SAP Business One Cloud Hosting on Microsoft SQL Server
Run SAP Business One on Microsoft SQL Server, hosted on our servers in a Mumbai data centre in India — with database tuning for SAP, storage sized for your workload, server monitoring and automatic daily backups. Your users keep the installed SAP client.
What SQL Server is, and who it suits
SAP Business One needs a database underneath it — the place where every item, invoice and stock movement is stored. Microsoft SQL Server is one of the two databases SAP Business One runs on (the other is SAP HANA).
SQL Server is the mature choice: lower in cost, well understood, and supported by most SAP Business One add-ons and service providers. It suits most small and mid-sized manufacturers, especially when the main need is reliable day-to-day posting — purchase, stores, production, dispatch and accounts — rather than heavy real-time analytics across many plants.
If you already run SAP Business One on SQL Server in your office, moving it to our cloud keeps the same platform. Nothing about your SAP data or screens needs to change. See how the move works.
Where SQL Server set-ups go wrong
- Generic SQL Server virtual machine templates, not set up for SAP Business One
- Storage that cannot keep up with how SAP reads and writes data at peak shifts
- Shared processors that make SAP feel slow when many users post at once
- Backups that nobody checks until the day they are needed
- Patching put off because nobody owns the server
What our SAP B1 cloud on SQL Server includes
A separate track from HANA: storage speed, memory and backups matched to SQL Server.
Database tuning for SAP
Database and instance settings tuned for SAP Business One on Microsoft SQL Server, not left on generic defaults.
Sized for your footprint
Application and database sized for your licensed SAP users and the way your plants work, with room to grow.
Storage that keeps up
Storage speed (how many reads and writes per second the disks handle, called IOPS) matched to SAP, so month-end and dispatch peaks do not stall.
Monitoring & patching
We monitor the servers and apply regular patches, so the database is not left unattended.
Automatic daily backups
Your SAP database is backed up automatically every day. More on backup & recovery.
Room to grow
Add compute and storage as you add plants, users and legal entities, without buying new hardware.
What day-to-day use looks like
Your finance, stores and production users open the same installed SAP Business One client. It points at the SQL Server in our cloud over a private encrypted link from your office, instead of a server down the corridor. There is no remote-desktop layer in between for daily transactions.
Machines and systems connected to SAP — weighbridge software, barcode warehouse scanners, printers — keep calling SAP the same way. Only the server address inside the private link changes.
- Same SAP Business One client and screens
- One central database for all plants and branches
- Integrations and add-ons checked before the move
- Support from SAP Business One solution experts
When HANA may be the better fit
If you have very large data volumes, or management wants real-time dashboards across several plants, SAP HANA can be the stronger choice. It costs more and needs careful sizing.
Compare both in our HANA vs SQL guide, or read about SAP Business One on HANA in our cloud. We help you decide during the free review.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is SQL Server still a good choice for SAP B1 cloud hosting?
Yes. It is the mature, widely used platform for SAP Business One, usually lower in cost than HANA, and supported by most add-ons and service providers. Many manufacturers run on it for years.
Will our add-ons and integrations keep working?
Most SAP Business One add-ons support SQL Server. During the review we list every add-on and connected system you use, and check each one before anything moves.
Can we move from SQL Server to HANA later?
Yes, we host both platforms. A move to HANA is planned as its own project, so it can happen when your data volumes or reporting needs justify it. Start with our HANA vs SQL guide.
Who looks after the server and the database?
We do: server monitoring, regular patching and automatic daily backups. Your team keeps using SAP; it does not need to manage a server.
Can several companies or plants share the set-up?
Yes. Multi-entity groups and multi-plant businesses run on the same environment, and we size it so you can add compute and storage as plants, users and legal entities grow.
More on Cloud for SAP
Start at the Cloud for SAP overview, or go straight to another topic.
SAP Business One on HANA
SAP B1 on SAP HANA in our cloud: memory and storage laid out to HANA rules, sized with your licence position in mind.
HANA hosting →Secure office & branch connectivity
A private encrypted link from each office and branch, so the installed SAP client, scanners and weighbridge keep working.
Connectivity →Backup & recovery
Automatic daily backups, server monitoring and access controls — plus what to ask for in a service agreement.
Backup & recovery →Move SAP B1 to the cloud
Step-by-step move from an office server to our cloud, with pilot users, a planned switch-over and a way back.
Cloud migration →Hosting options compared
A neutral guide: office server vs generic remote-desktop hosting vs a specialised SAP cloud, on cost, security, speed and support.
Read the guide →Free SAP B1 cloud tools
Server sizing, version support checker, HANA vs SQL chooser and cloud readiness score — free to use.
Try the free tools →Last updated: 7 November 2026
Get a sizing review for SAP Business One on SQL Server
Share your SAP version, number of users and branches, and the add-ons or machines connected to SAP. We will come back with a concrete set-up for your business, not a generic hosting quote. Delivered remotely or on-site — audits and support by video call and secure remote SAP access, with on-site visits for go-live and hardware.