Global Accounts and Subaccounts
Covers the SAP BTP tenant hierarchy - global accounts, directories, and subaccounts - explaining their business purpose, how entitlements and quotas flow through the structure, how to design and provision subaccounts for real projects, and how this foundational model affects security, connectivity, deployment (Cloud Foundry and Kyma), and operational governance across integration landscapes.
Overview
Covers the SAP BTP tenant hierarchy - global accounts, directories, and subaccounts - explaining their business purpose, how entitlements and quotas flow through the structure, how to design and provision subaccounts for real projects, and how this foundational model affects security, connectivity, deployment (Cloud Foundry and Kyma), and operational governance across integration landscapes.
Lessons in this topic
- BTP Global Accounts Part 1: Global Accounts, Subaccounts and EntitlementsUnderstand the BTP account model in depth: global account as the contract level, subaccounts as workspaces bound to a region and environment, entitlements and quotas, service plans, and the difference between service instances and subscriptions.
- BTP Global Accounts Part 2: Designing Subaccount Structures for EnvironmentsDesign subaccounts for a real landscape: separation by environment (dev, test, prod), by business domain or by region, entitlement distribution, trust and identity per subaccount, naming, and how transports move content between subaccounts.
- BTP Global Accounts Part 3: Directory Hierarchies and GovernanceUse directories to structure large BTP landscapes: grouping subaccounts by business unit or project, directory features (entitlement management, user management), labels for cost allocation and reporting, and a governance model for creating and operating subaccounts.
Interview questions covered
- What are the core concepts of Global Accounts and Subaccounts, and how would you explain them clearly in an SAP interview?
- How would you apply Global Accounts and Subaccounts in a real SAP project? Walk through the design or implementation approach.
- A production issue is reported in Global Accounts and Subaccounts. What would you check first, and how would you troubleshoot it systematically?
- What are the most important design decisions, trade-offs, and best practices in Global Accounts and Subaccounts?
- Suppose you inherit an existing Global Accounts and Subaccounts solution. How would you review it before making a change?
- A group's BTP landscape has sprawled to dozens of subaccounts with unclear owners and rising costs. How do you set up governance?
- A retail company's BTP subaccounts were created ad hoc in different regions. Explain the account model and how you'd correct the setup.
- Design subaccounts for an extension and integration program with dev, test and production.