No SAP BTP, no problem: Real-time SAP integration with Databricks

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In February 2025, SAP & Databricks announced a landmark partnership to offer SAP Databricks, a natively integrated data + AI service inside the new SAP BDC (Business Data Cloud). SAP BDC itself is anchored within SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform). SAP Databricks allows customers to run machine learning, generative AI and advanced analytics directly on semantically rich SAP business data, governed by Unity Catalog and shared seamlessly via Delta Sharing (SAP News, Databricks Blog). But here lies the professional hazard: not every SAP customer is ready to immediately adopt BTP and Business Data Cloud. Licensing models, project funding and organizational readiness mean that for many CIOs, SAP BTP remains a North Star destination, not tomorrow’s reality.