Topics & cross-cutting deadlines

Explainers for SAP deadlines that span products — the headline 2027 maintenance cliff, compatibility-pack usage rights, and similar.

SAP Compatibility Packs

Compatibility packs are time-limited usage rights that let SAP S/4HANA customers keep running certain classic ECC functions whose strategic successors are not yet (or never will be) fully native in S/4HANA. They are a bridge, not a permanent licence, and are governed by a specific SAP compatibility-scope matrix.

Usage rights end 2030-12-31

SAP ECC 2027 Deadline — Explained

The 'SAP 2027 deadline' is the widely-cited end of mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 — ECC and its companion applications — with an optional extended-maintenance window beyond it. It is the industry's shorthand for the pressure driving S/4HANA adoption, rather than a product in its own right.

Mainstream ends 2027-12-31

SAP Leonardo was a 2017 umbrella brand for SAP's 'digital innovation' capabilities — IoT, machine learning, blockchain, analytics and design thinking — packaged as a portfolio rather than a single product.

Retired 2019-01-01