Amin Hoque

August 22, 2019 6 minute read

SAP S/4HANA Cloud and On-Premise

Deployment Options
628751,846

Last updated: July 7 2021

This blog targets SAP solution architects and explains the different deployment options for SAP
S/4HANA. I have used the latest terminology. It covers cloud, on-premise and hosted deployment
options. Here are the options discussed:

1. SAP S/4HANA Cloud: previously called essentials edition (ES) and Multi-Tenant Edition.
2. SAP S/4HANA Cloud extended edition: previously called Single-Tenant Edition
3. SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition (new in 2021).
4. SAP S/4HANA On-Premise managed by SAP (HEC)
5. SAP S/4HANA On-Premise: On-Premise or managed by cloud provider Hyperscalers

I cover the following aspects of each option: infrastructure, license, how upgrades are managed,
scope (functional, country and industry), configuration, extensibility (how solution can be extended
beyond configuration) and implementation (possible approaches). All options can be implemented
by the customer, SAP or a partner.

I also cover which roadmap of the SAP Activate implementation methodology is relevant, what SAP
Best Practices are used and what tools are relevant. See my other blog for an overview of SAP Best
Practices and Model Companies.
1. SAP S/4HANA Cloud 

Commonly used by net new customers that want the full cloud approach with regular upgrades that
include new configuration and new software. Also used for subsidiaries alongside SAP on-premise
implementations.

 Infrastructure: public cloud shared with other customers and hosted and operated by SAP
only
 License: subscription for Software as a Service (available as RISE with SAP).
 Upgrades: managed by SAP. fixed and mandatory (configuration and software). The
upgrade of configuration is unique to Essentials Edition. SAP and customer do automated
and manual regression tests.
 Scope: core ERP (subset of full ERP) and specific industries and 42 countries
 Extensibility: Key user extensibility and extensions through SAP Business Technology
Platform Extension Suite (side-by-side extensibility) with whitelisted APIs.
 Configuration: use Self Service Configuration User Interfaces (SSCUIs) based on fit-to-
standard workshops in the Explore phase
 Implementation: greenfield only (new implementation)
 SAP Activate roadmap: SAP Activate Methodology for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
 SAP Best Practices: scope is selected from these cloud-specific Best
Practices. https://rapid.sap.com/bp/#/BP_CLD_ENTPR
 Partner content: partners can add configuration manually.
 You can choose to use the Implementation Portal for SAP S/4HANA Cloud to manage your
project. See: https://support.sap.com/en/alm/sap-cloud-alm/implementation-portal.html

Unlike all the other deployment options, the user interface is purely Fiori launchpad and
configuration is done using SSCUIs and not the IMG.

2. SAP S/4HANA Cloud extended edition 

Has advantages of the cloud with more flexibility and control. Has standardized infrastructure
processes, services and SLAs. There must be more than a certain minimum number of users i.e. this
option is for mid and large size customers.

 Infrastructure: dedicated landscape on cloud infrastructure operated by SAP (SAP or

Hyperscaler e.g. Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
 License: subscription for software
 Upgrades: must upgrade software every 2 years. SAP and customer manage the upgrade
process and SAP and customer do regression testing.
 Scope: same S/4HANA functional scope as on-premise. 64 countries, 39, languages and 25
industries. Some third-party add-on limitations.
 Extensibility: In-App extensibility including key user extensibility and some classic ABAP
extensibility but no modifications. Also extensions through SAP Business Technology
Platform Extension Suite (side-by-side extensibility). See PDF in SAP note 2920697.
 Configuration: use the IMG based on fit-to-standard workshops in the Explore phase. Some
restrictions apply.
 Implementation: greenfield (new implementation)
 SAP Activate roadmap: SAP Activate Methodology for SAP S/4HANA Cloud EX
 SAP Best Practices: SAP Best Practices are available. Enterprise Management Layer (like
the Multi-national corporation Model Company) is included in the subscription and is
available for a production system  Note: the on-premise Best Practices are
used https://rapid.sap.com/bp/BP_OP_ENTPR
 Partner content: partners can add configuration manually.
 Customers use SAP Solution Manager and/or Cloud ALM to manage their project design.
Also see this blog on the 5 golden rules for extended edition (formerly single tenant
edition). https://blogs.sap.com/2018/07/28/the-5-golden-rules-for-implementing-sap-s4hana-cloud-
single-tenant-edition/

3. SAP S/4HANA Cloud private edition 

Has advantages of the cloud with the ability to move to cloud using a system conversion. Has
standardized infrastructure processes, services and SLAs.

 Infrastructure: dedicated landscape on cloud infrastructure operated by SAP and running at

a Hyperscaler e.g. Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
 License: subscription for software (available as RISE with SAP).
 Upgrades: annual is available but you chose your own speed but must stay in mainstream
support. The customer must manage the upgrade process. SAP does specific technical 
aspects of the upgrade only.
 Scope: same S/4HANA functional scope as on-premise. 64 countries, 39, languages and 25
industries. Some third-party add-on limitations.
 Extensibility: In-App extensibility including key user extensibility and classic ABAP
extensibility. Modifications are not recommended but are available. Also extensions through
SAP Business Technology Platform Extension Suite (side-by-side extensibility).
 Configuration: use the IMG based on fit-to-standard workshops in the Explore phase.
 Implementation: greenfield (new implementation), system conversion or selective data
transition
 SAP Activate roadmap: SAP Activate Methodology for SAP S/4HANA Cloud private
edition
 SAP Best Practices: SAP Best Practices are available. Enterprise Management Layer (like
the Multi-national corporation Model Company) is available for a production system  Note:
the on-premise Best Practices are used https://rapid.sap.com/bp/BP_OP_ENTPR
 Partner content: partners templates allowed.
 Customers use SAP Solution Manager and/or Cloud ALM to manage their project design.

4. SAP S/4HANA On-Premise managed by SAP (HEC)

An on-premise solution with individual and private hardware and infrastructure hosted by SAP, a
hyperscaler or in your own data center. Infrastructure management delegated to SAP with flexible
service offerings.

 Infrastructure: customer specific landscape on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) in SAP
data centre or at a hyperscaler or in your own data center: SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private
edition, customer data center option.
 License: Bring Your Own License and infrastructure subscription
 Upgrades: annual and you choose your own speed of adoption (software). Customer is
responsible for managing the upgrade.
 Scope: full S/4HANA functional, country and industry scope and partner add-ons
 Extensibility: customization, modification, and extensibility possible as with ERP
 Configuration: use the full IMG based on a fit-to-standard approach in the Explore phase
 Implementation: new implementation, system conversions or selective data transition
 SAP Activate roadmap: Transition to SAP S/4HANA
 SAP Best Practices: all SAP Best Practices and Model Companies are
available. https://rapid.sap.com/bp/BP_OP_ENTPR
  Partner content: partner templates allowed.
 Customers use SAP Solution Manager to manage their project design. Most customers use
SAP Best Practices activated using SAP Solution Builder or set up by SAP through a Model
Company service.

The SAP Activate roadmap has 3 approaches: new implementation, system conversion or selective
data transition. The term “selective data transition” is used instead of “landscape transformation” in
the latest version of the roadmap. In this approach, there are tools to selectively transfer
configuration and custom code from your old ERP system to a new SAP S/4HANA instance. System
conversion involves converting your existing ERP system into SAP S/4HANA by migrating the
database, applying software updates and doing a data conversion from the old data model to the new
S/4HANA data model.

5. SAP S/4HANA Any Premise: On-Premise or managed by cloud providers Hyperscaler

On-premise SAP S/4HANA managed by the customer in their own data centre or managed by a third
party.

 Infrastructure: customer data centre or hosted by hyperscaler (e.g. e.g. Microsoft Azure,
AWS, Google Cloud)
 License: perpetual or Bring Your own License
 Upgrades: annual and you choose your own speed of adoption (software). Customer is
responsible for managing the upgrade.
 Scope: full S/4HANA functional, country and industry scope and partner add-ons
 Extensibility: customization, modification, and extensibility possible as with ERP
 Configuration: use the full IMG based on a fit-to-standard approach in the Explore phase
 Implementation: new implementation, system conversions or selective data transition
 SAP Activate roadmap: Transition to SAP S/4HANA
 SAP Best Practices: all SAP Best Practices and Model Companies are available for sandbox
systems. https://rapid.sap.com/bp/BP_OP_ENTPR
 Partner content: partner templates allowed.
 Customers may use SAP Solution Manager to manage their project design. Many customers
use SAP Best Practices activated using SAP Solution Builder or set up by SAP through a
Model Company service.

What will influence your choice of deployment option? Organizations that are completely new to
SAP will do a new “greenfield” implementation and can choose any option 1 to 5. What about if you
are currently running the on-premise ERP Business Suite and want to move to S/4HANA?

 The route selected by 50% of customers is a “system conversion” where your existing
system is converted to S/4HANA. This means option 3, 4 or 5.
 If you want to start again on a new page and do a “new implementation”, you can choose
any deployment option. Note: option 1 may not cover all the processes and scope in your
current solution.
 The “selective data transition” approach allows you to take some of your existing solution
into a new S/4HANA instance. Option 3, 4 or 5 can be used.  5% of customers choose this
approach.

See me related blog on moving to S/4HANA from ERP: https://blogs.sap.com/2019/10/30/how-to-

move-to-sap-s4hana/.  This blog may also be helpful:https://blogs.sap.com/2020/05/11/sap-s-4hana-
deployment-on-hyperscalers/

When using the Transition to SAP S/4HANA SAP Activate roadmap, be sure to select the approach
on the content screen.  See below.
  

I hope you found this blog informative.

Amin Hoque
Enterprise Architect at SAP Services UK
FollowingLikeRSS Feed
Alert Moderator
Assigned tags

 SAP S/4HANA
 SAP Activate
 SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Similar Blog Posts

 Integration capabilities of S/4HANA to SAP Cloud Solutions
By Javit GellawMar 01, 2016
 SAP S/4HANA made easy blog series: the deployment options part 1
By Renaud VAN DEN DAELEApr 12, 2018
 Which SAP S/4HANA among those 7 editions?!
By Alper SomuncuSep 17, 2016
Related Questions
 Means "scope same S / 4HANA functional scope as on-premise" only full ERP or also
Netweaver Stack?
By Katharina NörenbergFeb 05, 2021
 Integration options with S/4HANA
By Krishneel GoundarSep 08, 2016
 Requirements for implementing SSO with SAP using ADFS 3.0
By Anthony IngegneriAug 16, 2018
62 Comments

David Milburn
August 27, 2019 at 11:40 am

Amin, I like the article but one thing concerns me presently in the area of Data Privacy.
 1809 Cloud Edition has 1J7 Best Practice describing the implementation of ILM-full or
partial to support data privacy such as GDPR.

However, 1809 Single Tenant Edition does not. Is this a documentation error or do we have
an issue with full support for Data Privacy on Single Tenant?

J1809

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
August 28, 2019 at 8:34 am

Hello David

See my comment below

Amin Hoque.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
August 28, 2019 at 8:33 am

Hello David

This is really out of my area of expertise, so I cannot provide a 100% answer.

However, single tenant edition is like any other on-premise solution and can be managed to
meet data privacy legislation in the same way as other SAP deployments.

Cloud S/4HANA is the special case where a customer has less control and flexibility that in
the other deployments. That is why Best Practice scope item 1J7 is provided to show how
data privacy is met.

Kind regards

Amin Hoque
 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Steven Wong
November 22, 2019 at 6:49 am

Thank you Amin for this excellent overview.

I am slightly confused between Option 2 - S/4 HANA Cloud - Single Tenant and Option 4 -
S/4 HANA On-Prem particularly if I am going to deploy it on public cloud infrastructure like
AWS/Azure.

Am I right to say that both are pretty much the same, but Option 2 is managed by SAP
whilst Option 4 allows me to choose who to manage it (be it my own IT or outsource to a
3rd party AMS vendor)?

Thank you

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
November 26, 2019 at 9:48 am

Hello Steven

That is partially correct.

Only SAP offers S/4HANA Cloud Single Tenant.  This is Software As a Service. The SAP
Best Practices are always used.  SAP hosts and looks after things like the operating
system, SAP software and upgrades.

Partners like Azure, AWS and Google offer IAAS (Infrastructure As A Service). You might
not use SAP Best Practices. They look after networking, storage, servers and
virtualization.  The customer looks after the operating system up including upgrades.

Cheers

Amin
 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Thomas Hofmann
September 17, 2020 at 5:43 am

Hello Armin,

First of all thank you for your very concise and informative overview.

I can tell you from my discussions with customers as a former SAP colleague there is still a
lot of confusion and misleading information out in the market.

In your response to Steven Wong's comment last November you mentioned that S/4HANA
Single Tenant (now Extended Edition) is only offered by SAP. However, in your current
version you mention that also hyperscalers can manage this option. Am I missing
something here or has this changed with the renaming?

Thank you for helping to clarify this.

Best regards,
Thomas

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Simran Shah
December 6, 2019 at 4:27 pm

Hello Amin,

Thank you for this really helpful article. I have a couple of questions.

Can we perform a landscape transformation for SAP S/4 HANA Cloud Single Tenant
Edition? And further, where will this be hosted (public cloud providers/SAP Cloud
Platform)?

For a transformation from SAP ECC 6.0 in Cloud to SAP S/4 HANA, what deployment
model would be most suitable and feasible?

Thank you!

 
  

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
January 13, 2020 at 4:17 pm

Hello Simran

"Landscape Transformation" is now called "Selective Data Transition".

You can move to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Single Tenant Edition with Selective Data Transition
or a New Implementation.  You cannot do a system conversion.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Single Tenant Edition can be hosted by SAP or Hyperscalers.

If you want to go to S/4HANA Cloud (previously called Multi Tenant Edition) the only option
is a New Implementation.

Kind regards

Amin Hoque

 Like 1
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Manju Doddahalli Vishakantaiah

May 22, 2020 at 7:01 am
 Single Tenant Edition (STE) is hosted by SAP, does it means that we are hosting in
HEC?
 Is there any difference between Hosted by SAP and Hosted by HEC?

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Michael Piesche
May 22, 2020 at 8:48 am
 Manju Doddahalli Vishakantaiah, EX and HEC are not the same. One is the Cloud version,
the other is the On-Premise version. That is a huge difference. 

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Manju Doddahalli Vishakantaiah

May 22, 2020 at 9:32 am

In this Webinar, they said EX is hosted by

HEC. https://gateway.on24.com/wcc/gateway/elitesapenterprisesupport/1904844/  My
doubt is

 What's the difference between HEC and Private Cloud?

 Where we can deploy EX? Is it just by HEC?
 In about comment Amin Hoque said, EX can be hosted by SAP? Does it mean we
are hosted by HEC?

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Michael Piesche
May 22, 2020 at 10:15 am
 SAP HEC (HANA Enterprise Cloud) is a managed, private cloud hosting service for
SAP HANA. And in the context of the given deployment options it can be used to
host the S/4 HANA on-premise version. HEC is a infrastructure-as-a-service.
 Private Cloud means, that you dont share the cloud environment that is hosted by
someone else and somewhere else, (someone other than you and somewhere else
than your infrastructure)
 If you opt for HEC, the infrastructure as a service, which is managed by SAP, you
can either have the S/4 HANA on premise version running on it or the S/4 HANA
Cloud Extended Version (EX). Thats how I understand it.

 Like 1
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Manju Doddahalli Vishakantaiah

May 22, 2020 at 4:51 pm
Thank you. i got it now

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Sreekanth Ravindranath
February 11, 2020 at 7:08 pm

Amin

For the S4 HANA cloud STE,do we have the SAP GUI available for custom code
development and modifications?

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
February 12, 2020 at 8:50 am
SAP GUI is currently available in the S/4HANA Cloud extended edition (previously called
STE).  There are long term plans to limit access to SE80 and move to purely browser
based access.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Nicolas Frerejean
February 18, 2020 at 1:58 pm

Hello Amin,

Can local (in-country) cloud providers provide the infrastructure services for options #2 and
#4? If so, what are the requirements to be certified and provide these services?

Regards

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share
 Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
February 21, 2020 at 11:47 am

Hello Nicolas

Currently the cloud providers are Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, AWS or Alibaba Cloud.

Other potential partners should contact SAP. 

See https://www.sap.com/uk/partner/become.html

Regards

Amin Hoque.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Akhilesh Kapai
February 25, 2020 at 8:16 am

Hi Amin

Really nice and helpful article. I have a couple of queries:

1. Is it possible to have SAP S/4HANA Cloud extended edition (EX) on infrastructure

provided by cloud hyperscalers like AWS, AZURE? In your article you have written it is
possible. However as far as I have read, this is a SAAS provided only by SAP? Please
confirm.

2. Is it possible to have SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud managed by SAP (HEC)

infrastructure provided by other hyperscalers like AWS, AZURE?

Thanks

Akhilesh

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share
Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
February 28, 2020 at 9:06 am

Hello Akhilesh

1. Yes, SAP S/4HANA Cloud extended edition is available with infrastructure provided
by MS Azure or AWS.  It remains a SAAS offering with SAP.  SAP partner with the
hyperscaler.  See standard slide below.
2. No, the private cloud is only available with SAP (HEC) infrastructure.

 
 Kind regards

Amin Hoque.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
February 12, 2021 at 8:59 am
This has now changed with the launch of S/4HANA Cloud private edition in 2021.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Kamal Kumar
March 17, 2020 at 3:13 am

Thanks Amin for nice and informative blog.

I have few queries and will be great if you can help -

1. Do we get SAP Data Services as free with STE.

2. Is there any difference in Migration cockpit approach in different deployed solutions like
on premise or STE.

3. How can I check which version or S4 hana deployment we are using.

Regards,

Kamal

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share
 Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
March 27, 2020 at 7:59 am

Hi Kamal

With Essential Edition, you use the SAP Data Migration Cockpit on its own. See this
presentation in the SAP Learning Hub:

https://jam2.sapjam.com/groups/5gwxDPWQPRtOvMO8Xnd32Q/documents/
rYDXIPTtHeckofh5x51Erq/slide_viewer

With the other deployment approaches, you can also choose to use SAP Data Services for
Extract Transform Load (ETL) e.g. Analysis, Extract, Clean, Validate, Load and Reconcile.

See the new openSAP course: https://open.sap.com/courses/s4h16

I do not know whether Data Services is included in extended edition. Contact your IT team
to find out what deployment you are using.

Kind regards

Amin Hoque.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Flavio Molina
March 17, 2020 at 8:19 pm

Amin is coorect the afirmation that deployment option 3 (SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
managed by SAP (HEC)) has same functionalities that deployment option 4 (SAP
S/4HANA On-Premise).

BR

Molina

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

John Pawski
March 26, 2020 at 7:56 pm
Amin,  The S/4 MTE(ES) edition is only hosted and managed by SAP and there is not
much in the area of customization, correct?
 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
March 27, 2020 at 7:49 am

Hello John

Yes, S/4 Essential edition is only hosted by SAP.

There is configuration through SSCUIs in Essential Edition but no access to the full IMG
which has 1000s of configuration activities. Release 2002 has 1633 SSCUIs. For
configuration approach see this page of the roadmap
viewer. https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/#/group//roadmap/
IMPS4HANACLDENMGMT/node/001999B7BD851ED68D97F853D2DC42CE:

See the PDF called Using Configure Your Solution and SSCUIs.pdf (SAP Customer)

Cheers

Amin

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Ralf Caelen
April 30, 2020 at 1:37 pm

Dear Amin,

Thank you for this great overview of the different options.

Is there also a functional difference between the two cloud editions?

1. SAP S/4HANA Cloud essentials edition (ES): previously called Multi-Tenant

Edition.
2. SAP S/4HANA Cloud extended edition (EX): previously called Single-Tenant
Edition.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share
 Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
May 5, 2020 at 3:01 pm

Hello Caelen

Yes.  Currently, Extended Edition offers nearly all of the scope of regular SAP S/4HANA
on-premise. Nearly all the configuration is available.

Essentials Edition offers a reduced set of the on-premise functionality, transactions,

industries, countries and languages.  It is a simplified version of ERP.  The configuration is
also reduced meaning that there is less flexibility than in on-premise.

Cheers

Amin

 Like 1
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Jan Willem Hofstee

May 27, 2021 at 2:46 pm

Dear Amin,

Thank you for this wonderful overview of the different options.

Is there by any chance also an outline of the functionalities the different options offers, or at
least where they deviate from each other? I understand that the Essentials Edition offers a
reduced set compared to the on-prem version, but I would like to understand what
functionality is currently not supported by S/4HANA Cloud (essentials edition) compared to
e.g. the on-prem version.

Many thanks for your feedback.

Cheers, Jan Willem

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share
 Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
May 28, 2021 at 7:47 am

Hello Jan Willem

SAP S/4HANA Cloud (previously Essentials Edition) is the only option with less solution
functionality.

For detail, I would suggest you compare the Feature Scope Descriptions of S/4HANA
Cloud with S/4HANA.  These are in the help.sap.com.  This also includes country
availability.  Contents page give a summary.

https://help.sap.com/doc/7c9e0bbbd1664c2581b2038a1c7ae4b3/2105.500/en-US/
FSD_CE2105.pdf

https://help.sap.com/doc/e2048712f0ab45e791e6d15ba5e20c68/2020/en-US/
FSD_OP2020_latest.pdf

Kind regards

Amin Hoque

 Like 1
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Mustafa Balsara
May 7, 2020 at 8:47 pm

Hi Amin,

This is insightful and brings clarity.

Also, does SAP MTE ( now ES) support multi-country instances e.g 1instance for US
business & other for APAC/China?

How mature is the SAP MTE product for China in terms of local compliance (Data
regulations, tax & Payment gateway integrations)?

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share
 Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
May 13, 2020 at 10:47 am

Hello Mustafa

Yes. SAP ES can have many countries all running in one instance. The solution for China
draws on the same codeline (product) as the on-premise solution.  There are many
features for country localisations. It would be best for you to look at the scope items for
China in BPX at this link: https://rapid.sap.com/bp/#/BP_CLD_ENTPR/S4CLD/2005/CN/20

I do not know whether there are specific on-premise features for China that are not in
S/4HANA Cloud Essentials Edition.

Regards

Amin Hoque

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

FEDERICO PAGLIARO
May 20, 2020 at 9:07 am

Thanks Amin for this very interesting overview.

Regarding S/4 HANA cloud STE (or EX), assuming to use the ABAP restricted functionality
and all new syntax rules.

It is possible to create ABAP custom development into the system or we need to assume
that only side-by-side and extension-in-app are possible? Shortly, can I create a custom
report with, for example, user parameters and an ALV output and run this from SAPGUI?

Thanks in advance and regards

Federico

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
May 22, 2020 at 7:52 am

Hello Federico
 Always refer to this SAP note: https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2920697.  It is
called "Extensibility Guide for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, extended edition".  Things can change
from time to time.

I found this in the SAP Activate

roadmap: https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/#/group//roadmap/
5368adff269741c9/node/901B0E6D3F501ED8A2DE7458B1932446:

Cheers

Amin

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Mustafa Balsara
May 24, 2020 at 12:55 pm
Very nicely explained and a timely article!

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Daniel Ussarz
June 4, 2020 at 9:52 pm

Hello Amin,

With reference to option 2., what do you mean by "There is a minimum number of users."
Does it mean that the EX edition intended for small/midsize companies. Cou you pls
comment on this, why, how many users, limitations etc.

Thanks, Daniel

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
June 11, 2020 at 6:55 am

Hi Daniel
 This means Essentials Edition is not available to small organizations.  It is for mid size and
large only.  The minimum number of users changes from time to time.

Regards

Amin

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

ankit Soni
June 12, 2020 at 10:40 pm

Hi Amin,

Thanks for explaining the deployment options.

Can you please help in some of below clarifications on STE?

Does S/4 cloud STE(extended addition) support proxy for integration? Can we connect to
SAP PI/PO using proxy based integration as STE is more similar to on-premise S/4 or we
have to leverage API’s, SOA services only?

Do we have to use DRF replication and output management through fiori for master data
distributions through IDOCs or we can create partner profile through WE20 and traditional
RFC destinations/ports to push data to middleware systems?

Is restriction mentioned this note on IDOCs usage

– https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2653671 for S/4 cloud is applicable to STE as
well ? If Yes, What is recommended approach for master data distribution – material,
customers, etc. on STE based on change pointers?

Thanks,

Ankit

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
 July 1, 2020 at 3:40 pm

Hello Ankit

I am sorry but your question goes beyond my knowledge of Extended Edition features. I
suggest you try posting a questions into the community described here:

https://blogs.sap.com/2020/05/20/welcome-to-the-sap-s-4hana-cloud-extended-edition-
customer-community/

Cheers

Amin

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

kiran k maddineni
February 11, 2021 at 9:08 pm

Amin, thank you for the blog. It provided great information. Couple of aspects I am not clear
about is related Infrastructure and Extensibility.

S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition : You blog says ' Infrastructure: dedicated landscape on
cloud Infrastructure operated by SAP and running at a Hyperscaler e.g. Microsoft Azure,
AWS, Google Cloud). But your reply to one of the questions says 'No, the private cloud is
only available with SAP (HEC) infrastructure'. So, I am not a bit confused here. Can
S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition be hosted only on SAP HEC or can be hosted on both HEC
as well as Hyperscalers?

Extensibility in case of S/4HANA Cloud Essentials Edition: I read in another blog that in-app
extensibility can be done without impacting other tenants. Is it correct?

Thank you.

Regards,

Kiran

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
February 12, 2021 at 8:58 am
 Hello

The new SAP S/4HANA Cloud private edition can be hosted by a Hyperscaler.  Private
Edition is new in 2021.  The previous question was before it launched in 2020.

Yes...  in-app extensibility can be done in S/4HANA Cloud (essential edition) without
impacting any other tenants.

Amin

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

kiran k maddineni
February 12, 2021 at 2:28 pm

Thanks a lot, Amin. So, can I conclude as follows:

Thank you.

Regards,

Kiran Maddineni

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Wolfgang Röckelein
February 16, 2021 at 4:28 pm

Thank you Amin Hoque for keeping this blog up-to-date!

 As announced on TechEd there are plans to offer an "embedded steampunk" in some of
the S/4HANA Cloud Variants. Could you add information on where this is to be expected?

Regards,

Wolfgang

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
February 16, 2021 at 4:34 pm

Hello Wolfgang

This is planned for SAP S/4HANA Cloud (public version previously called Essentials). 
There is no firm release date.  Initially, it would be for new customers only.

Amin Hoque

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Bence Robert Posa

February 17, 2021 at 11:31 pm

Dear Amin,

I'd like to set the same settings in on-premise, what I could do in the 'Manage my solutions'
application in case of cloud, e.g. function or type for "Teams and Responsibilities"
application. How could I do in on-premise system? Could you help me, what is the same
point in SPRO?

Thank you,

Bence

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share
 Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
February 18, 2021 at 9:37 am

Hello

Note: some SSCUIs do not have an equivalent IMG activity in SPRO.

Go to this SAP Activate page:

https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/#/group//roadmap/IMPS4HANACLDENMGMT/
node/001999B7BD851ED68D97F853D2DC42CE:

Open the Excel:

Expert Configuration and SSCUI Reference.xlsm (SAP Customer)

Find your SSCUI.  The column Activity ID has the technical name of the IMG activity.   You
can try searching on this in SPRO.  If that does not work:

To find the transaction code for the IMG activity use SE16 on table CUS_IMGACH with the
Activity ID.

Kind regards

Amin

Cheers

Amin

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Mukul Sharma
May 25, 2021 at 2:39 pm

Hi Experts,

I am seeing SAP ERP PCE also (in HEC Agreement Site). Looks like starting this year ERP
PCE is also possible. If I am not wrong this is old BS (ECC) as/in PCE offering? Can
somebody comment on this? I still don't get it why SAP has come up with this offering?

Suggest/Validate below deployment table as well:

  

S4 Deployments

 Like 1
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Adil Zafar
May 25, 2021 at 2:52 pm
 Hi Mukul

SAP ERP on RISE with SAP is offered as an interim step to PCE which is based on
S/4HANA. SAP ERP on HANA along with all SAP products being moved to RISE will need
to be on ASE or HANA DB.

Thanks

Adil

 Like 1
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
May 26, 2021 at 8:28 am

Hello

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition (previously referred to as PCE) is new in 2021. It is
the S/4 on-premise software solution stack offered in a private cloud (managed by
hyperscalers).  Key point is that existing ERP customers can move to it using a System
Conversion. This was no possible in previous cloud editions. It is available under a RISE
subscription contract.

Kind regards

Amin Hoque.

 Like 1
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Julia Detmering
June 3, 2021 at 8:29 am

Hello Amin,

You mention that with S/4HANA Cloud EX only greenfield is possible. Other sources state
that also System Conversion and Selective Data Transition is possible with EX.
I would like to know if an existing S/4HANA system can be migrated to S/4HANA Cloud
EX?

Thanks and kind regards

Julia
 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
June 3, 2021 at 8:49 am

Hello Julia

My understanding is that SAP S/4HANA Cloud private edition must be used to do

System Conversion and Selective Data Transition.  This is option 3 in the blog.  It is similar
to the old Extended Edition (option 2) but SAP does not own subsequent upgrades. This
would be the normal approach.

Kind regards

Amin Hoque.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Marta Canton Franco

June 16, 2021 at 11:28 am

Hello Amin,

Until now, S/4HANA Cloud extended edition, has mandatory upgrades every 2 years as of
April.

S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, has mandatory upgrades every 5 years.

Is it the same 5 years period,  for S/4HANA Cloud extended edition now?

And in which contractual document is it specified?

Thanks

Kind regards

Marta

 
 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share
 Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
June 16, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Hello Marta

I checked FAQs and updated the blog.  S/4HANA Cloud extended edition must be
upgraded at least once every 2 years. S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition must stay in
mainstream maintenance which is an upgrade within 5 years.

For questions on where this documented in a contract, please contact your SAP Account
Executive.

Kind regards

Amin Hoque.

 Like 1
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Kane Xin
June 17, 2021 at 8:36 am

Hi Amin:

Thank you for your helpful info, may I ask a question:

How to proceed the system conversion from ECC 6 to SAP S/4HANA Cloud private
edition ?

And any difference between conversion to OP, any guide book for it, thanks.

Best Regards

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
June 17, 2021 at 11:02 am

Hello Kane
 The best place to look is the SAP Activate roadmap that is specific to SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Private Edition.

https://go.support.sap.com/roadmapviewer/#/group/658F507A-D6F5-4B78-9EE1-
0300C5F1E40F/roadmapContentPage/a11ec6d657054bf9

Roland Hamm's blog is a good place to look:

https://blogs.sap.com/2016/11/02/sap-s4hana-system-conversion-at-a-glance/

You may find more information here:

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2924833

Kind regards

Amin Hoque.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

WMJ van Sluisveld

July 20, 2021 at 9:34 pm

Thank you for creating this highly useful summary and keeping it up-to-date. I don't
understand why SAP does not have this as a handy table on their S/4HANA product page.
When I buy consumer electronics you get these handy tables comparing everything side by
side. I suppose there are commercial reasons for wanting to keep it 'cloudy' (pun intended)
and speak to their potential buyers first.

I would like to point out a minor update I noticed that has not yet been updated here:

"As of March 2021, SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, customer edition, is now known as
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition, customer data center option."

Source: SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, Customer Edition, Launched | SAP News

Kinds regards, WJ

 Like 1
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
 Blog Post Author
July 21, 2021 at 7:26 am

Hello WJ

Thank you for the feedback. I will forward this onto our Solution Management team.

Also thank you for the minor update!  I have updated the name as you suggested.

Kind regards

Amin Hoque.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Renan Correa
July 24, 2021 at 12:52 pm

Thanks for this post, for an implementation consultant it's pretty difficult to follow all the
product re-namings that happen every year.

Basically I see 2 Products (S/4HANA cloud and S/4HANA on-Prem) with three options to
deploy (Public, private and on-prem), but with several ramifications between them with
differences in tenants and licensing that change the name of what would be the same core
product.

I hope in the near future SAP unifies "S/4HANA Cloud Cloud" and "Cloud extended" in one
single thing. I do not know pricing (I just know they are all different materials in price list),
but from a functionalities perspective there is not much advantage of Cloud extended over
public cloud ( and no advantage over private/on-prem ), if the customers really need more
flexibility t the Private option would allow much more than cloud extended.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
July 29, 2021 at 7:54 am

Hello Renan

There are two different solutions from a functionality and scope perspective:

1) SAP S/4HANA Cloud (public) which is a restricted version of the full S/4HANA version
 2) On-premise and all the others options including Cloud Private Edition and Cloud
Extended edition that offer the full unrestricted functionality.

Each cloud deployment option provides a different scope of services from SAP.  If you want
to do a system conversion from an existing SAP ERP system you must choose one of the
on-premise deployment options or SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.

Kind regards

Amin Hoque.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Renan Correa
July 29, 2021 at 8:51 am

Hi Amin,

thanks for the additional comments. It clarified a bit further the naming, I now get what
S/4HANA  cloud extended is.

In general industry terms we could say that S/4HANA cloud is a public cloud solution and
all the other options are Private cloud options ( with several variations in licensinsing like
SaaS or perpetual license, extensibility options and deployment/implementation models ).

That's a bit easier to sell and explain from my perspective.

Regards,

Renan Correa

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Shobhit Taggar
September 1, 2021 at 4:11 am

Amin Hoque : Thanks for sharing this blog. I am few question.

1. We already have S4HC-Essential Subscription and used by business. Now

business is asking for more flexibility in terms of functionality. What is the possibility
to migrate from S4HC- Essential to S/4 Private cloud edition?
2.  If there is no direct migration path, will sap provide the data/configurations in form
of Files & transports to be restored in new environment.
 3. For the greenfield implementation of S/4 Private we want to activate the same
scope items that we have in S4HC-Essential template. Will the Explore phase and
Fit to standard will be skipped?
4. What are the migrations tools available or Can be used (automatically or manual)
for moving our data from S4HC-Essential to S/4 Private.

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Amin Hoque
Blog Post Author
September 1, 2021 at 8:18 am

Hello Shobhit

You should contact your SAP Account Executive (AE) to change your subscription from
Essentials Edition to S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.  They will also get the latest
information for you.  There is no generic answer and you must contact SAP to understand
the best options for you.

1. In June 2021, there were no tools to move to Private Edition and no direct migration
path.  You should check with your AE in case anything has changed.
2. In June 2021, there was no way to export and then import the configuration. You
can “activate” a baseline of configuration scope items in Private Cloud (called the
Enterprise Management Layer).  
3. There will be some Explore phase.  You should assess whether to a) re-use
existing design or b) just start again e.g. to take advantage of delta features in
Private Cloud
4. Master and Transaction data can be moved starting with a download of data from
SAP S/4HANA Cloud using using Customer Data Return .  Business data can be
uploaded to the S/4HANA Cloud, private edition using
SAP S/4HANA migration cockpit.

I hope this helps

Amin Hoque

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Martijn van de Ven

September 1, 2021 at 11:46 am

Hello Amin,
 Thank you for the blog and for keeping it up to date. With all these name changes by SAP it
can be hard to keep up. This blog has been helpful to me multiple times already.

Kind regards,

Martijn van de Ven

 Like 0
 Reply
 Alert Moderator
 Share

Add Comment

Find us on









 Privacy
 Terms of Use
 Legal Disclosure
 Copyright
 Trademark
 Preferências de Cookies
 Newsletter
 Support