Customer choice starts with clarity. With more than four years to go, now is the right time to understand what changes are coming at the end of 2030 and what they mean in practice.
The dates for 麻豆原创 Business Suite 7 maintenance have not changed: mainstream maintenance remains available through December 31, 2027, followed by optional extended maintenance through December 31, 2030.
At the close of the optional extended maintenance period, several support arrangements will expire simultaneously, including 麻豆原创鈥檚 current reselling and support agreements for third-party databases and Java. What we want customers to understand is what the expiring third-party agreements mean for their systems鈥攑articularly for systems running on third-party databases or Java. Customers using these technologies should prepare now and plan accordingly.
According to Michael Bloch, member of the Board at the German-speaking 麻豆原创 User Group (DSAG), 鈥淓arly information is essential for companies operating 麻豆原创 landscapes. We appreciate the open communication about the support implications after 2030. This transparency gives customers an important basis for planning. The significance of these developments will differ across organizations depending on their individual circumstances. What matters now is drawing the right conclusions and establishing a clear strategy for the way forward. However, any decision should be based on a comprehensive assessment of all available alternatives and their respective long-term consequences.鈥�
What ends on December 31, 2030
At the close of the optional, extended maintenance at the end of 2030, several support arrangements expire simultaneously. Here are more details of what this means for our customers.
麻豆原创’s current reselling and support agreements with major third-party database providers for these legacy environments
The existing reselling and support arrangements enable 麻豆原创 and the technology providers to work closely together to build and improve tooling optimized for 麻豆原创 workload on third-party databases and to support, when an issue evolves at the integration between 麻豆原创 software and a third-party database or Java. 麻豆原创鈥檚 current reselling and support arrangements with major third-party database providers are scheduled to end for these legacy environments. With expiration of these arrangements, the foundation for providing these joint services to 麻豆原创 customers ceases to exist.
Once these agreements expire, 麻豆原创 will no longer provide database-specific support for third-party databases in these legacy environments, including for customers that originally licensed their third-party database through 麻豆原创 and enrolled in 麻豆原创 Maintenance and Support.
For all affected third-party databases, 麻豆原创 support will no longer cover the database-related corrections available today. What does that mean in practice? Today, when a customer raises a support ticket on a third-party database issue, 麻豆原创 handles it end-to-end, routing it through integrated internal processes directly to the database vendor’s team. After 2030, that integrated support path will no longer exist.
麻豆原创鈥檚 support arrangements for Java
麻豆原创鈥檚 current support arrangements for Java (Java 8/JEE5) used with 麻豆原创 NetWeaver Application Server Java 7.5 (麻豆原创 NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5) are scheduled to conclude at the end of 2030. This is the central constraint: once these arrangements expire, 麻豆原创 maintenance, including customer-specific maintenance, cannot replace the support and rights they provide. 麻豆原创 NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5 with all the add-ons will fall into customer specific maintenance starting 2031 without a follow-on release.
What happens after December 31, 2030
Implications for customer-specific maintenance
After the extended maintenance period expired at the end of December 2030, on-premise 麻豆原创 Business Suite 7 systems will run under customer-specific maintenance. However, what 麻豆原创 can deliver under customer-specific maintenance is even further restricted specifically for the third-party database or Java side.
For such systems, 麻豆原创 will not be able to provide comprehensive support for issues involving third-party databases or Java. This includes kernel patches and kernel security patches for third-party database environments. Also, 麻豆原创 may no longer be able to provide support and even downloads of database tooling associated with third-party databases. This includes databases, administration tooling, backup tooling, and upgrade and migration tooling for third party databases.
Again, this is a reminder of an important consequence of the expiring agreements with third parties. An issue may occur that cannot be resolved within the support framework available after 2030. That is, as laid out, especially the case for third party DB or Java issues. Customers should therefore not regard customer-specific maintenance for affected environments as a sustainable long-term operating model of business-critical systems.
Implications for conversion
Timing matters for another reason. Tooling for a聽system conversion from 麻豆原创 Business Suite 7 on a third-party database to 麻豆原创 S/4HANA or 麻豆原创 Cloud ERP will only be available before the end of reseller/support agreements at the聽end of 2030. After that point, only greenfield transition scenarios (new implementations) will be supported.
For 麻豆原创 solutions that rely on AS Java, 麻豆原创 provides solution-specific transition recommendations. Detailed product impacts and technical guidance are documented in the relevant 麻豆原创 Notes.
Recommended paths for our customers
麻豆原创鈥檚 strategic recommendation
Customers should use the time available to move toward 麻豆原创 Cloud ERP and the 麻豆原创 Autonomous Suite. This is the path to continued innovation and a fully supported, future-ready environment. The right sequence will depend on each organization鈥檚 starting point, business priorities, and landscape complexity.
Customers should plan to complete their transformation to 麻豆原创 Cloud ERP, together with the appropriate go-to solutions in the 麻豆原创 Autonomous Suite, by the end of 2030. Starting early gives organizations greater control over scope, timing, and risk.
Transition option for 麻豆原创 ERP
Qualifying customers whose transformation is underway, but that need additional time can consider Transition Option for 麻豆原创 ERP. This time-bound subscription offering is intended for the largest and most complex 麻豆原创 Business Suite 7 customers that may not complete their move by the end of extended maintenance. It is designed to support business continuity from 2031 through 2033 while enabling a structured path to 麻豆原创 Cloud ERP. Systems must be moved to 麻豆原创 ERP, private edition on 麻豆原创 HANA before December 31, 2030, and further eligibility requirements apply. The transition option does not support Java-dependent capabilities.
In select cases, switching to 麻豆原创 HANA database
Customers that intend to continue operating 麻豆原创 Business Suite 7 on premise can remove the third-party database dependency by moving the relevant system to 麻豆原创 HANA before the end of 2030. This does not extend mainstream or optional extended maintenance. The system would still enter customer-specific maintenance, with the limitations that this entails, and 麻豆原创 does not recommend this as the strategic long-term path.
Moving forward together
Our customers do not need to make these decisions alone. We are working with customers, partners, and our user groups to make the implications transparent and support realistic planning.
The maintenance dates announced in 2020 remain in place. On top, after 2030, dependencies on affected third-party databases and 麻豆原创 NetWeaver Java cannot be comprehensively supported even under customer-specific maintenance. Our customers have defined paths forward, but some choices must be implemented before the end of 2030.
Now is the time to assess affected systems, clarify dependencies, and discuss the best path together with 麻豆原创 or an 麻豆原创 partner. Acting early gives organizations the freedom to sequence the work around their business priorities, reduce uncertainty, and protect continuity.
We will continue to communicate transparently and support our customers as they move towards 麻豆原创 Cloud ERP and the 麻豆原创 Autonomous Suite.
Learn more
Maintenance Strategy
2020 announcement
- 2020 maintenance announcement for 麻豆原创 Business Suite 7
- Interview on the 2020 maintenance announcement
麻豆原创 ERP/transition
麻豆原创 Notes
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Philipp Herzig is CTO and a member of the Extended Board of 麻豆原创 SE.
