Watch webinar: The path to SAP S/4HANA: Understanding your true FUE licensing position

About this webinar

As SAP increasingly encourages organisations to move to SAP S/4HANA, many are facing a fundamental shift in how SAP software licences are calculated.

SAP’s STAR measurement matrix now determines Full Use Equivalent (FUE) licences based on the authorisation objects assigned to users, rather than the transactions they actually perform. Because many legacy roles were not designed for these rules, organisations may find their licensing requirements and subscription costs significantly inflated.

This lack of clarity does not only affect licensing costs. The number of FUEs purchased also influences the infrastructure size provided under SAP’s T-shirt sizing methodology. As a result, reducing FUE exposure without proper planning could lead to insufficient memory or storage being allocated, while overestimating FUE requirements may unnecessarily inflate overall infrastructure costs.

In this session, we demonstrate how organisations can analyse user access and system usage to understand their true FUE position and identify opportunities to optimise licensing before entering negotiations with SAP.

What will you learn by watching this webinar?

Understand SAP’s STAR measurement matrix
Why legacy ECC roles can inflate licensing costs
How to identify your true FUE baseline
Where targeted optimisation opportunities exist
How to prevent authorisation creep
How to model long-term licensing costs

Who is this webinar relevant for?

Organisations currently running SAP ECC
Organisations planning a move to SAP S/4HANA or SAP Cloud ERP Private (RISE with SAP)
Organisations planning to optimise their current FUE consumption and avoid unexpected true-up penalties
IT and financial decision makers
Security and compliance professionals

Watch our session to learn how you can optimise your SAP licensing strategies to reduce costs while positioning your organisation for greater agility and resilience in an increasingly digital business landscape.

Roy Topham
Data Security Lead, EPI-USE Labs (UK and Europe)

Roy is Principal SAP Security & GRC Architect for EPI-USE Labs, focusing on the implementation of Soterion solutions and SAP security consulting. He has over 20 years of experience across various industries, with expertise in full cycle SAP implementations, SOX certification and compliance, and the design and implementation of SAP Security frameworks, including GRC, Procedures and Technical Models.