What is the role of SAP Cloud Connector in a hybrid landscape?

SAP Cloud Connector is the secure gateway component that lets SAP BTP-based cloud applications access on-premise systems without exposing those on-premise systems directly to the public internet — it establishes an outbound-initiated, encrypted tunnel from the on-premise network to BTP, so no inbound firewall ports need to be opened toward the on-premise landscape.

flowchart LR
    A[On-Premise Network] -->|Outbound tunnel initiated| B[SAP Cloud Connector]
    B -->|Secure tunnel| C[SAP BTP]
    C -->|Requests routed through tunnel| A

Architecturally, this is significant because it means the on-premise system's security posture doesn't need to change to support cloud extensions — the connection is always initiated from the trusted, on-premise side outward, rather than requiring the on-premise firewall to accept inbound connections from the public cloud, which many security teams would otherwise be reluctant to approve.

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