Accelerate Your AI Agent’s Market Success: launch offer for Certification of partner-built agents
Overview:
Enterprise AI has moved from aspiration to operational necessity. Yet achieving AI that is production-ready, contextually grounded, and enterprise-safe has traditionally demanded integrating multiple environments, tools, and runtimes — creating complexity that slows delivery and increases risk. SAP addresses this directly with the SAP Business AI Platform – a single, unified platform to build, contextualize, and govern AI applications and workflows across the enterprise.
At the core of this platform is Joule Studio — an AI-first development environment designed for SAP partners. With Joule Studio, partners can design, build, and extend AI agents powered by SAP Business AI Platform, bringing deep industry and domain expertise directly into SAP’s ecosystem. These agents go beyond natural language understanding: they automate complex workflows, access real-time APIs, execute calculations and scripts, interface with third-party systems, and integrate natively with SAP solutions — all without additional operational overhead.
Launching certification program for partner-built Joule Agents:
SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC), as part of SAP Partner Innovation Lifecycle Services (PILS), has launched a dedicated certification program for partner-built Joule agents. This program validates AI-powered agents that integrate with the SAP Business AI Platform against SAP’s highest technical and compliance standards — and gives partners a clear, structured path to earn the official SAP Certified designation.
As the ecosystem of partner-built Joule agents grows, SAP ICC is committed to providing the framework partners need to bring trusted, high-quality agents to market with confidence.
The certification program covers technical and integration criteria, offering a comprehensive scope to ensure that your agents meet the necessary requirements in 5 key dimensions.
Development best practices — Adhere to SAP’s published guidelines for building custom Joule agents as documented on SAP Help Portal.Agent provisioning and deployment — Meet SAP’s approved provisioning and deployment approach for Joule agents.SAP API Policy adherence — Any integration with SAP solutions must adhere to the SAP API Policy and use endorsed integration pathways. [reference: API Policy FAQ , SAP Reference Architecture]SAP AI Ethics policy confirmation — alignment with SAP’s AI Ethics policies for AI development and deployment.End-to-end functional integration test — A functional test to ensure the agent perform the action as per their defined business scope.
What Certification delivers for Your Business
Achieving SAP certification is more than a technical milestone — it is a competitive differentiator.
Accelerated Market Success: Certification serves as a proof point that drives faster sales cycles, accelerates customer deployment in SAP landscapes, and increases customer confidence.Global Visibility: Get listed in the SAP Certified Solutions Directory and position the agent as ‘certified’ by SAP to prospective customers.Official SAP Certified Designation: You will be awarded with SAP Certified – Built with SAP Business AI logo and certificate, demonstrating technical alignment with SAP solutions
Spotlight+ Designation Eligibility: The partner-built Joule agent certification is an eligible scenario for Spotlight+ — SAP’s earned designation for strategically aligned certified, high-performing solutions within SAP’s partner solution progression framework. With immediate effect, solutions certified under this program that also meet the SAP Store sales performance criteria can qualify for Spotlight+ in the next quarterly evaluation, unlocking preferred placement on SAP Store, go-to-market acceleration, access to Development Funds, and packaged demand generation campaigns.
Launch Offer: Free Certification Through End of 2026*
To accelerate partner adoption of the SAP Business AI Platform, SAP ICC is offering launch offer of free certification for qualified partner-built agents — available on a limited basis through the end of 2026.
This offer reflects SAP ICC’s commitment to supporting partners in building innovative, trustworthy AI agents that meet the needs of enterprise customers.
Next Steps
To begin the certification process, discuss technical feasibility, or learn more about the program, contact SAP ICC directly:
Email: icc@sap.com | Order via: Partner Benefits Catalog
Secure your slot and demonstrate to your customers that your agent meets SAP’s highest standards — before availability closes.
This is a blog post by the SAP Integration and Certification Center. For more information on our services and certifications, visit our website.
Accelerate Your AI Agent’s Market Success: launch offer for Certification of partner-built agentsOverview:Enterprise AI has moved from aspiration to operational necessity. Yet achieving AI that is production-ready, contextually grounded, and enterprise-safe has traditionally demanded integrating multiple environments, tools, and runtimes — creating complexity that slows delivery and increases risk. SAP addresses this directly with the SAP Business AI Platform – a single, unified platform to build, contextualize, and govern AI applications and workflows across the enterprise.At the core of this platform is Joule Studio — an AI-first development environment designed for SAP partners. With Joule Studio, partners can design, build, and extend AI agents powered by SAP Business AI Platform, bringing deep industry and domain expertise directly into SAP’s ecosystem. These agents go beyond natural language understanding: they automate complex workflows, access real-time APIs, execute calculations and scripts, interface with third-party systems, and integrate natively with SAP solutions — all without additional operational overhead.Launching certification program for partner-built Joule Agents:SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC), as part of SAP Partner Innovation Lifecycle Services (PILS), has launched a dedicated certification program for partner-built Joule agents. This program validates AI-powered agents that integrate with the SAP Business AI Platform against SAP’s highest technical and compliance standards — and gives partners a clear, structured path to earn the official SAP Certified designation.As the ecosystem of partner-built Joule agents grows, SAP ICC is committed to providing the framework partners need to bring trusted, high-quality agents to market with confidence.The certification program covers technical and integration criteria, offering a comprehensive scope to ensure that your agents meet the necessary requirements in 5 key dimensions.Development best practices — Adhere to SAP’s published guidelines for building custom Joule agents as documented on SAP Help Portal.Agent provisioning and deployment — Meet SAP’s approved provisioning and deployment approach for Joule agents.SAP API Policy adherence — Any integration with SAP solutions must adhere to the SAP API Policy and use endorsed integration pathways. [reference: API Policy FAQ , SAP Reference Architecture]SAP AI Ethics policy confirmation — alignment with SAP’s AI Ethics policies for AI development and deployment.End-to-end functional integration test — A functional test to ensure the agent perform the action as per their defined business scope.What Certification delivers for Your BusinessAchieving SAP certification is more than a technical milestone — it is a competitive differentiator.Accelerated Market Success: Certification serves as a proof point that drives faster sales cycles, accelerates customer deployment in SAP landscapes, and increases customer confidence.Global Visibility: Get listed in the SAP Certified Solutions Directory and position the agent as ‘certified’ by SAP to prospective customers.Official SAP Certified Designation: You will be awarded with SAP Certified – Built with SAP Business AI logo and certificate, demonstrating technical alignment with SAP solutions Spotlight+ Designation Eligibility: The partner-built Joule agent certification is an eligible scenario for Spotlight+ — SAP’s earned designation for strategically aligned certified, high-performing solutions within SAP’s partner solution progression framework. With immediate effect, solutions certified under this program that also meet the SAP Store sales performance criteria can qualify for Spotlight+ in the next quarterly evaluation, unlocking preferred placement on SAP Store, go-to-market acceleration, access to Development Funds, and packaged demand generation campaigns.Launch Offer: Free Certification Through End of 2026*To accelerate partner adoption of the SAP Business AI Platform, SAP ICC is offering launch offer of free certification for qualified partner-built agents — available on a limited basis through the end of 2026.This offer reflects SAP ICC’s commitment to supporting partners in building innovative, trustworthy AI agents that meet the needs of enterprise customers.Next StepsTo begin the certification process, discuss technical feasibility, or learn more about the program, contact SAP ICC directly:Email: icc@sap.com | Order via: Partner Benefits CatalogSecure your slot and demonstrate to your customers that your agent meets SAP’s highest standards — before availability closes.This is a blog post by the SAP Integration and Certification Center. For more information on our services and certifications, visit our website. Read More Technology Blog Posts by SAP articles
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