SAP Cloud Platform trial: continuous innovation with multi-cloud focus

If you are interested in learning about SAP Cloud Platform – no matter whether you are new to the platform altogether or an experienced users looking to stay up to date on new features and services – the SAP Cloud Platform trial is a great place to start. The trial landing page has links to starter scenarios which feature easy-to-follow tutorials showcasing key functionalities of SAP Cloud Platform, Guided Tours to help you get started, and more information.

New features and services

We are constantly adding new features and services to the SAP Cloud Platform trial. The latest additions to the trial portfolio include SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite (link to topics page), SAP HANA Cloud (link to announcement and link to detailed blog), Business Application Studio (link to detailed blog), UI5 Flexibility for Key Users (featured e.g. in this blog) and Business Entity Recognition (link to related blog posts). As a key element of the learning and experience journey, we will continue to expand and enhance our trial portfolio.

With our newest starter scenario, “Get Started with Document Information Extraction”, you can learn how to process documents in PDF format that have content in headers and tables by using machine learning.

Also, we’ve introduced the so-called boosters to the cockpit which improve and accelerate your onboarding experience. Just select the respective tile under “Boosters” in your Global Account and have the set-up done for you: You can start with your trial experience right away. Several boosters are already available, two for the starter scenarios “Automate and Extend Employee Onboarding” and “Create a Native App for iOS and Android without Writing Code” respectively. In August we will also publish two more boosters: one for “Develop an SAP Fiori App Using ABAP” and one for “Get Started with Document Information Extraction.” Stay tuned!

Focus on multi-cloud

Aligned with our multi-cloud strategy (see this blog for more details), SAP Cloud Platform trial will also move to multi-cloud and be offered solely on the Cloud Foundry environment. Starting August 13th, 2020, new trial accounts will be created on our multi-cloud foundation only, ensuring that our trial users get access to the latest innovations and new services we deliver. Existing trial accounts on SAP Cloud Platform, Neo environment will remain active until November 13th, 2020. We recommend that existing trial users should start new activities on multi-cloud going forward.

We hope to see many of you around to continuously learn about and try out SAP Cloud Platform! Click here to access your existing Cloud Foundry trial account, or to create a new one.