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SAP Solution Manager is a comprehensive application management platform that is widely used by organizations to manage their SAP systems. The platform provides functionalities for managing the entire application lifecycle (ALM), from development to deployment, and from monitoring to optimization. The latest version of Solution Manager, version 7.2, has been the go-to platform for SAP customers for on-premise deployments. However, with the rise of cloud-based services, SAP has introduced a cloud-based Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform. In this blog post, we will discuss how SAP customers can migrate their on-premise Solution Manager 7.2 to Cloud ALM.

SAP Cloud ALM is a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platform that provides a comprehensive set of tools to manage the entire application lifecycle of SAP solutions in the cloud. Some of the key features of SAP Cloud ALM include Project and process management, Test management, Issue and defect management, Change and release management, Integration monitoring, Operations monitoring, Root cause analysis and User experience monitoring.

The Cloud ALM platform provides a unified and centralized approach to manage SAP systems in the cloud. With its features, customers can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their SAP systems, reduce downtime, and ensure high availability.

SAP is scheduled to announce in early 2023 on how they will support transition of customers on premise Solution Manager 7.2 systems to Cloud ALM using a self serv portal called SAP Readiness Check service for SAP Cloud ALM where customers can plan and scope their transition project.

SAP Readiness Check service for Cloud ALM is mainly going to focus on scanning customers on premise Solution Manager 7.2 system and proposing how its configuration of activated tools will be migrated into Cloud ALM. It gives a realtime view of the transition with all additional notes and guides with in depth information. Customers must take full advantage of this service.

SAP standard support of on-premise Solution Manager 7.2 ends in 2027 with a possibility of additional paid extended maintenance till end of 2030.  It is a general belief of some of our clients that Solution Manager will not be usable after 2027, however this isn’t true. Customers who have extended maintenance support till beyond 2027 for their Business Suite 7 e.g. ECC are automatically covered for Solution Manager for the same period at no additional cost. Extended maintenance of Solution Manager only includes Requirement Management, Project Management, Test Suite, Change Control Management, IT Service Management and Landscape Management.

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