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SAP licensing on ECC, S/4HANA, named users, digital access, and the 2027 support clock. Conversion is a license event, not a migration slide.
Posts here map named-user types and digital-access documents onto the system you run, then treat the 2027 deadline as a commercial date. An S/4 conversion recasts the license file even when the business process looks the same.
SAP Support Commitments Change Leave-and-Return Cost
EC case AT.40823 binds SAP’s on-prem support rules for ten years. Reinstatement is gone. Back-maintenance is capped. The 2027 ECC clock did not move.
SAP ECC Conversion Before 2027 Is a License Position, Not a Slide
SAP still booked €10.5 billion in software support in 2025. Gartner put 39% of ECC customers on S/4HANA. What SAM teams must recast before 2027.
The End of Ownership: More Software Licensing Upheaval is on the Horizon for SAP Customers
The world of enterprise software is in a state of perpetual flux, but the ground…