For many companies, SAP Solution Manager 7.2 is the invisible heart of their IT landscape: It manages implementation projects, monitors operations, and forms the backbone of application lifecycle management.
With official maintenance ending on December 31, 2027, thousands of companies now face the question: How can they successfully transition to SAP Cloud ALM – without jeopardizing ongoing projects and without simply copying the ALM concept 1:1 where a fresh start would be the better choice?
SAP Cloud ALM is the official successor to SAP Solution Manager for Application Lifecycle Management, replacing a platform that has formed the backbone of SAP project management for many companies for over a decade. It offers an intuitive platform for the entire application lifecycle – from the implementation of new SAP solutions to the intelligent operation of the system landscape.
A key economic advantage: SAP Cloud ALM is already included at no additional licensing cost for customers with SAP Enterprise Support (Cloud Editions). While Solution Manager is operated on-premises and carries complexity that has grown over decades, Cloud ALM is designed from the ground up for the cloud era: leaner, more intuitive, and with native support for modern DevOps methods and intelligent monitoring.
Phase 1: Analysis & Transition Assessment
We analyze your existing Solution Manager landscape: Which processes and content run through SolMan? Which content can be migrated directly, and which needs to be redesigned? Direct migration paths exist for key elements such as test cases and process documentation. Even where fully automated migration isn’t available – such as with Focused Build – we develop a tailor-made successor process.
Phase 2: Implementation – Introducing SAP Cloud ALM
We configure Cloud ALM to ensure you have maximum transparency and comprehensive documentation right up to go-live: requirements management, process documentation, and test management integrate seamlessly. Where manual testing previously took weeks, test automation ensures that releases can be approved faster and with less effort.
Phase 3: Operations – Detect-to-Correct During Live Operations
During ongoing operations, we ensure the stability of your SAP system landscape through a proactive “Detect-to-Correct” approach: Intelligent monitoring detects anomalies in systems, integrations, and business processes early on and resolves many of them automatically. With abat, you use SAP Cloud ALM as a “single point of truth” for your IT operations.
Start with a free assessment: We analyze your current Solution Manager usage and, in an initial consultation, show you which migration path is best suited to your situation and how much time you have left. Pragmatic, experienced, and straight to the point.
Now. Experience shows that complex landscapes with extensive Solution Manager usage require significant lead time to ensure the transition can be implemented in a meaningful and structured manner – and there is less time left until the end of 2027 than it seems. Those who start early have room to maneuver and can approach the migration in an orderly manner. Those who wait will migrate under pressure.
Stay future-proof: Maintenance for SAP Solution Manager ends in 2027. Discover SAP Cloud ALM and evaluate your migration options.
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