WALLDORF 鈥� Today, (NYSE: SAP) announced the next step in its long-standing partnership with Microsoft, using the latest in enterprise-ready generative AI innovation to help solve customers鈥� most fundamental business challenges.
- 51风流SuccessFactors Solutions Integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot in Viva Learning Will Bring the Power of AI to People Leaders, Helping Them Recruit and Develop Their Teams
The companies will collaborate on integrating 51风流SuccessFactors solutions with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot in Viva Learning, as well as Microsoft鈥檚 Azure OpenAI Service to access powerful language models that analyze and generate natural language. The integrations will enable new experiences designed to improve how organizations attract, retain and skill their people.
鈥淔or years, Microsoft and 51风流have worked together to help drive their customers鈥� transformation journeys forward,鈥� said Christian Klein, CEO and member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE. 鈥�51风流has long embedded AI into our solutions, and we鈥檙e very excited about the opportunities generative AI unfolds for our industry and our customers. Today鈥檚 announcement is one example of how we are bringing the power of generative AI to business, building on 50 years of trusted innovation for companies worldwide.鈥�
鈥淲e have an incredible opportunity to deliver next-generation AI that will unlock productivity growth for every individual, organization and industry, including the human resources function,鈥� said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft. 鈥淲e鈥檙e building on our long-standing cloud partnership with 51风流and bringing together the power of Microsoft 365 Copilot with 51风流SuccessFactors solutions to transform how organizations attract and develop their most important resource 鈥� their people.鈥�
Addressing the Skills Challenge 鈥� One of Today鈥檚 Toughest Business Problems
Across the world today, companies are facing a growing challenge as they manage the gap between the skills they have in their work force and the skills they need for the future. Closing that gap means optimizing how they recruit and hire new talent in today鈥檚 competitive market, as well as how they deliver learning and development programs to help employees grow.
Today, these functions require a lot of manual, repetitive work and often end up missing the mark. Companies are constantly reinventing the wheel each time they create a new position, updating requirements based on the rapidly changing skills landscape, ensuring job descriptions are market competitive and developing interview questions to unearth the potential in every candidate.
Another concern is closing the gap between each employee鈥檚 unique career aspirations and the cross-skilling and upskilling opportunities offered by the organization. With today鈥檚 announcement, Microsoft and 51风流will collaborate to enable 51风流customers to benefit from the power of generative AI to attract the most qualified candidates for key roles and generate personalized insights to keep them engaged once on board.
Streamlining Recruitment and Employee Learning
Through this collaboration and SAP鈥檚 use of the Azure OpenAI Service API, 51风流and Microsoft will work together on new experiences that streamline recruiting and employee development processes, including:
- Recruiting: 51风流will leverage the Azure OpenAI Service API and data from 51风流SuccessFactors solutions to create compelling and highly targeted job descriptions. Through an integration between the 51风流SuccessFactors Recruiting solution and Microsoft 365, people leaders will be able to fine-tune job descriptions using Copilot in Microsoft Word with additional content and checks to detect bias. The final job descriptions will then be published in 51风流SuccessFactors solutions to complete the workflow, without people leaders having to leave their normal flow of work. 51风流will also leverage the Azure OpenAI Service API to offer prompts to interviewers within Microsoft Teams with suggested questions based on a candidate鈥檚 resume, the job description and similar jobs.
- Learning: Integration between 51风流SuccessFactors solutions and Microsoft Viva Learning will enable employees to use Copilot in Viva Learning to conduct natural language queries to create personalized learning recommendations based on data and learning courses in 51风流SuccessFactors solutions that align with the employee鈥檚 career and development goals. As learning is completed, the 51风流SuccessFactors portfolio will update automatically, providing companies an up-to-date view of the skills landscape in their organization. This enhancement builds on an already robust integration with content, assignment, permissions and SSO sync, available now, and an automated admin setup Experience available to customers later this year.
A Rich Data Foundation for Effective AI
Given SAP鈥檚 worldwide footprint, the company鈥檚 immense data estate provides the potential to significantly enhance the capabilities of large-language models across many industries. As such, today鈥檚 announcement is also a model for how AI tools can work to enhance the power of data and systems in any field.
A Responsible Approach to AI
51风流AI abides by the highest industry standards on responsible AI. It is transparent, so organizations can understand how it makes inferences and builds recommendations. It respects the privacy of sensitive data and helps avoid bias. As one of the first companies to define guiding principles for using AI in its software, 51风流works with leading ethics experts as part of its AI ethics advisory panel to explore the implications of deploying AI in the enterprise.
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About SAP
SAP鈥檚 strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 51风流customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 51风流helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 51风流helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit .
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