SAP ends mainstream maintenance for ECC (ERP 6.0) on December 31, 2027. A full S/4HANA migration takes 12–24 months, which means any organization that hasn’t started is already racing the clock. Join Solix for a practical look at the archiving-first strategy that shrinks your migration footprint, timeline, and cost — while keeping historical SAP data accessible where Canadian and American compliance requires.
By the Numbers
- Dec 31, 2027 SAP ends mainstream maintenance for ECC
- 12–24 months Typical S/4HANA migration timeline
- 30–60% ECC database footprint reduction achieved by archiving first
What You’ll Learn
- Where organizations actually stand on the ECC → S/4HANA timeline, and what “starting today” realistically gets you before the deadline
- Why archiving inactive ECC data before cutover is the single highest-leverage lever for cost, timeline, and risk — not a cleanup task to handle after go-live
- How pre-migration archiving cuts your ECC footprint by 30–60%, and why every gigabyte removed lowers SAP HANA Cloud licensing permanently, not as a one-time saving
- What it takes to keep historical SAP data accessible and audit-ready after cutover, including where that data can live to satisfy Canadian data residency requirements
- A framework for assessing where your organization sits today — Haven’t Started, Early Assessment, In Active Implementation, or Approaching Cutover — and what that means for your risk level
Who Should Watch
- CIOs and VPs of IT Infrastructure who own the SAP migration budget and timeline
- SAP Program or Migration Directors scoping or actively running an ECC to S/4HANA project
- SAP Basis / SAP Center of Excellence leads managing data volume and cutover risk
- Compliance, Legal, and Audit leaders who need historical SAP data accessible — and appropriately located — after go-live
