S/4 HANA FAQ

4HANA? ............................................................................................................................................. 4

2 WHAT DOES THE NAME OF SAP S/4HANA STAND FOR? ....................................................................................... 4

3 WHAT ARE THE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS OFFERED? ............................................................................................. 4

4 IS SAP S/4HANA AVAILABLE TODAY? ....................................................................................................................... 4

5 WHAT IS THE BUSINESS SCOPE OF THE DIFFERENT EDITIONS? ........................................................................ 5

6 HOW DOES SAP S/4HANA RELATE TO SAP SIMPLE FINANCE POWERED BY SAP HANA? ................................ 5

7 WHICH INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN SAP S/4HANA AND BY WHEN? ..................................... 5

8 HOW DOES SAP S/4HANA RELATE TO SAP’S EXISTING PORTFOLIO OF CLOUD SOLUTIONS? ........................ 5

9 DOES SAP PROVIDE PREPACKAGED INTEGRATION FOR SAP S/4HANA TO THE EXISTING CLOUD

SOLUTIONS FROM SAP? .................................................................................................................................................. 6

10 IS SAP S/4HANA MULTITENANT? ............................................................................................................................... 6

11 CAN CUSTOMERS RUN DIFFERENT SAP S/4HANA EDITIONS IN PARALLEL IN THEIR ENTERPRISE

ARCHITECTURE? .............................................................................................................................................................. 6

12 HOW DOES SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM RELATE TO SAP S/4HANA? .............................................................. 6

13 HOW DOES THE SAP HANA ENTERPRISE CLOUD SERVICE RELATE TO SAP S/4HANA? .................................. 6

14 WHAT ARE THE KEY BENEFITS FOR A CUSTOMER TO MOVE NOW TO SAP S/4HANA? .................................... 6

15 WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO THE DATA MODEL FOR USING AN IN-MEMORY PLATFORM? .................................. 7

16 DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF BUSINESS USE CASES? ......................................................................................... 8

17 WILL SAP CONTINUE TO DELIVER INNOVATIONS TO SAP BUSINESS SUITE CUSTOMERS ON ANYDB? ........ 9

18 WHAT IS REALLY NEW IN SAP S/4HANA COMPARED TO SAP BUSINESS SUITE POWERED BY SAP HANA? .. 9

19 DO SAP S/4HANA AND SAP BUSINESS SUITE SHARE THE SAME DATA SEMANTIC? ....................................... 10

20 WHAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD SAP BUSINESS SUITE CODE LINE AND THE

NEW SAP S/4HANA PRODUCT CODE LINE? ................................................................................................................ 10

21 WHAT IS THE TYPICAL JOURNEY FOR AN EXISTING SAP BUSINESS SUITE CUSTOMER? ............................. 11

22 WHAT IS THE TYPICAL JOURNEY FOR A NET-NEW CUSTOMER? ...................................................................... 11

23 HOW CAN SAP PARTNERS SUPPORT THE MOVE OF A CUSTOMER TO SAP S/4HANA?.................................. 11

24 WHAT HAPPENS TO EXISTING MODIFICATIONS WHEN A CUSTOMER MOVES TO SAP S4/HANA? ................ 12

25 WHAT HAPPENS TO EXISTING LEGACY INTERFACES IF A CUSTOMER MOVES TO SAP S/4HANA? .............. 12

26 HOW DOES SAP S/4HANA RELATE TO AND COEXIST WITH THE EXISTING SAP LANDSCAPES? ................... 12

27 CAN A CUSTOMER CHOOSE TO RUN THE TRADITIONAL SAP USER INTERFACE AND CUSTOM SCREENS

OR IS SAP FIORI MANDATORY? .................................................................................................................................... 12

28 WHAT IS THE PRICING MODEL FOR SAP S/4HANA? ............................................................................................. 13

29 ARE SUCCESSFACTORS, ARIBA, CONCUR, SAP HYBRIS MARKETING, AND OTHER CLOUD SOLUTIONS

FROM SAP INCLUDED IN THE SAP S/4HANA PRODUCT LICENSE? .......................................................................... 13

30 WILL CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE LICENSED SAP ACCOUNTING POWERED BY SAP HANA GET A CREDIT? ... 13

31 HOW DOES SAP S/4HANA RELATE TO S-INNOVATIONS? .................................................................................... 13

32 HOW DOES SAP S/4HANA RELATE TO SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN AND SAP BUSINESS ONE? ...................... 13

33 WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE? .................................................................................................................................. 13