Build and innovate with SAP

Our single, comprehensive partner program enables you to harness your intellectual property and rapidly take it to market.
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Why build extensions, integrations, and applications for SAP solutions?

With the SAP PartnerEdge, Build program track, and SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), you can help customers become intelligent enterprises.

OEMs, independent software vendors, and application developers can tap into the strength of a global brand with SAP PartnerEdge, Build. As a partner, you’ll be able to build innovations quickly using SAP BTP, take advantage of go-to-market services, and list your solutions in SAP Store, giving them exposure to more than 440,000 SAP customers.

Helping customers accelerate business outcomes with SAP BTP

The SAP PartnerEdge, Build program provides SAP partners access to resources, services, and benefits to successfully collaborate with SAP.

  • Onboarding support: Resources include development and test licenses, advisory and support services, installation and migration guides, and SAP Open Source offerings on GitHub.

  • Enablement tools: Help is at hand with support and help portals, how-to guides, developer communities, the SAP Cloud Appliance Library tool, and SAP API Business Hub.

  • Training resources: You can hone your skills using the openSAP platform, the SAP Enterprise Architecture Explorer site, and SAP Learning Journey guides.

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Are you ready to become a Build partner?

Please review the requirements before you apply for a build partnership.
  • Sales, presales, and customer engagement executives: Responsible for promoting solutions, driving customer acquisition, and maintaining relationships

  • Marketing representative: Focused on solution marketing and brand awareness

  • Technical representatives: Skilled in SAP technologies and able to manage development, integration, and technical support

  • Partner cloud architect: Experienced in SAP cloud solutions, responsible for designing and managing cloud-based architectures and ensuring seamless integration with SAP’s ecosystem

  • Use of SAP Business Technology Platform to create a consistent and seamless experience for partner solutions to SAP customers

  • Use of SAP Business AI to create customized, innovative partner solutions

  • Go-to-market ready solution: Partner solution needs to be developed, tested, ready to be sold to customers.

  • Application readiness check (ARC): Review of partner solution’s architecture and validation of partner solution’s readiness are part of the application process.

  • Business plan submission: An annual business plan outlining

    • Go-to-market strategy

    • Validated market opportunities

    • Sales pipeline visibility

    • Strategic growth alignment, sales targets, and long-term goals

SAP PartnerEdge OpenEcosystem, Build

Access SAP BTP and other key resources that help you develop  and integrate with SAP solutions. If you already have a market-ready solution integrated with SAP, skip this step and proceed directly to SAP PartnerEdge, Build.

Upgrade to SAP PartnerEdge, Build

When you’re ready to take your solution to the market, upgrade to SAP PartnerEdge, Build.

Before applying, review and ensure compliance with SAP trademark usage guidelines.

 

To monitor your application status and verify your business information, create a free SAP account using your business email.

Marketing and delivering solutions on SAP Store

SAP Store is the place where SAP partners can market and deliver solutions, add-ins, and integration kits to SAP customers worldwide.  

Increase your reach

Extend your reach by working with the sales force at SAP to help your solution stand out and reach a broader audience. 

Harness the power of the SAP brand

Boost the confidence of your customers and encourage their investment decisions by transacting through SAP Store. 

Scale your business

Access support for multiple users, global currencies, and a two-tier procurement system with a site that’s designed to help you scale. 

Take your solution to market through the partner solution progression framework

The partner solution progression helps you quickly scale and take your solutions to market – collaborating with SAP to create additional opportunities, backed by increasing marketing and sales support from our team.

Explore other engagement programs

Sell solutions

Resell, implement, and support customers, owning the entire customer lifecycle or collaborating with other partners or SAP. 

Service solutions

SAP service partners provide strategic business consulting, system design, solution integration, and project implementation of SAP solutions. 

Run solutions

As an outsourcing or hosting partner, you can offer SAP solutions through a private or public cloud and enhance solutions with your own expertise. 

Certifications for SAP Business Suite

Learn how the Partner Innovation Lifecycle Services group at SAP helps partners develop innovative solutions on SAP platforms and products to enable customer success.

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