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SAP IDM 8.0 mainstream maintenance ends in 2027, with extended maintenance available until 2030, defining a finite but multi-year migration window for customers.
The transition cannot be treated as a simple “tool swap”; organizations must inventory SAP IDM’s current role in access workflows, provisioning, audit evidence, and custom scripts before choosing SAP cloud services or partner platforms like Pathlock Cloud.
SAP IDM end of life is an architecture decision point: security, GRC, and IAM teams should use it to redesign governance around attribute-based access, cross-application connectivity, and unified controls rather than replicating legacy workflows.
With SAP IDM maintenance ending in 2027, organizations face a narrow window to replace a foundational identity platform without disrupting compliance, audit readiness, or business operations. This Pathlock whitepaper lays out a practical transition roadmap — covering vendor selection, system design, and implementation — while showing how to modernize beyond like-for-like replacement with attribute-based access control, dynamic data masking, cross-application connectivity, and time-bound elevated access. A must-read for SAP security, GRC, and IAM leaders building the business case and project plan for life after SAP IDM.
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