With a new year ahead, it is a good moment to look back on one of SAP’s most significant announcements of the past year: Business Data Cloud (BDC). Introduced in February 2025, BDC came with an ambitious promise , seamless integration of data from source systems through Data Products, combined with the ability to share this data with (SAP) Databricks for advanced analytics and AI use cases, alongside non-SAP data.
Expectations were understandably high. As with most major platform announcements, however, it takes time before functionality becomes broadly available. Only in November 2025 did the Partner Test, Demo, and Development (TDD) system become available. Until then, partners such as Expertum had to rely on SAP’s documentation and early field experience with pioneering customers.
One year on, it is worth reflecting on what has been delivered, what works well, and where challenges remain.
SAP Business Data Cloud: Reflections After One Year of Data Products
