SAP TechEd 2026 — Visual Highlights
A curated collection of key slides and announcements from SAP TechEd 2026, covering Joule Work, AI Agents, n8n integration, MCP Gateway, Knowledge Graphs, and the future of enterprise AI.
Joule Work: The New AI-Native Workspace
Joule Work introduces 5 core modules: Conversations, Discover, Spaces, Jobs, and Develop (Joule Studio). It’s dynamic, proactive, agentic, intent-based, and omnipresent — the future of enterprise work.
Future of Work with AI-Native UX
Presented by Arin Bhowmick (SAP Chief Design Officer), this session explores the paradigm shifts in enterprise UX driven by AI.
SAP AI Core — 19+ Agent Skills
SAP AI Core now offers 19+ pre-built skills with VS Code integration for system prompt and agent development.
Roadmap: Q4 2026 to 2027 GA
The roadmap shows: Q4 2026 Foundation (EAC) → December Connectivity (MCP, event triggers, Document AI) → 2027 GA Scale (CAP node, 400+ 3rd-party nodes, community nodes).
SAP Business AI Platform
Any Model (Reasoning/Decision/Voice/Image) + Any Harness (ABAP, OpenCode, LiteLLM, Cline, Python, JS, Java) + Any Cloud. Partners include OpenAI, Mistral, Cohere, Perplexity, and PRIOR.
User Mental Model Shifts
The fundamental shifts: Click paths → Natural language, Static layout → Generative UI, Reactive → Proactive, Operator → Director, Code → Intent articulation.
The Future of UX
What will UX look like in the future? Joule’s sparkle icon represents the new interaction paradigm.
Managed Service for n8n on SAP BTP
A major announcement: n8n as a managed service on SAP BTP. Architecture includes n8n core nodes + SAP application nodes + Agent nodes + Human-in-the-loop, with Joule Studio triggering and MCP server connections.
AGILITA — First Swiss SAP Partner as Early Adopter
AGILITA showcases their deployment: SAP Joule, Joule Work Desktop, and 18 AI Agents (Finance 7, Supply Chain 2, CX 2, AGILITA-custom 7).
Joule Studio Architecture
Design time (Agents/Apps/Workflows) + Runtime (LangChain, Pydantic, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, MCP, A2A). Integrates with Cursor, Cline, Vercel, and Claude Code.
Event-Driven Agents with HANA Cloud
The Sense-Contextualize-Respond pattern powered by SAP HANA Cloud multi-model RAG (Graph + Vector + SQL). Fraud detection, dynamic pricing, supply chain use cases.
Integration Suite in the Agentic World
The Enterprise AI Gateway: API Gateway + MCP Gateway + Model Gateway + A2A Gateway. Accelerators include flow generation, error resolution, and conversational analytics.
AGILITA — Joule Studio in Practice
Detailed view of AGILITA’s Joule Studio implementation: Operative approach (Intent to Go Live, PRD, Testing, CLI + VS Code + OpenCode + Claude) and Strategy layer (Change Management, Security, Code Review).
Custom Knowledge Layer Scenarios
Four scenarios for SAP HANA Cloud: Knowledge Graphs, ML Insights, Agent Memory Service, Event-driven Agents.
Enterprise AI Gateway Architecture
Unified control plane: A2A Gateway + MCP Gateway + Model Gateway + API Gateway with guardrails, IAM, audit, and multi-agent orchestration.
MCP Gateway — The Endorsed Pathway
SAP Architecture Center’s official recommendation: 3rd-party agents connect via MCP Gateway to SAP systems. The endorsed integration pattern for AI agent interoperability.
SAP Architecture Center — Full Solution View
The complete MCP solution architecture diagram from architecture.learning.sap.com — the blueprint for enterprise AI agent connectivity.
Key Takeaways
- Joule Work is SAP’s AI-native workspace — 5 modules, intent-based, proactive
- n8n as managed service on SAP BTP is a game-changer for workflow automation
- Enterprise AI Gateway unifies API, MCP, Model, and A2A gateways under one control plane
- Joule Studio integrates with Cursor, Cline, Claude Code for developer-first agent building
- SAP HANA Cloud becomes the multi-model engine (relational + vector + graph) for AI grounding
- Event-driven agents (Sense-Contextualize-Respond) represent the next evolution beyond simple RAG
- MCP Gateway is the endorsed pathway for 3rd-party AI agent integration with SAP systems
Photos captured live at SAP TechEd 2026
