SAP HANA On-premises and Cloud Databases

SAP HANA Cloud had a great coverage this year with a demo being featured in the opening keynote and multiple sessions on SAP HANA Cloud and AI. If you missed some of the Database sessions, we highly recommend you take the time to watch them. Explore the key sessions and blog posts below to catch up on the latest innovations:

Sessions

• SAP HANA Cloud: The database for business AI

  by Thomas Hammer & Jinhee Jeong

• What's next for SAP HANA Cloud: Roadmap & innovation highlights

  by Thomas Hammer & Jinhee Jeong

Blogposts

•  What’s Next with SAP HANA Cloud – SAP TechEd 2025 by Thomas Hammer

•  SAP HANA Cloud Becomes Agentic: Introducing Discovery Agent & Data Agent by Shabana Samsudheen

Additionally, you can now also find the slide deck for download:

ST115 | SAP HANA Cloud: The database for business AI (by Jinhee Jeong & Thomas Hammer)

DA817 | What's next for SAP HANA Cloud: Roadmap & innovation highlights (by Jinhee Jeong & Thomas Ha... 

DA202 | Extensibility at scale: Build intelligent applications with SAP HANA Cloud (by Shraddha Shet... 

DA201 | Accelerating your AI strategy with SAP HANA Cloud (Christoph Morgen) 

DA200 | Help future-proof your database landscape with SAP HANA Cloud (by Roman Belosludtsev) 

If you are interested on the repositories from our Hands-on Workshops, please find them here:

DA261 - Prepare your SAP HANA Cloud and Python environment in SAP Business Application Studio

DA262 - Enabling clean core development with SAP HANA Cloud and SAP Build Code

Harness the power of AI with intelligent applications and insights.

The SAP HANA Cloud Vector Engine enables you to usher in the future of intelligent applications and enhance developer productivity.

Your resources for a kickstart:

• Hands on: Harness GenAI capabilities
• Hands on: Build your own app using the vector engine
• Webinar: Vector Engine Introduction
• Blogpost: FAQ Vector Engine
• Blogpost: Vectorize your data
• Blogpost: From developer’s desk

Join the workshop on SAP HANA Cloud Multiple Model Programming including Vector Engine and Knowledge Graph from Nov 17 to Nov 21: register here

You can find all What's New blogposts here.

• Watch now: September 2025
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• Watch now: December 2024
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• Watch now: September 2024
• Read more: September 2024

Explore the Release Navigator to access helpful resources of feature updates for SAP HANA Cloud.

Connect with experts, share your voice, and explore the latest in innovation at the HANA Tech Con in St. Leon-Rot. This year's event took place on July 10, 2025.

Do you want to learn more about migration journeys to SAP HANA Cloud? Then, visit our microsite which contains essential resources and information required for a successful migration.

Jump to the microsite.

If you missed our What’s New in SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 08 live stream series, you can learn about the latest SAP HANA innovations directly from topic matter experts in our series of webinars.

• Read the overview blogpost by Stefan Baeuerle.

Rewatch our live stream series:

• Watch now: SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 08: Overview

• Watch now: Mission Critical Data Center Operations
• Watch now: Modeling / Development (BAS)
• Watch now: Administration and Monitoring
• Watch now: Smart Multi-Model
• Watch now: Supportability (VS Plugin & SQL Analyzer)
• Watch now: Data Integration (SDI/SDA)

Do you want a step-by-step walk through the world of SAP HANA Cloud? Try it out for yourself with these tutorials, sample data, and queries.

• Jump start your SAP HANA Cloud, SAP HANA database in trial
• Getting Started with a Standalone SAP HANA Cloud, Data Lake in Trial

Sign up for the free trial now!

Ride the SAP HANA Wave

Join the free online course to get insights into SAP HANA and SAP HANA Cloud. Learn about the in-memory database technology and different deployment options, and discover how you can make data available for business insights.

Are you ready to ride the SAP HANA wave? Start today.

SAP HANA Cloud guided experience

• UPDATED! Everything you need to know about the new SAP HANA Cloud guided experience.
• FAQ: Guided Experience.

SAP HANA Cloud free tier:

• Jump Start Your SAP HANA Cloud, SAP HANA Database (free tier model or trial).

SAP HANA, express edition:

• Install SAP HANA, express edition

• Feature Scope for SAP HANA, express edition 
• Release Notes for SAP HANA, express edition (July 2024)
• SAP HANA, express edition Community Q&A.
• SAP HANA, express edition FAQ.