https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1921661/sp/192166100/playManifest/entryId/1_y6acmu15/format/download/protocol/https/flavorParamIds/0

SAP_Expert_Lectures_t2calm1_Unit_1_Lesson_1_Video.mp4

Hello, and welcome to the SAP Expert Lecture, Transition from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM. My name is Ben Schneider, and I'll present the next lessons to you. We will start with the lesson understanding the transition from SAP Solution Manager to Cloud ALM. Before we get into the details, let me just quickly share some information about SAP Cloud ALM with you. So SAP Cloud ALM is SAP's cloud-based application lifecycle management tool. It has been in the market since 2020 and has been growing since then, and it's designed as a cloud-native open solution for the intelligent enterprise in the public cloud, which supports all customers being purely on cloud or in any hybrid scenarios. We support cloud-centric customers, but we also support customers who are in any cloud or hybrid scenario, and we do support all components of the intelligent enterprise. The main scenarios of SAP Cloud ALM are SAP Cloud ALM for implementation, which helps to design, build, test, and deploy your solutions, and SAP Cloud ALM for operations, which helps to detect, analyze, correct, and automate any issues which may arise during operations. Also, there are additional tools around Cloud ALM, which is Cloud ALM for service, which helps you to consume SAP services via Cloud ALM, or the Business Transformation Center, which helps you to do data migrations when moving from ECC into the cloud. Cloud ALM has been newly developed, completely rethought with all the ALM knowledge which SAP has since more than 20 years coming from SAP Solution Manager. So, Cloud ALM is the next evolution in the ALM offering or the ALM portfolio of SAP. Let me quickly share some information about the product strategy behind all the SAP ALM tools. So, SAP Solution Manager, which has been in the market for many, many years, clearly follows the maintenance strategy of the SAP Business Suite 7, which means that extended maintenance for SAP Solution Manager is only available for those customers who also have extended maintenance for their SAP Business Suite. And extended maintenance for SAP Solution Manager is limited to the implementation parts of SAP Solution Manager. So, all functionality of SAP Solution Manager, which is not the implementation, will go into customer-specific maintenance at the end of 2027. If you are a customer who has requested extended maintenance for the SAP Business Suite, then Solution Manager will follow along for the implementation parts for three more years and will be in extended maintenance for until 2030. If you do not have extended maintenance for your business suite, then Solution Manager will go into customer-specific maintenance at the end of 2027. There's no plans for further releases of SAP Solution Manager, which means you should consider moving to SAP Cloud ALM before the end of 2027. There's another offering in the SAP ALM portfolio, which is SAP Focused Run. Focused Run has a completely different maintenance setup, so Focused Run is not in any way affected by the mainstream maintenance end of SAP Solution Manager in 2027. And also, of course, SAP Cloud ALM follows the cloud strategy and the maintenance strategy of SAP for cloud solutions, which means it is also not affected by this change. But important to understand is if you're using SAP Solution Manager, you need to make sure that you plan your move to SAP Cloud ALM before the end of 2027. If you need any more information about this, please follow the links to the notes where all the details are being described. What does it mean when mainstream maintenance ends at the end of 2027? So generally, this is standard SAP procedure, which follows all the described scenarios for mainstream maintenance and customer-specific maintenance. So, there will not be any more support packages for SAP Solution Manager after the end of 2027. There's no guarantee for any technological updates like kernel versions or supporting new database versions after 2027. There's also no patches for non-ABAP components for Solution Manager systems. There's no support for interfaces. There are no SLAs on the maintenance. and there's also any problems which arise are being customer-specific, which means they will be handled on an individual customer-specific basis. All the details on this can be found in the notes you can see on the slides and if you need any more information, please go there and find everything you need. Now, let's talk a little bit about the transition from Solution Managed to Cloud ALM. So, what do you need to know to completely plan and execute your transition from Solution Manager to Cloud ALM? The first source of information should always be the transition center, which is in the SAP support portal. In the transition center, you can find high-level information, which is constantly updated about all the aspects of the transition from Solution Manager to Cloud ALM. We'll also find a high-level functional comparison, and you will find many, many details about what you need to know and what you need to plan before you really start moving from Solution Manager to Cloud ALM. Let me quickly show you the transition center in the SAP Support Portal. So when we start, you will have a description on what this is all about, And then you will find a recording of a session which has been held at an event, which also talks about a lot of the details, what you need to know about moving from Solution Manager to Cloud ALM. Also, you will find some information beyond that about mainstream maintenance and the technological focus. Then, the next important steps are being described here is which steps you need to follow to really move from Solution Manager to Cloud ALM. When you start, you will be discovering what this is all about and what you need to know and you need to learn a lot. And also, the first step should always be to run or execute the SAP Readiness Check for SAP Cloud ALM on your own Solution Manager system. The Readiness Check will share a lot of detailed information, a lot of details you need to know with you based on your actual system, based on the data from SAP Solution Manager, and should be the starting point for every transition from Solution Manager to Cloud ALM. If you not have done so yet, please request your SAP Cloud ALM tenant. And also, if you need help here, there's also a service or an expert -guided implementation available to help you getting started here. When you have your Cloud ALM tenant, you should use the tenant to learn and to understand how Cloud ALM works, what this is all about, and what you can do with the tool. So you can use your own Cloud ALM tenant to really explore the system and to understand what is going on and how to use the tool. Also, there's a lot of learning information in the SAP ALM learning portal. There's the SAP community. here, there are events which you can join to learn about Cloud ALM, and there's also a newsletter where you will get updated information on Cloud ALM. Then, after understanding what you need to know or after learning what you need to know, then you should really plan the transition using the transition to SAP Cloud ALM roadmap based on SAP Activate. This roadmap really provides a lot of information on how to set up your transition project and helps you not to forget anything and to really smoothly transition from Solution Manager to Cloud ALM. There's also a service offering around that, which helps you if you need more help or information on this topic. After you have moved, please check out also the adoption use cases, which are standardized use cases, which help you to get up to speed in Cloud ALM and to really start using the different scenarios of Cloud ALM. Behind these tiles, which you see here, you will find more detailed information about the different scenarios in Cloud ALM. So if you click on the first one, you will see more information about SAP Cloud ALM for implementation and also specific transition recommendations, which are focusing on the scenario of implementation. The same goes for the second one, which is the transition to Cloud ALM for operations. Here you will find detailed information and also comparison information how to move from solution manager operations to SAP Cloud ALM operations. Another important section is the cross-topic section because there you will find information which is not directly related to some functionality in Cloud ALM, but which is very important to understand when planning your transition. And if you need to add SAP Focused Run to your solution, then you will also find information how to combine SAP Solution Manager how to combine SAP Cloud ALM and SAP Focused Run in your landscape. Further down, you will also find more information about the Readiness Check for Cloud ALM. So as I said, this should be the starting point of any transition project. So this should be used, the information should be used to plan your transition. You will find direct access to the SAP Activate roadmap, transition to Cloud ALM, where you'll find all the best practices, how to set up and structure your transition project. You will find more information about services around SAP Cloud ALM. And if you are a customer in a regulated environment, there's a special page on here where you will find specific information about how to move from Solution Manager to Cloud ALM in a regulated environment. Then there are some resources like slides to download, a YouTube playlist with more recordings on the whole topic and also links to the Roadmap Explorer or the ALM usage rights. But the end of mainstream maintenance for SAP Solution Manager should not be the only reason why you are moving to Cloud ALM. So let me quickly talk about the benefits of SAP Cloud ALM which should really be the motivation and the reason why to move to Cloud ALM. So as I already said, it's a modern SaaS -based ALM solution for today and tomorrow. So we are clearly investing here a lot. We are looking into the future of ALM and everything is being developed in Cloud ALM here. It has a much lower TCO compared to Solution Manager because you do not have to operate the system by itself. So SAP runs SAP Cloud ALM for you. There's no need for patches, no need for support packages to install or to deploy. Everything is being taken care of by SAP. It has a modern and very flexible UI. So everything looks really convenient and is easy to access. So it is much more easy to use and also easy to onboard for your users. The functional scope of SAP Cloud ALM is way beyond SAP Solution Manager in many scenarios. As I said, we are investing a lot in SAP Cloud ALM. So the functional scope is continuously growing and you can do much more in SAP Cloud ALM than you ever could do in SAP Solution Manager. Especially, of course, if we look at the topic of AI, all the AI investments are going into Cloud ALM. This is constantly growing and there's a lot of things happening currently. So AI in SAP Cloud ALM is clearly a focused topic also for the future. SAP Cloud ALM is easy to set up and you can quickly onboard your users. So it's really easy and convenient to bring your team up to speed and to have your users onboarded and start working with SAP Cloud ALM. And also, at least for some customers, SAP Cloud ALM is really attractive because they found Solution Manager being too complex, being too big, and SAP Cloud ALM is the perfect alternative here for ALM topics If you think Solution Manager might not be suitable, then Cloud ALM is easy to access, it's easy to get started, and it might be the perfect way for you to get started with ALM topics. The key takeaways for this lesson, SAP Cloud ALM is the recommended go -to ALM platform for all SAP customers. Solution Manager leaves the mainstream maintenance at the end of 27, which means you need to start planning your move to SAP Cloud ALM right now. And the transition center in the SAP Support Portal is the single source of truth for information about moving from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM.

Share feedback

<p>We are aware of intermittent issues in accessing the learning content</p>

We are aware of intermittent issues in accessing the learning content

Personalize your learning.

Why create an SAP account?

Enhance your learning experience

SAP Learning

Choose your subscription

Manage your subscription

Activate your subscription

Live Sessions

Hands-on Practice

Certification

My Learning

Ready to start learning?

Understanding the Transition from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM

bookmap_Transition_from_SAP_Solution_Manager_to_SA_en-US_learning-sap-com_lsc-prod_batchid_527916.zip (BUILDER-INGRESS) - 2026-05-19T06:57:31.000Z

<div id="content"><div class="kalturaVideoLessonWrapper"><div id="1_y6acmu15" data-testid="video" class="kalturaVideoLessonContainer" aria-label=""></div></div><p tabindex="0"><strong>Video Summary:</strong></p><p tabindex="0">The video explains SAP Cloud ALM as SAP’s cloud-native successor to SAP Solution Manager, describing its main scenarios (implementation, operations, service, Business Transformation Center), benefits (SaaS delivery, lower TCO, modern UI, AI investment), and the required actions for customers to transition. It emphasizes that mainstream maintenance for Solution Manager ends at the end of 2027 (with limited extended maintenance to 2030 for certain implementation parts), and points viewers to the SAP Support Portal Transition Center, the Readiness Check, and the SAP Activate roadmap as the primary resources for planning and executing the move.</p><p tabindex="0"><strong>Key Points:</strong></p><ul style="list-style-type:disc"><li tabindex="0">SAP Cloud ALM is the recommended, cloud-native ALM platform (implementation, operations, service, migration support) and is the focus of ongoing feature and AI investment.</li><li tabindex="0">Mainstream maintenance for SAP Solution Manager ends at the end of 2027; customers must plan migration (some customers with Business Suite extended maintenance have implementation parts supported until 2030).</li><li tabindex="0">Start transition planning using the Transition Center in the SAP Support Portal, run the SAP Cloud ALM Readiness Check on your Solution Manager, request a Cloud ALM tenant, and follow the SAP Activate transition roadmap and adoption use cases.</li><li tabindex="0">Key benefits of Cloud ALM: lower TCO (SAP operates the service), no patching or system operations on your side, easier onboarding with a modern UI, and continuously expanding functionality beyond Solution Manager.</li></ul></div>

Content

This browser is not supported

Show more

Ooops, something went wrong!

Oh no! Tell us how we can improve.

Great! We value your feedback

Thank you!

Browse by capability

Please wait

Please try again later

Sorry, we encountered an error

Try again or reset results to continue browsing

We didn't find what you're looking for

To continue, please log in

Your session has timed out

Validate your skills and learning by completing the certification exam and gain a highly recognised accreditation.

Book your certification exam

Complete the assessment to validate your SAP PartnerEdge competency qualifications.

Ready to take your assessment?

Learn about the key features and essentials in the latest release to help you prepare for the Stay Certified assessment.

Prepare for assessment

Learn new skills you need at your own pace with our bite-sized lessons.

Prepare for certification

In your My Learning account you can view your certification and learn how to take your Stay Certified assessment.

Ready to take your Stay Certified assessment?

Get tailored answers, tune into podcasts, and dive deeper with interactive study guides, mind maps, FAQs and more.

Upskill faster with AI-powered assistance

Upgrade to AI-powered learning

Enroll to Google NotebookLM to flexibly interact with SAP Learning content. It's free and activates instantly.

You are all set. Google NotebookLM is now active. You will have access to AI powered learning for all our eligible courses.

Enrollment successful!

Get started with AI-powered learning

Explore {title} at SAP Learning. Find out more!

You have earned a new badge!

You've completed

Something went wrong when connecting to the badge service. You can always check your achievements in My Learning.

Badge couldn't be issued

You've finished the course, but the external system didn't verify it. Please try again later or refresh the page to update your record.

We couldn't confirm your completion

The learning content has been updated. Refresh the page to reload the most recent content.

Your course content has changed

This badge was already awarded earlier, so no new one is added. You can view it anytime in My Learning.

You've already earned this badge

We couldn't finish your request due to an unexpected error. Please refresh the page and try again. If the issue continues, check My Learning or try again later.

Something went wrong...

The saved progress data isn't valid, so we couldn't update your course status. Please try again later or refresh the page.

We couldn't load your progress

{count, plural, one {Objective} other {Objectives}}

Assessment

Course Completion

Knowledge Badge

Overview

Support Resource

Certification Exam

Theoretical Exam

Schedule

External Course

Practical Exercise

Practical Test

External Hands-On

External Resource

Learning Journey

Learning Journey Assessment

Lesson

Live Session

Practice System

Hands-on Practice for {title}

Quiz

Scenario Based Assessment

Course Assessment

Course

SAP Expert Lectures

Stay Certified

Subscription

System Based Assessment

Unit

Video

Video Playlist

Week

You have until July 30, 2026 to complete your Stay certified assessment.

Your SAP Certification extension is now active!

Your exclusive access to the SAP Learning Hub, Event Edition is ready. <link>Start learning now.</link>