One DSAG presentation was therefore particularly interesting for us VANTAiOs and many of the SAP customers: the presentation by Florian Büch (Senior Product Manager, SAP) on the topic of "Central Entry Point" via SAP Start, SAP Launchpad service or SAP Work Zone. From our point of view, the three-stage strategy of SAP is exciting here, which provides a suitable entry point for users for every customer situation. We think it's particularly ingenious that all three systems are harmonized technically and visually, and that customers can upgrade to the larger solution if necessary. Regardless of how the customer decides, the greatest advantage of all three solution approaches is the comprehensive integration possibilities of SAP systems. In this way, more and more business packages with standard content will be delivered in the near future, and for SAP customers the vision of a "real" Digital Workplace will become possible very quickly, inexpensively and well.

Central access to as many systems as possible, both SAP and non-SAP, is and remains an ideal vision for many SAP customers - even the medium- to long-term move to the cloud will not change this. On the contrary, as we have presented in this article, there are several good options for this use case. What they all have in common, however, is that there is no way around SAP BTP if customers are aiming for a modern system landscape with direct integration of their SAP systems. Depending on the requirements profile, objectives and budget, various approaches are conceivable, each based on different combinations of SAP BTP services. It is always worth taking a look at the SAP Discovery Center to identify suitable services for your own project.

Which of the options we have presented on the SAP BTP is best suited for which customer scenario can only be judged by looking at the specific individual case. However, to provide a rough guide, here is a brief overview of our assessment:

• With the upcoming functional enhancements, the SAP Launchpad Service is becoming very interesting for specific requirement profiles. We recommend a combination of the extended SAP Launchpad Service with UI Integration Cards developed specifically for your requirements if your focus is on applications and content. In this scenario, collaboration takes place in other systems - for example, Atlassian Confluence or Microsoft Teams.
• SAP Work Zone is the best solution for your use case if you are looking for a standardized complete solution in the SAP ecosystem. It combines applications, content and collaboration on a central platform and can be specifically extended via third-party interfaces and the useful UI Integration Cards. With SAP Work Zone, you get a productive platform out-of-the-box.
  
  
• If the aforementioned content focuses do not fit your requirements, or you need a freely designable solution, then we recommend the development of an individually tailored custom application. SAP BTP as a technological basis fulfills all requirements for the operation of a modern web portal and can act as a central integration and orchestration platform for virtually any conceivable application.