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Enterprise SAP Integration Suite

SAP Integration Suite Implementation and SAP PO Migration

QuickHire delivers comprehensive SAP Integration Suite services - iFlow development, API Management, SAP Event Mesh, B2B/EDI integration, and SAP to Salesforce/AWS/Azure connectivity - alongside structured migration programmes from SAP Process Orchestration before the 2027 end-of-maintenance deadline.

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Enterprise Clients
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The Challenge

SAP PO End-of-Life and Integration Complexity Are Converging

SAP Process Orchestration mainstream maintenance ends in 2027, creating a mandatory migration deadline for thousands of enterprise integration landscapes. At the same time, the proliferation of cloud applications, APIs, and event-driven architectures has made enterprise integration far more complex than the point-to-point patterns that legacy SAP PO was designed to handle.

2027
SAP Process Orchestration maintenance end date
73%
of enterprises report ungoverned API proliferation
$2.1M
average annual cost of point-to-point integration maintenance
4x
faster new integration delivery with Integration Suite vs custom code

Why QuickHire

Why Enterprises Choose QuickHire

01

Full Integration Suite Capability

Our Integration Suite architects cover iFlow development, API Management, Event Mesh, Open Connectors, and Advanced Event Mesh - the full platform, not just the iFlow layer.

02

SAP PO Migration Specialists

We have migrated hundreds of SAP PO and PI interfaces to Integration Suite using a structured inventory, wave planning, and cutover approach designed to minimise business disruption.

03

Multi-Cloud Connectivity

We architect SAP Integration Suite connections to Salesforce, AWS, Azure, and 170+ third-party platforms using standard adapters, Open Connectors, and SAP BTP Private Link for secure private connectivity.

04

API Governance Framework

Our API Management implementations include developer portal configuration, product design, policy templates for OAuth 2.0 and rate limiting, and API analytics dashboards.

05

B2B and EDI Expertise

We implement B2B integration for retail, automotive, pharmaceutical, and financial services with EDIFACT, ANSI X12, and AS2 protocols, including partner profile management and acknowledgement tracking.

06

Integration FinOps

Monthly consumption reporting, iFlow optimisation recommendations, and budget alert configuration ensure Integration Suite costs scale predictably with business growth.

Challenges

Common Enterprise Pain Points

01

SAP PO Migration Before the 2027 Deadline

Organisations with large SAP PO landscapes - often 100-500+ interfaces built over many years - face the challenge of migrating all interfaces to Integration Suite before 2027 without disrupting business operations. The migration is not a simple technical conversion; many PO patterns require redesign for Integration Suite's cloud-native architecture.

02

API Proliferation Without Governance

As organisations build more integrations and expose more APIs, the absence of an API management layer results in duplicate APIs, inconsistent authentication patterns, no usage visibility, and no ability to throttle abusive consumers. Retroactively implementing API governance across an existing API landscape is significantly more complex than building it from the start.

03

Complex Message Transformation

Enterprise integrations often require sophisticated message transformation between incompatible data formats - IDOC to REST, EDI to OData, XML to JSON with complex field mapping logic. Building these transformations in Integration Suite correctly requires XSLT, Groovy scripting, and message mapping expertise, with comprehensive test data to validate edge cases.

04

Error Handling and Operational Visibility

Integration failures that are not detected and alerted promptly cascade into business process failures - failed sales order transmissions, missed invoice deliveries, or B2B partner non-acknowledgements. Without structured error handling and monitoring, integration issues are discovered by the business rather than by IT operations.

05

Hybrid Connectivity to On-Premises Systems

Most enterprise SAP landscapes combine cloud SAP Integration Suite with on-premises SAP systems, legacy databases, and mainframe applications. Securing this hybrid connectivity without opening inbound firewall ports requires SAP Cloud Connector and BTP Private Link architecture that many integration teams lack experience designing.

Our Approach

A Governed Integration Suite Platform That Scales With Your Enterprise

QuickHire Integration Suite programmes begin with platform architecture and governance design before building any individual interface. We establish the iFlow design patterns, API governance framework, monitoring configuration, and CI/CD pipeline as the foundation, then deliver integration scenarios in governed production releases that your operations team can monitor and maintain independently.

01
Integration Architecture and Platform Setup
Integration Suite tenant provisioning, subaccount configuration, Cloud Connector deployment, CI/CD pipeline, and integration design pattern library established before interface development begins.
02
iFlow Development and B2B Integration
Custom iFlow development for A2A and B2B integration scenarios using SAP's standard adapter library, with reusable message mapping templates and error handling patterns.
03
API Management Implementation
API proxy configuration, product and plan design, developer portal setup, OAuth 2.0 policy templates, and API analytics dashboards for full API lifecycle governance.
04
SAP PO Migration Programme
Structured PO interface inventory, complexity assessment, wave-based migration plan, interface conversion, and cutover execution with rollback capability for each interface.

Delivery Models

How We Deliver

Integration Suite Platform Build

Architecture design, tenant setup, CI/CD pipeline, monitoring configuration, and governance framework established as the foundation for ongoing integration delivery.

Timeline
8-14 weeks
Team Size
4-8 consultants
SAP PO Migration Programme

End-to-end migration from SAP PO to Integration Suite with interface inventory, wave planning, conversion, testing, and production cutover under a structured programme governance model.

Timeline
6-24 months
Team Size
8-25 consultants
Managed Integration Services

Ongoing management of the Integration Suite platform including incident response, new interface delivery, B2B partner onboarding, and monthly FinOps reporting under a managed service agreement.

Timeline
Ongoing
Team Size
4-15 consultants

Capabilities

Technical Capability Matrix

Cloud Integration (iFlows)
iFlow Design and DevelopmentMessage Mapping and XSLTGroovy Script DevelopmentIDoc and BAPI AdaptersOData and REST AdaptersSFTP, AS2, and Mail Adapters
API Management
API Proxy ConfigurationDeveloper Portal SetupOAuth 2.0 and API Key PoliciesRate Limiting and Quota PoliciesAPI Analytics DashboardsAPI Versioning Strategy
Event-Driven Integration
SAP Event Mesh ConfigurationAdvanced Event Mesh TopologyAMQP and REST MessagingMQTT for IoT IntegrationKafka Protocol BridgeEvent Topic Namespace Design
B2B and EDI
EDIFACT IntegrationANSI X12 IntegrationAS2 Secure TransportPartner Profile ManagementFunctional Acknowledgement TrackingEDI to OData Conversion
Connectivity
SAP Cloud Connector ConfigurationSAP BTP Private Link (Azure/AWS)Salesforce IntegrationSAP Open ConnectorsAWS S3, SQS, SNS AdaptersAzure Service Bus and Event Hubs

Engagement Models

How We Engage

Choose the model that fits your programme governance, budget cycle, and team structure.

01

Staff Augmentation

Engineers embed directly under your management.

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02

Dedicated Developers

Full-time team aligned to your product roadmap.

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03

Managed Teams

End-to-end delivery with SLA-backed outcomes.

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04

Engineering Pods

Autonomous cross-functional pods per domain.

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05

Offshore Dev Centre

Permanent engineering base in India. Full IP ownership.

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06

Build-Operate-Transfer

We build and run it. You take ownership on schedule.

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Our Process

From Discovery to Delivery

1

Integration Landscape Assessment

Days 1-28

Existing integration inventory catalogued, PO interfaces classified by complexity and business criticality, Integration Suite architecture designed, and migration wave plan produced.

2

Platform Setup and Governance

Days 21-45

Integration Suite tenant provisioned, Cloud Connector deployed, CI/CD pipeline established, monitoring and alerting configured, and iFlow design patterns documented.

3

Wave-Based Interface Delivery

Weeks 6-52

Integration interfaces developed and tested in structured waves, with each wave culminating in a production release covering a defined set of business-critical scenarios.

4

Testing and Cutover

Weeks 40-56

End-to-end integration testing in a connected QA environment, performance validation for high-volume scenarios, and interface-by-interface production cutover with rollback procedures.

5

Managed Operations and Optimisation

Ongoing

Ongoing incident management, new interface delivery, B2B partner onboarding, monthly FinOps reports, and Integration Suite release impact assessment.

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Security & Compliance

Enterprise-Grade Security by Default

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Governance

Programme Governance

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Integration Architecture Review Board

All new integration patterns and significant iFlow designs reviewed by the Integration Suite architect before development begins to ensure consistency and reuse of established patterns.

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CI/CD Pipeline Quality Gate

All iFlows promoted through a CI/CD pipeline with automated unit tests and security scanning required to pass before production deployment is permitted.

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API Change Management

API proxy changes follow a versioning and deprecation policy. Breaking changes require a new API version and a defined deprecation notice period for consuming applications.

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Integration Monitoring SLA

All production iFlows covered by monitoring with defined alert thresholds. Severity 1 integration failures are alerted within 5 minutes and require response within 30 minutes under the managed service agreement.

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Monthly Integration Health Review

Message volume trends, error rate analysis, processing time statistics, and FinOps consumption report reviewed monthly with client IT leadership.

Team Structure

Your Enterprise Team

QuickHire Integration Suite teams are structured with an integration architect, iFlow developers specialised in SAP and non-SAP adapters, an API Management specialist, a B2B/EDI specialist where required, and a DevOps engineer responsible for the CI/CD pipeline and monitoring configuration. Team size scales to the number of parallel integration workstreams in the programme.

✓SAP Integration Suite Architect
✓iFlow Developer (SAP Adapters)
✓iFlow Developer (REST/HTTP/Cloud)
✓SAP API Management Specialist
✓B2B / EDI Integration Specialist
✓SAP Cloud Connector / Network Engineer
✓Integration DevOps Engineer
✓Integration Test Analyst

Project Lifecycle

From Kickoff to Production

01
4-6 weeks

Assess and Design

Integration inventory, PO migration catalogue, Integration Suite architecture blueprint, wave plan, platform setup checklist.

02
3-5 weeks

Platform Setup

Provisioned Integration Suite tenant, Cloud Connector deployment, CI/CD pipeline, monitoring configuration, design pattern library.

03
12-48 weeks

Interface Development

Developed and tested iFlows, API proxies, Event Mesh topics, B2B partner profiles, migration artefacts per wave.

04
4-8 weeks

Testing and Cutover

End-to-end test results, performance test outcomes, cutover execution logs, post-cutover validation reports.

05
Ongoing

Managed Operations

Monthly service reports, enhancement delivery, B2B partner onboarding, FinOps reports, release impact assessments.

Case Studies

Enterprise Outcomes

Manufacturing

A global manufacturer had 180 SAP PO interfaces serving as the backbone of their supply chain integration with 60 suppliers, logistics partners, and internal SAP systems. PO maintenance was consuming 3 FTE and blocking S/4HANA migration planning.

QuickHire migrated all 180 interfaces to SAP Integration Suite in 4 waves over 14 months, rebuilding 45 complex interfaces with modern REST patterns, implementing API Management for supplier-facing APIs, and retiring 30 redundant interfaces.

180interfaces migrated to Integration Suite with zero production data loss
Retail

A national retailer needed to integrate their new SAP S/4HANA instance with Salesforce Commerce Cloud, 8 logistics providers, and a third-party returns management platform within a 6-month go-live window.

QuickHire designed and delivered 32 Integration Suite iFlows covering order fulfilment, inventory sync, returns processing, and financial settlement. SAP Open Connectors accelerated the Salesforce and returns platform connectivity.

32production integration iFlows delivered within the 6-month go-live window
Financial Services

A bank needed to modernise its payment notification architecture from batch file-based SAP PO interfaces to near-real-time event-driven notifications for 2 million daily transactions.

QuickHire implemented SAP Advanced Event Mesh with SAP Integration Suite for real-time payment event streaming, reducing notification latency from overnight batch to under 30 seconds for all payment status events.

2M+daily payment events processed in under 30 seconds via Advanced Event Mesh

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Frequently Asked Questions

SAP Integration Suite is SAP's cloud-based integration platform that consolidates multiple integration and API management capabilities under a single service on SAP BTP. Its core components are: Cloud Integration (iFlows) for message-based orchestration and transformation between SAP and non-SAP systems; API Management for full API lifecycle governance including developer portals, rate limiting, and API analytics; Event Mesh for asynchronous event-driven messaging; Open Connectors providing pre-built connectors to over 170 third-party cloud applications; SAP Graph for a unified business data API layer; and Advanced Event Mesh for high-throughput event streaming. The suite replaces the older SAP CPI (Cloud Platform Integration) and incorporates SAP API Management, which was previously a separate product.
SAP Process Orchestration (PO) is an on-premises integration platform that combines SAP PI (Process Integration), Business Process Management (BPM), and Business Rules Management (BRM) in a single system. SAP Integration Suite is the cloud successor to SAP PO, delivered as a managed service on SAP BTP. Key differences include the deployment model (SAP manages the infrastructure for Integration Suite versus on-premises for PO), the development experience (browser-based iFlow designer versus Eclipse-based PO), the licensing model (consumption-based for Integration Suite versus perpetual licence for PO), and the API management capability (fully integrated in Integration Suite versus requiring separate API Management deployment for PO). SAP mainstream maintenance for PO ends in 2027, making migration to Integration Suite a business-critical priority for most organisations.
An iFlow (Integration Flow) is the fundamental configuration artefact in SAP Integration Suite that defines how messages are received, transformed, routed, and delivered between systems. An iFlow includes a sender adapter (how the message arrives - HTTP, SFTP, SOAP, IDoc, OData, etc.), one or more processing steps (message mapping, content modifier, script, splitter, aggregator, etc.), routing logic (condition-based branching), and a receiver adapter (how the message is delivered to the target system). QuickHire develops iFlows following a library of reusable message mapping templates, error handling patterns, and logging standards. All iFlows include structured exception handling with dead-letter queues, alerting, and retry logic, and are deployed through a CI/CD pipeline with unit testing before promotion to production.
SAP API Management is the full API lifecycle governance layer within Integration Suite. It provides an API proxy layer that sits in front of backend APIs (SAP and non-SAP), applying security policies, rate limiting, authentication, and usage tracking without modifying the backend. QuickHire configures API proxies for each API in scope, defines products (groupings of APIs made available to developers), configures the API developer portal for internal or external developer self-service, and applies policy templates for authentication (OAuth 2.0, API key, mutual TLS), traffic management (rate limiting, quota, spike arrest), and mediation (response caching, message transformation). API usage analytics dashboards are configured to provide visibility of API consumption patterns across consuming applications.
SAP Event Mesh is an event-driven messaging service on SAP BTP that enables asynchronous publish-subscribe communication between SAP and non-SAP applications. It is appropriate when business events need to be consumed by multiple subscriber applications without the publisher needing to know who the subscribers are, when message delivery needs to be guaranteed even if the subscriber is temporarily unavailable, and when high-volume event streams need to be processed without blocking the originating system. Common enterprise use cases include order status events published from SAP S/4HANA and consumed by customer portals, logistics systems, and financial reporting; IoT sensor events feeding into predictive maintenance applications; and inventory level events triggering procurement workflows. QuickHire designs Event Mesh topologies covering topic namespaces, queue configuration, subscription rules, and consumer application integration.
SAP-to-Salesforce integration is one of the most common enterprise integration scenarios and covers several standard use cases. Customer and account data synchronisation ensures the master account record is consistent between SAP (as the financial record) and Salesforce (as the CRM record). Opportunity-to-order integration triggers SAP sales order creation when a Salesforce opportunity moves to Closed Won. Pricing and product catalogue synchronisation publishes SAP material and pricing data to Salesforce for use in opportunity quoting. Invoice and credit status integration provides Salesforce users with visibility of outstanding invoices and credit limits from SAP. QuickHire builds these integrations using SAP Integration Suite iFlows with the Salesforce adapter, consuming Salesforce REST APIs, and implements change-data-capture patterns to ensure only modified records trigger integration events rather than full synchronisation loads.
SAP Integration Suite includes a B2B capability layer that supports Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) communication with trading partners using standard B2B message formats including EDIFACT, ANSI X12, and SAP IDoc. The B2B capability handles partner agreement management (defining the message formats, communication protocols, and trading partner identifiers for each partner relationship), AS2 and SFTP secure transport, and message tracking with acknowledgement management. QuickHire implements B2B scenarios for retail supplier order management, pharmaceutical supply chain compliance, automotive EDI with OEMs and tier-1 suppliers, and financial services SWIFT messaging. We configure partner profiles, message format mappings, and exception alerting to produce a managed B2B environment that your operations team can monitor and extend without deep integration expertise.
SAP PO to Integration Suite migration follows a structured four-phase approach. Phase 1 is inventory and assessment: we catalogue all PO interfaces, classify them by adapter type, mapping complexity, and business criticality, and produce a migration effort estimate with wave plan. Phase 2 is conversion: PO message mappings are either migrated using SAP's migration tooling for supported adapter types, or rebuilt from scratch where the PO pattern has no direct Integration Suite equivalent. Phase 3 is testing: each migrated iFlow is tested in a dedicated Integration Suite tenant against the same source and target systems as the PO interface, with message volume and error-handling validation. Phase 4 is cutover: interfaces are cut over one by one from PO to Integration Suite with a defined rollback procedure for each, minimising go-live risk.
Production Integration Suite environments require comprehensive monitoring to detect and respond to integration failures before they impact business processes. QuickHire configures the Integration Suite Message Monitoring dashboard with status-based filtering, alert rules that trigger on processing errors and processing time thresholds, and integration with your existing IT monitoring platform (ServiceNow, Dynatrace, or Splunk) via the Integration Suite OData monitoring API. For B2B scenarios, we configure functional acknowledgement monitoring and late-arriving EDI message alerts. Monthly integration health reports cover message volumes, error rates by iFlow, average processing times, and system availability statistics to inform capacity planning and SLA reporting.
SAP Open Connectors is a component within SAP Integration Suite that provides 170+ pre-built REST-based connectors to cloud applications including HubSpot, Marketo, Zendesk, Dropbox, Box, GitHub, Slack, and many others. Each connector normalises the target application's authentication, pagination, error handling, and data formats into a consistent interface that Integration Suite iFlows can consume without custom code. QuickHire assesses Open Connectors availability for every third-party cloud application in scope before building a custom REST adapter, as Open Connectors typically reduces integration development effort for supported applications by 50-70%. Where an application is not in the Open Connectors catalogue, we build a custom generic REST adapter in Integration Suite.
SAP Integration Suite connects to AWS and Azure through standard HTTP/HTTPS adapters combined with the respective cloud provider authentication mechanisms. For AWS, this includes AWS IAM signature v4 authentication for S3, SQS, SNS, and Lambda endpoints, configured via the HTTP adapter with custom authentication headers. For Azure, OAuth 2.0 authentication is used for Azure Blob Storage, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Event Hubs. SAP Integration Suite also supports the Azure Event Hubs and Amazon SQS adapters natively for high-volume event integration. QuickHire architects hybrid integration patterns that leverage SAP BTP Private Link for private network connectivity to Azure and AWS workloads, eliminating public internet exposure for sensitive integration traffic.
Security for Integration Suite covers four layers. Transport security uses TLS 1.2 or higher for all inbound and outbound connections, with certificate management handled through the Integration Suite keystore. API security for external-facing APIs uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials or JWT validation, applied through SAP API Management policy. Message-level security for sensitive payloads uses XML or JSON message signing and encryption where required by trading partner agreements. Network security uses SAP Cloud Connector for on-premises system connectivity over an encrypted tunnel without inbound firewall ports, and SAP BTP Private Link for Azure and AWS private connectivity. All Integration Suite tenants are configured with role-based access control ensuring developers cannot promote untested iFlows to production.
SAP Graph is a unified data access API layer on SAP BTP that exposes a single, consistent REST/OData API surface covering business objects across multiple SAP systems - S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba, SAP Concur, and others - without requiring developers to know the specific API surface of each underlying SAP system. Developers query SAP Graph for, say, a SalesOrder entity and receive a unified response that transparently combines data from SAP S/4HANA Sales and SuccessFactors employee master, without needing to build and maintain that composition logic themselves. QuickHire configures SAP Graph for organisations building BTP extension applications or third-party developer portals where a simple, consistent API surface is more valuable than direct access to individual SAP system APIs.
Yes. SAP Integration Suite uses a consumption-based commercial model where you pay for message volume (for Cloud Integration), API calls (for API Management), and event capacity (for Event Mesh). Without governance, consumption can grow unexpectedly as new integrations are added and message volumes increase with business growth. QuickHire configures consumption monitoring dashboards in SAP BTP Cockpit with budget alert thresholds, and provides monthly FinOps reports that break down Integration Suite consumption by iFlow, API product, and event namespace. We also advise on iFlow design optimisations that reduce message count - for example, using bulk API patterns instead of per-record calls - to manage cost growth as integration volumes scale.
SAP Advanced Event Mesh is a high-performance event streaming and messaging service designed for organisations that need enterprise-grade event broker capability at scale - high throughput, low latency, multi-region replication, and protocol support beyond the AMQP and REST protocols available in standard Event Mesh. It supports MQTT for IoT device connectivity, JMS for legacy messaging system migration, and Kafka protocol for data pipeline integration. Advanced Event Mesh is appropriate for organisations running high-volume IoT sensor data integration, real-time financial transaction event streaming, or supply chain event fabrics connecting dozens of partner systems. QuickHire assesses whether standard Event Mesh or Advanced Event Mesh is appropriate during integration architecture design based on message volume, latency requirements, and protocol diversity.
A focused SAP Integration Suite implementation covering 10-20 iFlows typically takes 10-16 weeks from architecture design to production deployment. A comprehensive Integration Suite programme replacing SAP PO with 100-300 interfaces runs 12-18 months, depending on interface complexity and the number of parallel development streams. API Management implementation for an existing set of APIs typically takes 8-12 weeks. B2B integration programmes covering 10-20 trading partners with complex EDI message formats run 4-8 months. QuickHire structures all Integration Suite programmes to deliver production-quality iFlows in regular releases - typically every 4-6 weeks - so the business sees continuous delivery progress rather than waiting for a single large release.
Post-go-live Integration Suite support covers three areas. Operational support handles incidents and service requests under defined SLAs, including error investigation, iFlow corrections, and adapter configuration changes. Enhancement delivery adds new integration scenarios, extends existing iFlows with new business rules or additional target systems, and onboards new B2B trading partners. Release management monitors SAP Integration Suite feature releases and security patches, assessing impact on existing iFlows, updating configurations where required, and validating changes in non-production before applying to production. Monthly service reviews cover incident volumes, SLA performance, enhancement backlog status, and upcoming SAP release changes relevant to the installed integration landscape.
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