Key Takeaways

  • As legacy SAP operations tools sunset by 2027, enterprises must adopt new observability strategies to manage hybrid and cloud-native environments.

  • Cloud ALM supports cloud-first deployments but lacks unified control across legacy and cloud systems, creating complexity during transitions.

  • Avantra 25 offers a single platform for monitoring, automation, and integration across on-premises and cloud ERP, enabling seamless operational continuity.

The current trio of SAP operations solutions – Solution Manager, Focused Run and Landscape Manager – were designed when SAP ran almost exclusively on-premises. Each technology has a slightly different final destiny, but all three reach regular end of support in 2027, and all but a possible Focused Run 6.0 have seen their final release. For many SAP customers, Cloud ALM, the SAP designated replacement for Solution Manager, will be sufficient. Cloud ALM is designed for a cloud-centric and cloud-first customer with a much simpler SAP estate than the traditional on-premises large enterprise deployment. The majority of new SAP implementations with 1st time SAP customers fall neatly into this category. For the existing large enterprise customer with a complex SAP estate, a full migration project with retirement of existing ECC systems is measured in years. Until the final retirement of existing legacy systems, requirements for observability and operations don’t change. During migration, the requirements of managing both legacy and Cloud ERP environments create additional complexity.