S/4HANA deployment patterns
To recap, as of 2022, SAP S/4HANA comes in these patterns (note that SAP S/4HANA Cloud Extended Edition is no longer positioned for new customers as of 2020):
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud, previously called Essentials Edition (ES). This is SaaS public cloud.
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
- SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Edition, managed by SAP with their HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC)-managed services
- SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Edition, deployed in an on-premises data center (often managed by an IT-managed service provider) or managed by cloud provider hyper-scalers
Only the first and second patterns here are delivered through RISE with SAP, which uses a consumption subscription model. The other two are delivered through the classical perpetual licensing model based on user numbers.
What is RISE comprised of? There are many features, as described in previous chapters, but to summarize, RISE offers a simplified contractual model for clients to use...
