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 will 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?

• 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 should attend?

• 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

Join 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.