01 What happened
SAP TechEd 2026: SDAF and STAF now integrate deployment with validation; new platform and high-availability support covers SLES 16, NVMe-enabled VMs, Azure Government, and RHEL, while HANA scale-out backup, OAuth 2.0, and SAP AC remain in public preview.
02 Key details
- SDAF integrates STAF into Azure DevOps and local workflows for configuration checks and functional testing, moving validation into deployment.
- New platform support includes SLES 16, NVMe-enabled VMs, Azure Government, expanded RHEL high availability, and SAPHanaSR-angi plus simple-mount extensions.
- SDAF adds SLES 16, iSCSI temporary disks, and shared-disk SBD support on NVMe-enabled VMs; AI skills and plugins guide deployment, validation, and troubleshooting.
- SAP HANA scale-out database backup on Azure VMs, OAuth 2.0 for the SAP OData connector, and SAP AC integration with Microsoft Entra ID Governance remain in public preview.
03 Why it matters
Automating deployment validation reduces manual effort and errors during SAP provisioning, but HANA scale-out backup, OAuth 2.0, and SAP AC integration are still in public preview or not yet generally available.
04 Who it matters to
SAP customers on Azure, IT operations, security engineers / IT security teams and developers.
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