EY announces move to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition on Microsoft Azure

• In collaboration with SAP and Microsoft, the EY organization will modernize and automate its internal business systems, enhanced by AI agents, to become an autonomous ERP.
• The EY organization is modernizing legacy EY SAP ERP systems to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, on Microsoft Azure.

The EY organization announces a strategic initiative, with SAP and Microsoft, to transition to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition on Microsoft Azure. As part of this transformation, the EY organization will implement artificial intelligence (AI) agents to automate internal business processes, creating the first autonomous ERP business system.

SAP’s cloud ERP solutions enable innovations such as the SAP Business Data Cloud solution, and SAP Business Suite powered by SAP S/4HANA Cloud. EY teams anticipate that this implementation, with a modern architecture combination of SAP and Microsoft, will create meaningful operational efficiencies, be flexible to adapt to market requirements and changes, and fuel innovation with clients. 

This strategic initiative aims to drive enterprise-level transformations for EY teams, build unique assets that will serve as a showcase, and seamlessly integrate AI agents to automate business processes. EY teams will be one of the marquee SAP implementations with a modern architecture that is flexible enough to adapt to many market requirements and changes and is futureproof. The collaboration and investments between the EY organization, SAP and Microsoft will enable new AI-driven technology that will benefit clients and help shape the future.

Raj Sharma, EY Global Managing Partner – Growth and Innovation, says:

“At the EY organization, we are all in on the power of AI to create value for our clients, integrating leading-edge capabilities with experience to rapidly provide new services and solutions. These expanded alliances with SAP and Microsoft are another significant step to improving our internal efficiencies and being ready for future business models.”

Anthony Caterino, EY Global Managing Partner – Business Enablement, says:

“Our relationships with SAP and Microsoft are stronger than ever, and this new collaboration reaffirms that the EY organization is preferred by both organizations to help clients leverage SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition powered by Microsoft Azure. By aligning with RISE with SAP Methodology and leveraging Azure as our preferred cloud powerhouse, we aim to foster continuous innovation and deliver greater business value to our joint customers and the EY organization internally.”

Thomas Saueressig, Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE, says:

“The EY organization’s move to SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition on Microsoft Azure as part of their RISE with SAP journey underscores the power of cloud innovation and demonstrates how AI-driven automation can shape the future of enterprise operations. Our collaboration shows how we are committed to working together to accelerate business transformation, operational agility, and growth for our customers.

Judson Althoff, Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, says:

“Our collaboration with the EY organization is focused on transforming every aspect of their business with AI — from audit and tax to consulting services. Through our work together, we will continue to deliver rich insights and services that build confidence in capital markets and economies around the world. Running SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition on Microsoft Azure marks a critical step in the EY organization’s AI Transformation journey and progresses our mutual goal to enable agentic AI across enterprises.”

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