for IoT apps running on SAP Cloud Platform.

SAP Cloud Platform services

Service	Description
Analytics
Predictive Services	Perform predictive analytics capable of revealing hidden insights within your datasets in SAP HANA database through a collection of RESTful web services which are ready to be integrated in the cloud application you are developing.
Business Services
Business services for YaaS	Provide business services and storefront applications for YaaS (SAP Hybris as a Service) on SAP Cloud Platform.
SAP Cloud Platform, Starter Edition for Cloud Foundry Services	Provides access to the SAP Cloud Platform Cloud Foundry services to develop, deploy and run applications.
SAP RealSpend	Helps to build novel apps on SAP Cloud Platform incorporating financial data from S/4 HANA.
Collaboration
Gamification Service	Allows you to rapidly introduce gamification concepts into your applications.
SAP Document Center	Enables and mobilizes business content from 3rd party (for example, MS Sharepoint) or SAP Business Suite. Integrate file sharing functionality in your applications. Implement own clients for advanced scenarios and extend ABAP connectivity to support your business processes. For further information, please see the Read Me.
SAP Jam	Build socially-infused applications and benefit from secure, social collaboration.
Data and Storage
Document Service	Store and manage all your documents.
Persistence Service	Manage data using in-memory and relational data persistence provided by the persistence service.
DevOps
Debugging Service	Debug your Java application even through networks with high latency.
Git Service	Allows you to store and version source code in Git repositories.
Lifecycle Management	Manage the lifecycle of you Java applications using the service REST API.
Monitoring Service	Access health status and metrics of your Java applications.
Performance Statistics Service (BETA)	Troubleshoot the performance of your Java applications.
Profiling Service	Profile your Java applications and use different kinds of analysis.
SAP Translation Hub (BETA)	Translate your UIs by retrieving texts and their translations from a multilingual SAP HANA database.
SAP Web IDE	A web-based tool that enables you to create and extend end user applications for browsers and mobile devices.
Integration
OData provisioning	Provides REST/OData services based on SAP Gateway content in the ABAP Application Server.
SAP API Business Hub	Discover, explore and test the APIs offered by SAP along with integration content.
SAP API Management	Expose your data and processes as APIs for omni-channel consumption and manage the lifecycle of those APIs.
SAP Cloud Platform Connector	Establishes secure and reliable connectivity between cloud applications and on-premise systems.
SAP Cloud Platform Integration	Integrates processes and data between cloud apps and on-premise solutions, both SAP and non-SAP. It enables you to jumpstart your integration project through pre-built graphical integration flows and mappings available on the SAP API Business Hub.
Internet of Things
Internet of Things Services	Enable customers and partners to develop, customize, and operate IoT business applications in the cloud.
Mobile Services
App & Device Management	Manage and secure mobile apps and devices.
Development & Operations	Build and run new mobile apps or extend existing on-premise and cloud solutions with a mobile user experience.
Fiori Mobile	Optimize, build, manage and monitor SAP Fiori apps on mobile devices.
Security
Authorization Management	Platform API for managing roles and their assignments to users.
Keystore Service	Secure repository for cryptographic keys and certificates.
OAuth 2.0 Service	Protect applications and APIs with OAuth 2.0.
User Experience
Feedback Service (BETA)	Collect and analyze user feedback for your applications.
SAP Forms as a Service by Adobe	Generate print and interactive forms using Adobe Document Services.
SAP HANA Cloud Portal	Easily create enterprise-grade business sites for mobile use - to engage customers, partners and employees.

Try it now

The developer edition is a free, perpetual license for you to use for evaluation and development purposes. In addition to SAP HANA and the comprehensive set of platform services, you’ll also find our newest BETA features. Try it now!