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In this blog, I’ll share practical tips to help you to prepare and be able to pass the SAP BTP Solution Architect certification (P_BTPA_2408). While the post is especially helpful for those aiming to get certified, it also provides useful insights for SAP developers, architects, project managers, and anyone daily involved in SAP BTP projects or operations.
You often start preparing for a certification and end up confused ,what are the right resources, and how deep should you go?
As a Microsoft Certified Trainer and an SAP certified, I always tell new learners: preparing for a certification is like learning English as a second language—you want to be able to use it effectively in your day-to-day work, not become Shakespeare!
Here, I share the exact resources I use in my day-to-day role as an SAP Architect—drawing on over 20 years of hands-on experience in the SAP space. I’ve also included the key materials that can help you confidently prepare for the SAP BTP Solution Architect certification.
Being a successful SAP Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect requires a deep understanding of both on-premises and hyperscaler technologies, combined with hands-on experience from real customer projects. On top of that, strong expertise in SAP solutions is essential. Earning the SAP Solution Architect certification is just the beginning of this journey.
In these blog series, I’ll share practical insights to help you prepare and succeed to achieve this as a goal.
🎓 Why Get SAP Certified? Real-World Benefits:
- Being certified earns immediate credibility customers, partners, and hiring managers are more likely to trust your knowledge and decisions.
- SAP certification improves your chances of landing your desired role.
- Certified professionals often qualify for higher rates, promotions, and leadership roles in SAP projects.
- In some cases (e.g., security reviews, migration, SOC documentation), certification adds weight to your approval or sign-off.
- The annual certification renewal process ensures your knowledge stays current, especially with cloud solutions and SAP's evolving product roadmap.
- Certification validates your hands-on skills and prepares you to deliver better results in real SAP implementations.
- Certified professionals are more likely to be chosen for challenging or high-impact projects.
- Certification gives you recognition within the broader SAP ecosystem.
Exam Topics and Focus Areas
To pass the certification you’ll need a score of 68% or higher, SAP outlines the following key areas:
- Understanding the Intelligent Enterprise and SAP’s reference architecture
- Familiarity with SAP BTP services, account models, capabilities (including AI), suite qualities, extensibility types, clean core, and migration strategies (greenfield, brownfield)
- SAP Methodologies: Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISA-M), Application Extension Methodology, and Data & Analytics Methodology
- Identity and access management types, CAP (Cloud Application Programming Model), RAP (ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model), and runtime environments
- DevOps principles, SAP BTP commercial models, and master data replication
- Recommending solution designs based on requirements and compliance
Key Areas of Study
To gain the knowledge required, focus on the following areas:
- Enterprise Architect vs. Solution Architect roles
- SAP BTP Framework and Reference Architectures
- SAP Discovery Centre, Business Accelerator Hub, and Trust Centre
- SAP BTP account model (global accounts, directories, subaccounts)
- BTP Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- BTP Connectivity and SAP Cloud Connector
- S/4HANA implementation types: Greenfield, Brownfield, Bluefield
- Application development frameworks and extensibility
- Clean Core principles and extensibility models
- SAP BTP Data and Analytics (SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud)
- SAP Business Data Cloud
- SAP Data and Analytics advisory Methodology
- SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISA-M)
- SAP Integration solution Capabilities and Services
- SAP Build Process Automation, and Signavio
- SAP AI tools like Joule, and Generative AI Hub
- SAP BTP Commercial Models and BTP estimating costs
Deep Dive: ISA-M in Practice
ISA-M is central to BTP solution architecture and used throughout the integration lifecycle:
- Phase 1: Assess your integration strategy (e.g., cloud-to-cloud, on-premise-to-cloud)
- Phase 2: Design the hybrid integration platform by mapping use case patterns to technology
- Phase 3: Define best practices, blueprints, and guidelines
- Phase 4: Establish organizational and operational models for enterprise integration
If you study the Learning journey (FREE) courses listed below, you'll gain the core knowledge needed for this exam.
For deeper insight into areas you may not work with daily, make sure to check out the advanced learning links shared below as well.
The exam time is sufficient , you will not face any challenges there , and by practicing with the BTP trial environment or your organization’s non-production BTP landscape, you’ll be well prepared to pass the exam surely.
Recommended (Free) Learning Courses
- Becoming an SAP BTP Solution Architect (main course)
- Discovering SAP Business Technology Platform
- Delta Content for BTP Solution Architect
- Getting Started with SAP Integration Solution Advisory
Important Reference Links
- Integration Architecture Guide (ISA-M)
NoteBookLM Audio Dialog
- Integration Solution Advisory Methodology PDF Guide
- SAP BTP Guideline Framework
- SAP Application Extension Methodology
- ISA-M Presentation (PDF)
- Extension Architecture Guide
- SAP Data & Analytics Advisory Methodology Overview
Advanced Learning and Practice
- Administering SAP BTP (Learning)
- Create a BTP Trial Account (Tutorial)
- SAP BTP Admin Guide
- SAP Trust Centre (Security and Compliance)
- Connecting BTP and On-Pre using the Cloud Connector (Learning)
- BTP Account Model & Entitlements
- OpenSAP : ISA-M Integration Assessment (Video)
- Integration Suite Assessment Tool (Video)
- Migration Assessment App (Tutorial)
- Setting up SAP Mobile Start with SAP S/4HANA on SAP Build Work Zone (Learning)
- Clean Core Three-Tier Extensibility(Learning)
- SAP BTP Connectivity
- SAP Discovery Centre: Reference Architectures & Estimators
- Cost Estimator
- Cloud Integration Automation Service User Guide
I've put together 15 sample questions to help you prepare for the exam. These questions are a bit more challenging than the ones you'll typically see on the actual test.
1. Which statement is true about SAP trail account in BTP?
a. A BTP trial account includes only 6 GB of memory for applications
b. You are able to move your Proof of Concept from BTP trail to Pay-As-You-Go account
c. A trial account will be removed when a user not logged on after 90 days
d. You need to manually restart of your solution like HANA DB every day
2. Which SAP licensing model In SAP BTP supports: "The total monthly cost would be deducted from the cloud credits balance monthly"?
a. SAP BTPEA
b. Pay-As-You-Go for SAP BTP
c. Subscription
d. SAP Full User Equivalent (FUE)
3. In which level of BTP account you can add or modify your Identity Authentication Service was assigned?
a. Global account
b. Subaccount
c. Directory
d. All answers above
4. In SAP Road Map, SAP decided to have the traditional Early Watch Report in which solution or platform?
a. SAP Solution Manager
b. SAP Cloud ALM
c. SAP Early Watch alert Workspace
d. DVM in SAP For Me launchpad
5. According to the SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology, the Enterprise Architect is responsible for which of the following activities?
a. Definition of integration standards and technology selection guidelines (cross-vendor, hybrid integration platform)
b. Definition of technical integration architectures with a focus on specific integration technologies
c. Definition and communication of patterns, templates, and best practices
d. All of above
Reference:
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6. A customer has BOBJ and BODS in their existing SAP on premises landscape, when they are going to migrate to S/4 HANA private edition which solution they can pick to support a similar functionality? Make sure the solution required to be aligned with SAP latest future road map.
a. HANA Cloud, Datasphere
b. SAP Analytic Cloud (SAC), SAP S/4 HANA
c. SAP Intelligent Suite, SAP BW cloud
d. SAP Analytic Cloud (SAC), Datasphere
7. Which statement about SAP Clean Core concept is NOT correct?
a. Deploying a new custom code cannot be on core system (by stack).
b. The clean core strategy advocates for separating custom extensions from the core SAP application.
c. Use "Key User Extensibility" functions of S/4HANA for simple extensions.
d. In classic Extensibility: Applicable primarily to on-premises editions, this tier includes traditional customization methods.
8. Your company has S/4 HANA provisioned in National Security Services (NS2) in Azure, for the entry point of external users you as Solution Architect recommending BTP work Zone as an option.
Which answer respectively meets the requirements (as a cost-effective option) for number 1, 2 descriptions in the diagram below:
a. SAP Build Work Zone advanced edition, SAP Connectivity Service
b. SAP Build Work Zone standard edition, SAP Connectivity Service
c. SAP Build Work Zone advanced edition, Cloud Connector
d. SAP Build Work Zone standard edition, Cloud Connector
9. You are acting as a Solution Architect guiding a migration team that is transitioning from an on-premises SAP PI/PO system to the SAP BTP Integration Suite.
Which of the following tools or services should you recommend to the team, in their appropriate sequence, to support this migration effectively?
a.
SAP BTP Migration Assessment
SAP BTP Integration Assessment
SAP Readiness Check
b.
SAP Readiness Check
SAP BTP Migration Assessment
SAP BTP Integration Assessment
c.
SAP Readiness Check
SAP BTP Integration Assessment
SAP BTP Migration Assessment
d.
SAP BTP Integration Assessment
SAP Readiness Check
SAP BTP Migration Assessment
10. Which of the following SAP BTP services are required or typically used by SAP Cloud ALM?
Select all correct answers (3):
a. SAP Alert Notification Service
b. SAP Automation Pilot
c. SAP Cloud Transport Management
d. SAP Build Work Zone
e. SAP Analytic Cloud
f. SAP Conversational AI
11. Which service can provide a rough rate cost for any service you are going to purchase for BTP solution:
a. SAP For Me Legal & cost
b. SAP Cloud estimator
c. SAP BTP Service Catalog
d. SAP BTP Service Estimator
12. A customer is planning to implement Change Request Management (ChaRM) in the cloud after migrating to SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition on a hyperscaler (e.g., Azure).
Which two main tools or technologies can they use to manage change and transport processes in this cloud-based environment?
a. SAP Solution Manager, CTS
b. Cloud Transport Management System (cTMS), SAP Cloud ALM
c. SAP BTP Cloud Foundry, SAP Cloud ALM
d. SAP Solution Manager, Cloud Transport Management System (cTMS)
13. During the Explore phase of an SAP S/4HANA implementation using SAP Activate methodology, a customer aims to validate fit-to-standard processes and ensure alignment with future-state operations.
They also want to establish a monitoring and task management structure early to prepare for efficient project execution and operations.
Which of the following combinations of tools and capabilities are best aligned to support these objectives? (Choose two.)
a. SAP Signavio Process Insights – to compare legacy KPIs against SAP standard benchmarks and identify transformation opportunities
b. SAP Cloud ALM – to import and manage business process models, simulate variants, and execute fit-to-standard workshops
c. SAP Signavio Process Manager – to model target processes and support fit-to-standard workshops using process content from SAP Best Practices
d. SAP Cloud ALM – to orchestrate project tasks, manage requirements, and support test case management from the Explore phase onward
e. SAP Solution Manager – to configure business roles and monitor production incidents during the Explore phase
14. In the context of SAP Event Mesh and SAP BTP, which of the following are required to establish secure communication between publishers and subscribers? (Choose two)
a. XSUAA service for OAuth authentication
b. Connectivity service with destination type = HTTP
c. Application router for handling protocol mapping
d. Event Mesh instance bound to each application with service keys
e. Transport Layer Security (TLS) tunnelling via Cloud Connector
15. What are benefits of using the Cloud Foundry environment in SAP BTP for event-driven extensions? (Choose two)
a. Native ABAP integration without additional runtimes
b. Horizontal scalability for stateless microservices
c. Event handling with built-in webhook configuration
d. Support for event consumers written in various languages (e.g., Node.js, Java)
e. Built-in support for SAP GUI transactions
Answer Keys:
1-Answer: d; 2.Answer: a; 3.Answer: b; 4.Answer: d; 5.Answer: a; 6.Answer: d; 7.Answer: a;
8.Answer: d;9.Answer: b; 10.Answer: a, b, c; 11.Answer: d; 12.Answer: b; 13.Answer: c, d; 14.Answer: a, d;
15.Answer: b, d
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