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Access controls and policy enforcement belong to the SAP Business AI Platform behind the workspace. As checked on 15 October 2026, SAP’s Connect 2026 guide says general availability starts in October; the [agent reference architecture](content:ac-agentic-ai-and-ai-agents) still marks some integration capabilities as not generally available."},"links":{"homepage":"https://www.sap.com/products/artificial-intelligence/joule-work.html"},"provides":[{"capability":"capability:agent-workspaces","what_it_does":"Combines natural-language conversations, goal-oriented Spaces and an entry point for building custom agents in [Joule Studio](artifact:sap-joule-studio).","sources":[{"url":"https://www.sap.com/products/artificial-intelligence/joule-work.html","title":"Joule Work — SAP product overview","checked":"2026-10-15","quote":"Joule Assistants surface through Joule Work."},{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAP/architecture-center/main/docs/ref-arch/RA0029/readme.md","title":"Agentic AI & AI Agents on SAP Business AI Platform","checked":"2026-10-15","quote":"The experience is available across web, desktop and mobile and surfaces through three interfaces: **Conversations** for dialogue-driven intent and task execution, **Spaces** for goal-oriented, persistent workstreams with full context and the **Develop** interface for building and managing agents and automations via Joule Studio."},{"url":"https://www.sap.com/topics/events/connect/innovation-news-guide-2026","title":"SAP Connect 2026 Innovation News Guide","checked":"2026-10-15"}]}],"serves_ecosystems":["btp"],"part_of":{"ref":"artifact:sap-joule","sources":[{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAP/architecture-center/main/docs/ref-arch/RA0029/readme.md","title":"Agentic AI & AI Agents on SAP Business AI Platform","checked":"2026-10-15","quote":"SAP's approach centers on **Joule** as the unified AI engagement layer: **Joule Work** is where users express intent and AI orchestrates outcomes across systems"}]},"history":[{"date":"2026-10-15","field":"ecosystem","to":"umbrella","reason":"RA0029 describes the workspace across SAP and non-SAP systems: \"Users express a goal and Joule orchestrates actions across SAP and non-SAP systems to get it done.\" Its customer-managed BTP agents connect to Joule, establishing the BTP served view; no separate BTP catalogue listing for Work was established."},{"date":"2026-10-15","field":"artifact_type, ecosystem","from":"service; umbrella","to":"web-tool; umbrella retained","reason":"The three-record acceptance on 2026-10-15 established the workspace as a separate part of SAP Joule. Retain that family split: SAP Joule records the BTP formation and identity integration, while Work records the user-facing experience across systems. RA0029 says \"The experience is available across web, desktop and mobile\"; there is no separate BTP subscription or binding documented for Work. 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