A novel solution to assist in managing intricate RISE with SAP changes.
In the second quarter of 2025, SAP will launch a product named "SAP ERP, private edition, transition option." This cloud subscription service is intended to assist large clients with complicated installations in their RISE with SAP journey from SAP ERP systems to SAP cloud ERP.
Here, we will provide a quick overview of what this solution will be about and how clients will profit from it.
Thousands of SAP clients have already successfully used SAP cloud solutions to change their organizations, improve agility, and boost efficiency. We see our clients unlocking new breakthroughs by modernizing their business processes and adopting a cloud operating model. Most SAP clients are concerned with how soon they can transition from their legacy systems within the context of their broader business and IT transformation, rather than whether they will do so at all.
As we near 2030 and the end of extended support for on-premise SAP ERP systems, this shift becomes increasingly crucial. Continuing to utilize these systems after 2030 will become more difficult and risky, as third-party products such as earlier Java versions will no longer be maintained by their respective makers.
On the other hand, we understand that SAP customers with very large and complex on-premise IT landscapes—including hundreds of SAP ERP systems—require the flexibility to move each component of their landscape to the cloud at the pace and agility required to support evolving business requirements.
To help clients in this circumstance better prepare for the future, we will launch a new cloud subscription service, SAP ERP, private edition, transition option, designed to assist our largest and most complicated customers in planning, executing, and succeeding with their cloud transformation.
This new solution will be an SAP ERP cloud subscription focusing on SAP ECC, as well as a suite of dedicated services to assist with the transition to SAP cloud ERP. It will also provide fixes to address security, legal, and software concerns, ensuring company continuity. It will be available for purchase beginning in 2028 and will be used from 2031 to 2033. SAP is pre-disclosing this service because we recognize that clients with complex landscapes require prior warning, and we want to provide enough time for preparation.
It is an optional and not required offering. Customers that want to conclude their transformation journey by the end of 2030 will not require it. The SAP ERP, private edition, transition option is designed for clients that need more time and assistance.
The offer will contain a series of conditions, including:
The product portfolio will be concentrated on SAP ECC; it will not encompass the entire extent of SAP Business Suite 7, which is only available for subscription until the end of 2030. Beginning later this year, SAP will make the eligible scope of products clear.
Systems related to the SAP ERP, private edition, transition option must be upgraded to SAP ERP, private edition, by the end of 2030.
To be able to subscribe to the new service from 2031 until the end of 2033, a number of preparations are required: SAP HANA is the sole supported database for the new subscription service; further modifications will be required, such as the discontinuation of support for third-party technologies, such as earlier versions of Java.
More information will be revealed once the product becomes available for purchase in 2028.
The logical next step and goal after implementing the new solution would be to switch to SAP Cloud ERP.
To clarify, this is not an extension of SAP ERP's maintenance period. There are no modifications for clients that use on-premise SAP ERP systems beyond 2030.
The new service, SAP ERP, private edition, transition option, will have a higher cost in 2031-2033 than a comparable ERP cloud subscription before 2031. Naturally, given the complexity of providing such a service, it is aimed at larger and more complicated systems. More information will be given with the larger launch in Q2 2025 and as we get closer to the offering's contractual availability in 2028.
Feel free to contact your SAP account executive or SAP partner to learn more and begin planning.